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Old 23-11-2007, 06:28 PM   #3
Robert Krten
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Re: How to "stutter" incoming stream?

Peter N. M. Hansteen <peter@bsdly.net> wrote:
> info2007@parse.com (Robert Krten) writes:


> > The scenario is that the spammer has identified themselves for
> > special treatment, and when they send the SMTP "DATA" command
> > I want them to suddenly behave as if I'm only connect to the
> > internet via a 300 baud modem instead of ADSL.


> for that specific scenario, adjusting spamd's -s option to something
> higher than the default 1 second is the easy way. with really naive
> spambots, if you increase the -s value to 10, they'll hang around ten
> times longer (like 4352 seconds instead of just the regular 435)


As I understand it, that (-s) is the *outgoing* stutter -- once they
say "DATA" and spamd has said "ok, go ahead and send", the spammer will
send their entire spam message at ADSL speed; I want them to be choked
down to 300 baud so that each character of spam they send takes a long
time to arrive...

Am I being clearer now? :-)

Cheers,
-RK
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