Re: [EXIM] Delay delivering local mail

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Author: Ben Smithurst
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To: Mike McEwan, exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Delay delivering local mail
Mike McEwan wrote:

> "2. The option smtp_accept_queue_per_connection


I think someone was trying to win the prize for `longest option name
ever' there ...

> (default value 10) limits the
> number of delivery processes that Exim starts automatically when receiving
> messages via SMTP. If the value of the option is greater than zero, and the
> number of messages received in a single SMTP session exceeds this number,
> subsequent messages are placed on the spool, but no delivery process is
> started.


*grumble* *shuffles about uncomfortably*

Good point :-)

Why can't this default to zero ... ? I assume it's a new option, and the
way I see it, new options should default to the old behaviour, IYSWIM.

just my 2p, anyway.

> This helps to limit the number of Exim processes when a server
> restarts after downtime and there is a lot of mail waiting for it on other
> systems.


Ah, that might explain why it defaults to what it is now :-)

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