Re: [exim] too many connections from that IP address

On 2008-04-01 at 08:01 +0900, Randy Bush wrote:
> my base server's exim is being rude to my home gateway
>
> 2008-03-31 22:57:12 Connection from [210.138.216.50] refused: too many
> connections from that IP address
> 2008-03-31 22:57:16 Connection from [210.138.216.50] refused: too many
> connections from that IP address
>
> of course, i am the cause
>
> smtp_accept_max = 100
> smtp_accept_max_per_connection = 12
> smtp_accept_max_per_host = 4
>
> but i need that to cut down the massive assaults.
>
> is there a config knob to have an exception list to the throttle?

smtp_reserve_hosts: define the list of excepted hosts
smtp_accept_reserve: connection count exclusively available to reserve
hosts (which can also use non-reserved counts).