[horde] Clarification of "User is not authorized for imp"

lst_hoe02 at kwsoft.de lst_hoe02 at kwsoft.de
Tue Jul 30 16:33:51 UTC 2013


Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:

> Quoting lst_hoe02 at kwsoft.de:
>
>> Zitat von Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>>
>>> FWIW, a real ActiveSync client should never access a url other  
>>> than /Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync and this URL
>>> should not generate this error, even if the user is not authenticated yet.
>>
>> So maybe only the iCal/CalDAV whatever are to blame, but fact is  
>> that its very annoying if a sync client hammers the server with  
>> some request per second raising this error to the console. If there  
>> is any other solution to prevent this i'm all ears but i doubt one  
>> can filter to only let pass valid URLs, no?
>
> If some client IS hammering the system like this, this is *exactly*  
> why you want these sort of requests to be logged -- so you can  
> figure out how to fix the issue (or at least prevent that client  
> from its broken behavior).
>
> Otherwise, you could theoretically have 1000's of clients hammering  
> your server improperly, and you'll be scratching your head why your  
> server is performing so slowly and there is nothing in the logs to  
> explain it.
>
> michael

Yes, i want to see it in the logs, but not with Emergency and not on  
the console where by default emergency is also shown. This is a  
perfect candidate for a warning level IMHO, emergency means the world  
come to an end soon.

Regards

Andreas




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