Hmm.  Sounds like either one hell of a lot of users *or* an automated 
brute force login attack.

In any case win is fairly weak in this area and adding higher limits 
makes sense especially on a public interface.

--Ed

On 06/21/2012 01:50 PM, VinnyHIDDEN@@Dell.com wrote:
> I should also have mentioned a large majority of those TIME_WAIT
> connections were actually to and from the loopback address of 127.0.0.1
> on the IMAP port for webmail.
>
> -Vinny
>
> *From:*George [mailtoHIDDEN@r@ppe.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 21, 2012 10:32 AM
> *To:* surgemailHIDDEN@etwinsite.com
> *Subject:* Spam:******, RE: [SurgeMail List] RE: Odd TCP/IP Issue on
> Windows 2008
>
> One of the causes for so many open ports is your internet connection is
> losing packets. When a T1 or DSL circuit starts losing packets due to
> problems with the line, the transmissions just hang leaving tons of open
> ports. Run a PING to something out on the net and if you see lost
> packets have your connection checked, can also be the local network if
> someone damaged an ethernet cable for example running it over with a
> desk chair repeatedly (don't ask how I know that one)..
>
> Geo.
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* VinnyHIDDEN@@Dell.com <mailto:Vinny_Abello@Dell.com>
>     [mailto:VinnyHIDDEN@@Dell.com] <mailto:[mailto:Vinny_Abello@Dell.com]>
>     *Sent:* Thursday, June 21, 2012 10:20 AM
>     *To:* surgemailHIDDEN@etwinsite.com
>     <mailto:surgemailHIDDEN@etwinsite.com>
>     *Subject:* [SurgeMail List] RE: Odd TCP/IP Issue on Windows 2008
>
>     I found this additional information online:
>

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