Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sun, 13 Dec 1998 09:27:47 -0500
From:      Matthew Patton <patton@sysnet.net>
To:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sendmail morons
Message-ID:  <l03110706b2997e8c7af7@[192.168.1.10]>
In-Reply-To: <199812130849.LAA28072@main.piter.net>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
hey guys! Doesn't anybody look at the .cf file?

#O Timeout.initial=5m
#O Timeout.connect=5m
#O Timeout.iconnect=5m
#O Timeout.helo=5m
#O Timeout.mail=10m
#O Timeout.rcpt=1h
#O Timeout.datainit=5m
#O Timeout.datablock=1h
#O Timeout.datafinal=1h
#O Timeout.rset=5m
#O Timeout.quit=2m
#O Timeout.misc=2m
#O Timeout.command=1h
#O Timeout.ident=30s
#O Timeout.fileopen=60s
O Timeout.queuereturn=5d
#O Timeout.queuereturn.normal=5d
#O Timeout.queuereturn.urgent=2d
#O Timeout.queuereturn.non-urgent=7d
O Timeout.queuewarn=4h
#O Timeout.queuewarn.normal=4h
#O Timeout.queuewarn.urgent=1h
#O Timeout.queuewarn.non-urgent=12h
#O Timeout.hoststatus=30m

Start messing with these in addition to RBL and other blocking. Using smtpd
and enforcing issues like reverse DNS exists, or a proper NS record is
helpful too. you can see from the above listing, the timeout values are
WAY!!! too long for practically everything.

--------
OpenBSD - Because security matters... (http://www.openbsd.org/)

"There is one terrifying word in the world of nuclear physics, Oops."
 - Tom Servo, Mystery Science Theator 3000



To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?l03110706b2997e8c7af7>