Nico van der Dussen wrote:
> I'm using a lookup to get a value for smtp_accept_max_per_host for a
> particular host - with great success.
>
> Is it possible to defer a host even if there is no current connection to
> that host? The manual says that 0 means "unlimited" connections
> allowed. Maybe -1 would work, but I don't want to experiment with
> possible "undocumented features"
>
> The idea is that I use a cron to swop files with the data for the lookup.
> During office hours I can have a very strict setup with whom I'm
> prepared to talk without "loosing" mail because I defer the delivery
> rather than deny, and after hours, I can open up for "problem
> servers" and receive all the defered mail. Bandwidth is extremely
> expensive in South Africa...
*SIGH* I never saw a guy with such strange problems like you ;)
You can use on of the first ACLs (acl_smtp_connect, acl_smtp_mail) to
handle this, use something like this
defer hosts = net-dbm;/etc/exim/defer_hosts.dbm
message = Sorry, we can't accept mails from you currently,\
please try later
Nico
