Woops, just realized that I didn't change the bottom email addresses to
computerworld as well. Same difference, just pretend they are the same
email addresses, because they really are in this problem
Russell Jones wrote:
> Scenario:
> 2 computers, A and B
> A's email address = [1]bob@???
> B's email address = [2]steve@???
> Both are setup to correctly SMTP AUTH using their respective email
> accounts.
> Both are in Texas and Georgia, respectively.
> Exim rate limit settings:
> defer message = Sorry, too fast.
> ratelimit = 3 / 1h / per_rcpt / $authenticated_id
> The problem? If Computer A sends 4 messages (or a message with 4
> recipients) and gets rate limited, Computer B, that is very far away,
> has a separate email account all together, and a different IP address,
> also gets rate limited! Computer B cannot send an email at all.
> I think for some reason exim is limiting the entire domain, but it is
> not supposed to act that way. Why is it doing that, and more
> importantly, how can I stop it from doing that? I want it to limit per
> email address, not the entire domain.
> I have tried with and without the $authenticated_id key. It doesn't
> seem to make a difference.
> Here are the Exim logs regarding the rejections:
> 2008-04-04 23:55:28 H=localhost ([192.168.1.7]) [127.0.0.1]
> F=[3]<bob@???> temporarily rejected RCPT
> [4]<dd444d@???>:
> 2008-04-04 23:55:35 H=localhost ([192.168.1.2]) [127.0.0.1]
> F=[5]<steve@???> temporarily rejected RCPT
> [6]<d45465@???>:
> 2008-04-04 23:55:36 H=localhost ([192.168.1.7]) [127.0.0.1] incomplete
> transaction (QUIT) from [7]<bob@???>
> 2008-04-04 23:55:37 H=localhost ([192.168.1.2]) [127.0.0.1] incomplete
> transaction (QUIT) from [8]<steve@???>
> Help!
> Thank you very much!
> Russell
>
> References
>
> 1. mailto:bob@computerworld.com
> 2. mailto:steve@computerworld.com
> 3. mailto:bob@eggycrew.com
> 4. mailto:dd444d@gmail.com
> 5. mailto:steve@eggycrew.com
> 6. mailto:d45465@eggycrew.com
> 7. mailto:bob@eggycrew.com
> 8. mailto:steve@eggycrew.com
>
