Re: Fw: [cobalt-users] SMTP problems - HELP!

[Dom Latter <d.latter@xxxxxxx>]

flash22@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> hmm, i keep seeing silly admin's disable ping thinking it does something
> usefull....ok, here's 2 scenerios...

We got stung by a very simple DOS attack using ping.  Friday night 
they started pinging us, and as we were logging every one, some time 
over the weekend /var had filled up.  So we could no longer accept
incoming mail.