Re: [exim] unlimiting message per connection

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Author: Odhiambo G. Washington
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To: Leonardo Boselli
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] unlimiting message per connection
* Leonardo Boselli <leo@???> [20041105 15:12]: wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, Tony Finch wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Leonardo Boselli wrote:
> >
> > > How to set exim to tell that server X when sending to server Y should send
> > > all the messages in the queue atr the maximum rate, even if there are
> > > thousands, and to the other serve tho accept such requests, only from a
> > > predefined group of hosts ?
> >
> > By default smtp_accept_max_per_connection is 1000, so that isn't the
> > problem. On the sending side, connection_max_messages is 500, so that
> > isn't the problem either.
> >
> In my exim4.conf there is an original note that says:
>
> # This sets the maximum number of messages that will be accepted in one
> # connection. The default is 10, which is probably enough for most
> purposes,
> # but is too low on dialup SMTP systems, which often have many more mails
> # queued for them when they connect.
> smtp_accept_queue_per_connection = 100
>
> I increased the level to 100, so i am still "low".
> The question is: how to relax this limit only for mail delivered from a set of hosts ?


From spec.txt, smtp_accept_queue_per_connection is of type "integer"
and so cannot be determined on a per-host basis, I believe.


-Wash

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