Subj : Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (010)
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Sun Jan 12 2025 12:57:05


12 Jan 25 11:37, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Tommi Koivula:

 TK>> If there was a standard for IFT, it might say that all inbound
 TK>> mail must be placed to "/in" directory. Every other access would
 TK>> be quite easy to block.
 MV>
 MV> I am not sure I understand. Why is the "/in" directory not subject to
 MV> flooding?

Read my previous messages. That is how ftpmail in Xenia works.

Also, many public ftp servers allow uploading to /incoming. Not very difficult to limit uploading by file name, size, time, speed...

 TK>> However, there is no standard.
 MV>
 MV> And there most likely won't be. It is not worth the effort. Remember
 MV> that standards document "current practise". So someone has to get it
 MV> to actually work first.

There was one dutch Arjen Lentz who did it... :)

'Tommi

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