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|    g00r00 to Luc McCarragher    |
|    Re: polling    |
|    03 Apr 22 16:44:36    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A48       MSGID: 1:129/215 eb640e61       REPLY: 1:229/206 2a4edd5e       TZUTC: -0400        LM> They have a way to limit incoming polling         LM> One of my downlink poll Every 8 minutes, i ask him to poll every hours!!        LM> have a control in mystic to accept poll every 60 minutes not less?              There is not really any way you can stop a client from trying to connect as       often as they want to your server unless you ban them at the network level.              Mystic can automatically ban an IP after a certain number of attempts within a       time window, but that still doesn't stop them from connecting it will just       refuse to service them.              I suppose I could add a specific feature to BINKP server that gives them an       "BUSY" with a message that they can only connect X many times per Y seconds.       If they are within those limits it would give them mail, if they were not       within those limits it would give them a message and disconnect.              But I wonder if there is really a point to do that since at that point they're       already connected to you anyway. I am open to suggestions as to whether or       not such a feature would be worth it.              ... Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/04/03 (Windows/64)        * Origin: Sector 7 * Mystic WHQ (1:129/215)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 90/1 105/81 106/201 120/340 616 123/10 131 129/215       SEEN-BY: 129/305 330 331 153/7715 154/10 30 40 50 700 203/0 218/700       SEEN-BY: 218/840 220/70 90 221/6 226/17 18 30 100 227/114 201 229/110       SEEN-BY: 229/206 307 310 317 400 424 426 428 452 550 664 700 240/5832       SEEN-BY: 266/512 267/800 280/464 282/1038 292/854 301/1 305/2 317/3       SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/267 280 281 384       SEEN-BY: 633/410 412 416 509 640/1384 712/848 770/1 3 100 340 772/210       SEEN-BY: 772/220 230 2320/105 3634/12       PATH: 129/215 154/10 770/1 633/280 229/426           |
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