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ALERT_ON_ATTACK_DETECTION Setting

This page documents the ALERT_ON_ATTACK_DETECTION configuration setting in FormMail.

Type Of Setting

ALERT_ON_ATTACK_DETECTION is an OPTIONAL setting, which means...

OPTIONAL : you can change this setting if you need to, but the default value is fine for most circumstances.

Précis

Controls alert messages on attack detection.

Description

Set ALERT_ON_ATTACK_DETECTION to true if you want FormMail to send you an alert when it detects an attack designed to abuse your server.

If you set this to true, you may get lots of alert messages each time an attack occurs. This is harmless, but can be annoying.

Default Value

From version 9 onwards:

$ALERT_ON_ATTACK_DETECTION = false;

Before version 9:

define("ALERT_ON_ATTACK_DETECTION",false);

Examples

From version 9 onwards:

$ALERT_ON_ATTACK_DETECTION = true;

Before version 9:

define("ALERT_ON_ATTACK_DETECTION",true);

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