Hello,
Because of some recent spammer behavior (looks like
reverse-tarpitting), I'm considering reducing my timoutsmtpd value
from the default 1200 seconds to 60 or less. I haven't really
thoroughly considered the repercussions of such an action, but it
seems to me that there's very little reason to wait more than a few
seconds for each new piece of data from the client. I don't see any
requirement in the SMTP protocol that I must wait for a particularly
long amount of time...
Are there drawbacks to lowering my timeout value that I'm not thinking
of? Has anyone done this before and have any reports as to possible
side-effects?
~Kyle
--
Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones; the difference
is only in the price.
-- Benjamin Franklin
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