On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Paul Mansfield wrote:
> What happens to the connecting host when Exim has reached the limit on this:
> smtp_accept_queue_per_connection
Nothing. Messages continue to be accepted on the connection. They are
place on the queue, but no delivery process is started.
> or
> smtp_accept_max_per_host
Subsequent connections from that host are rejected at connection time.
> How do these rate-limit?
>
> Does Exim simply hold off before giving a 220, or does it respond with
> something like "421 Too many concurrent connections?".
The first does not rate limit. The second gives a 421.
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