How to limit Apple Mail (desktop)?

[María Arrea]

El 31/10/17 a las 15:30, Robert Schetterer escribió:
> Am 31.10.2017 um 14:06 schrieb María Arrea:
>>     If you use Linux you can use netfilter (iptables) mark feature to
>> track individual connections from a given IP, and above a threshold you
>> can shape the bandwitdh based on those iptables mark. For example, if an
>> IMAP connection from ip X exceed 100 megabytes of data, bandwitdh for
>> that ip would be limited to 100 KB/sec (or whatever number). First 100
>> megabytes, top speed, above that they get slower.
> dont think this will work
> tons of cons can come from a nat ip
> so you would punish everyone behind that ip ,not only apple mail

Not true. You set a connection tracking using ip+port, not only IP.

>
> i see no real solution for the problem, cause if the server works out
> some slow down this would only lead to longer download times, but will
> no solve the orig wanted task. It will all be workarounds for a "buggy"
> client
>

     Original post talked about "unbearable server load". Shapping 
network traffic will definitely help with that.


     María.