Hexamail POP3 Downloader Administration Guide - Advanced Network Settings - Password Security

Password Security

Password Security

   Password Hacking

Action to take
You can automatically close the connection and optionally block the IP for clients that fail authentication
Example interface
Off, Close Connection, Block IP
Off
Maximum Invalid Auths
This is the maximum number of invalid authentication attempts allowed
Example interface
1 - 64
6
3

   Temporary blocks

Temporarily block IPs for
This is how long temporarily blocked IPs are blocked for
Example interface
0 - 999999 minutes
240 minutes
300 minutes