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| Vthrottle |
| Component programs | vmeasure + |
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| Computer languages | C + |
| Full description | 'vthrottle' is an implementation of an SMT … 'vthrottle' is an implementation of an SMTP throttling engine for Sendmail. It lets sysadmins control how much email users and hosts may send, hindering the rapid spread of viruses, worms, and spam. Exceptions can be made via a whitelist mechanism, which can be generated manually or with the included tool 'vmeasure'. 'vthrottle' tells the misbehaving client to hold on to the deferred mail and resend it later. 'vthrottle' evaluates mail transactions at the connection, the HELO (or EHLO) statement, and the stated source address of the mail. For each of these, a list is traversed and the observed time interval between observations is evaluated. If the observed interval is shorter than the policy interval, the mail is blocked by sending a failure reply code to the SMTP client; the message is then queued. Because 'vthrottle' uses libmilter, it will not work with other MTAs, only with sendmail. work with other MTAs, only with sendmail. |
| Homepage URL | http://monkey.org/~jose/software/vthrottle/ + |
| Interface | command-line + |
| Is GNU | false + |
| Keywords | IP address + , whitelist + , throttling engine + , sendmail + , vmeasure + , HELO statement + , source address + , time interval + , policy interval + |
| Last review by | Janet Casey + |
| Last review date | 2 June 2004 + |
| License | BSD 3Clause + |
| License verified by | Janet Casey + |
| License verified date | 2 June 2004 + |
| Name | vthrottle + |
| Network-hookup | mail-transport-agent + |
| Prerequisite description | pthreads + , libmilter + , sendmail + |
| Prerequisite kind | Required to use + |
| Real name | Jose Nazario + |
| Related projects | BulkWatch + |
| Resource URL | mailto:jose@monkey.org + |
| Resource audience | Bug Tracking + , Developer + , Support + |
| Resource kind | E-mail + |
| Revisionid | 6,586 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 12 April 2011 15:17:12 + |
| Revisionuser | WikiSysop + |
| Role | Maintainer + |
| Short description | SMTP throttling engine for Sendmail servers + |
| Submitted by | Database conversion + |
| Submitted date | 1 April 2011 + |
| System-administration | network-hookup + |
| Use | system-administration + |
| User level | none + |
| Version comment | 0.52 beta released 2004-06-02 |
| Version date | 2 June 2004 + |
| Version download | http://monkey.org/~jose/software/vthrottle/vthrottle-0.52.tar.gz + |
| Version identifier | 0.52 + |
| Version status | beta + |
| Works-with | email + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 25 May 2012 02:33:15 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Entry + |
| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. | jose@monkey.org + |
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