Re: [Exim] Multiple recipients and whitelist checks

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Tony Finch wrote:

> > I'm a bit surprised by how quickly it happened. I wound't have been
> > surprised if some offering MTAs had delayed by up to around 15mins
> > before retrying; that would have been fine by me, what say you?
>
> 15 minutes total would be towards the upper end of acceptable, but 15
> minutes per batch of addresses with a different threshold is definitely
> not.

Right, I see your point. In our case there's only two batches, one of
which is handled immediately and the other after whatever delay the
offering MTA decides. But yes, as you say, if you're looking at
several batches then "n" times 15 minutes, if it really happened,
*would* be considered excessive. But as I say, on the limited number
of samples I looked at, the delays weren't anything like that.

I'll take another look at archived logs when I get a moment, and see
if I can see any abnormal cases - and report back if I find anything
of interest. But as I say, a report from anyone who only allows one
RCPT per transaction, and defers the rest, would be more informative
in the sense of what you're asking.

cheers