RE: [cobalt-users] Limiting POP3/IMAP access

["Dan Kriwitsky" <list1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> "poplimitd is a daemon process that will monitor your server 
> maillog file for POP3 or IMAP connections. Using configurable 
> settings it monitors the rate of logins based on user account 
> and IP address. If it finds excessive usage, it will send a 
> preconfigured email with the users information to that user 
> asking them to stop it. In the future it will also have the 
> option to block the IP address. On servers that suffer from 
> high POP3/IMAP load, this can dramatically modify user 
> behaviour and limit POP and IMAP connections and load."
> 

How many times? i.e. if a user normally checks their box every 15
minutes, but once checks it three times in 5 minutes would it send an
email? Or, would the checking every minute or two have to be over a
certain period of time before tripping a warning?

-- 
C2003 Dan Kriwitsky

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