Re: [exim] OK - I'm blind

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Author: Warren Baker
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To: Marc Perkel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] OK - I'm blind
On 27/03/2008, Marc Perkel <marc@???> wrote:
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> > Closest you'll get I think is $smtp_count_at_connection_start which is
> > documented here
> >
> http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch11.html#SECTexpva
> > r. Read the docs so you understand what the value is.
> >
> > As for connection limit, I believe that's your OS - if you're on linux,
> > check sysctl.
> >
>
>
> Yes - thanks - that's what I'm looking for. I've had a few instances
> lately where I've exceeded 4096 connections and want to implement some
> countermeasures when the connection count is getting close to the max.




Remember Exim sets a hard upper limit of 4096 for smtp_accept_max. Check
src/daemon.c which checks to see if smtp_accept_max is set higher than 4095.

Warren