Re: [PHP3] Avoiding DoS with mail From: Mark Musone (musone <email protected>)
Date: 12/30/98

This is exactly what good MTA's, mail queues, and mail servers are
designed for.

i'd be more concerned about the cpu and memory that his cron'd php script
is going to be using than a time-testing mail system.

Mark

>
> I am developing one application where the user can register one
> date/message and the system will send him the message when the correct
> time comes.
> I have a php3 script that will be run from cron but I would like to
> avoid flooding my mail server with tons of messages per second.
>
> Is there any way to avoid this kind of Denial of Service ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mario
>
>
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