Re: limit mail() function
| From: | Per Jessen | Date: | Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:04:49 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: limit mail() function | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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Jordi Moles wrote:
> I've got a server with apache2 and postfix and php5 providing hosting
> to some clients. I've got this big problem about clients sending spam
> massively, either consciously or because they website have been
> hacked. The main way to spam is by using the "mail()" function.
> So far, i've only found how to disable the use of the mail() function
> completely in the php.ini file, but it's not a really good option to
> me, cause i run some server scripts to check for some things and they
> send some mails when they find something wrong.
>
> So... i would like to know what options i have if i want to limit this
> function...
>
> can i disable the function only for some users?
> may be i can set a rate limit for it?
Check your mail-server config - rate limits and such are probably best
done there.
/Per Jessen, Zürich