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Author: Matthew Hodgson
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Multiple messages per connection when queue-running
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Tony Finch wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Matthew Hodgson wrote:
>>
>> How can I persuade exim to send multiple envelopes to the same MX server
>> in the same SMTP connection to avoid the connection overhead?
>
> See the -qq options, which you'll have to use with some kind of
> queue-only setting. Exim will only deliver more than one message down a
> connection if the second or later messages have been left on the queue.
> This is consistent with Exim's assumption that most messages can be
> delivered immediately, in which case the optimisation is usually of no
> benefit.


Ah - that's precisely the magic option i was failing to find. Thanks :)

M.