Subj : MSGID
To   : Jame Clay
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Tue Feb 15 2005 08:00 am

Hey Jame!

Feb 14 13:39 05, Jame Clay wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 JC> something to keep in mind;  but are there known programs that have 
 JC> problems with the number of msgs in a packet?  I'd always thought the 
 JC> problem was with the size of some messages, in a packet..

How about the size of the entire pkt?  I am not sure what the limit might be 
but offhand I'd guess there is one for DOS.

 >> and a potential spam blocker.  

 JC>     How so?

If there is a limit to size and number of messages, plus incrementation from a 
base date/time ID, that would create a delay between when any client creates 
pkt's and the next time it could successully create pkt's based on the number 
of original messages.  A large quantity of messages in a short period of time 
could be employed to raise a flag about the going-ons of any client.  I would 
think extra large pkt's following close on each other's heals is indicative of 
spamming or a client/server relationship trapped in a loop.  Sounds like some 
kind of trouble no matter how I view it.

Life is good,
Maurice

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