
Advanced Administration 85
Configuring Message Rate Control
Rate Controls allows you to configure how many connections are allowed from the same IP address
in a half-hour time period. Rate Control protects you from spammers or spam-programs that send
large amounts of e-mail to your server in a small amount of time.
The table below describes each setting on this page. Click
Save Changes after making any
modifications.
Incoming SMTP Timeout Sets a limit on the time spent on an incoming SMTP transaction. The
default is 30 seconds.
Setting a time limit on SMTP transactions prevents spammers from
maintaining open connections to the Barracuda Spam Firewall that can
impact system resources. Messages in SMTP transactions that go
over this threshold show up on the Message Log page as being
blocked with a reason of timeout.
SMTP Messages Per Session (inbound mode only)
Messages per SMTP session Sets a limit on the number of messages in one SMTP session. If the
number of messages in one session exceeds this threshold the rest of
the messages are blocked and show up in the message log as being
blocked with a reason of Per-Connection Message Limit Exceeded.
SMTP Welcome Banner
SMTP Welcome Banner Whether the Welcome Banner is presented to the SMTP client
connecting to the Barracuda Spam Firewall.
This value should be unique to make it easy for you to identify the
system presenting the Welcome Banner.
This value can be left blank for the Barracuda Spam Firewall to
manage the setting.
Barracuda Headers
Remove Barracuda Headers Removes Barracuda’s custom X-headers that are applied before a
message leaves the system.
It is recommended you do not remove Barracuda headers because
they contain the reason a message is tagged, quarantined or blocked.
This information makes it easier to troubleshoot message handling
issues.
Table 7.1:
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