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Author: W B Hacker
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Limiting incoming connections on a per-domain basis
Philip Hazel wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, W B Hacker wrote:
>
>
>>>Not true for Exim provided that both the virtual servers are using the
>>>same IP address (as you have stated that they are). Independent of the
>>>domains, Exim sorts outgoing addresses according to the host lists they
>>>route to, and uses a single connection for those that are going to the
>>>same hosts (up to the max_rcpt limit, and subject to having the same
>>>added headers, rewritten return-path, etc, etc. that is, when the
>>>message bodies are identical).
>>>
>>
>>I am sure you are correct about the code, but doubt that conglomeration /
>>batching is even operative unless there is enough near-simultaneous remote_smtp
>>traffic to have accumulate in queue at all.
>
>
> I should have made it clear that what I wrote above applies to ONE
> message with multiple recipients. Exim doesn't ever consider multiple
> messages together at this level.
>
>


AH SO! No wonder I was puzzled.....

;-)

Bill