Re: Load average based SMTP control

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Author: Nigel Metheringham
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To: Ilya Ketris
CC: exim-users
New-Topics: Queue run for a single domain
Subject: Re: Load average based SMTP control
}
}     Wouldn't it be nice to restrict incoming SMTP
}     connections on the basis of load average, not just
}     maximum connection count?  Number of simultaneous
}     connections often says little about the general load.


There are a series of system dependant things that it would be nice
to measure and affect exim's behaviour dependant on the
measurements...

This includes
    load average
    available disk space
    number of processes
    day of the week
    wind direction
    sys admin mood....


the last 3 are a little facecious, but then people might have a good
reason for limiting mail acceptance/delivery based on some apparently
very odd reasoning!

However this is building everything into exim. Maybe some form of
general parameter gathering interface could be added...? This might
enable the whole system portability aspect of load average and disk
space etc to be side stepped - maybe in a similar way to INN

    Nigel.



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