Re: [exim] default value seems a big low

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Autor: Philip Hazel
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To: Peter D. Gray
CC: exim-users
Betreff: Re: [exim] default value seems a big low
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Peter D. Gray wrote:

> I think you should at least consider making the limit 0 by default.


I don't like incompatible changes. The limit was introduced for a reason
(somebody got bitten). I would need a lot of convincing by a lot of
people before I'd feel that it could be changed.

> It seems to me that most (in fact nearly all) of the "rate limiting"
> settings in exim are turned off (eg queue_only_load).


What about these (they are just a few that I found with a quick grep):

|smtp_accept_max|Use: main|Type: integer|Default: 20|
|smtp_connect_backlog|Use: main|Type: integer|Default: 20|
|smtp_max_synprot_errors|Use: main|Type: integer|Default: 3|
|smtp_max_unknown_commands|Use: main|Type: integer|Default: 3|

You are right, though, that there is inconsistency. It's hard to be
consistent. In the case of queue_only_load, I think it might be hard to
pick a number that would be suitable for the huge variety of hardware
configurations that Exim runs on. Maybe. I'm no expert in exactly what
the load value means.


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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service
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