Nah, the bots will just adjust around the limit and delay their replies a few more seconds. Web of trust relays are the only way free relays will survive the spam I suspect.
Discussion
I’m all for Web of Trust relays but isn’t all security a cat-and-mouse game? Let’s at least force the bot to make a change in the short term. Web of Trust relays feel like a longer-term, harder-to-implement solution.
Probably even a *better* longer-term, harder-to-implement solution. But let’s make the quick fix now.