Re: [exim] Small modification for queue runners?

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Author: Tony Finch
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To: Exim User's Mailing List
CC: Michael Haardt
Subject: Re: [exim] Small modification for queue runners?
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Greg A. Woods wrote:

> [ On Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 11:18:39 (+0100), Michael Haardt wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: [exim] Small modification for queue runners?
> >
> > o I am backup MX for a bunch smaller sites
>
> If they contribute significantly to your queue load then you should
> consider doing their work on a separate host or hosts.
>
> Further if they consistenly always contribute a lot of undeliverable
> messages to your queues because their primary MX hosts are not regularly
> available then you should _strongly_ suggest to those folks that they
> give up on trying to operate their own primary MX and instead simply
> fetch their mail from your server(s) by IMAP or POP.


And if they are usually up you should do call-forward verification.
This is a BIG bonus for reducing queue sizes.

Tony.
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