Re: [exim] Yahoo 5 messages per SMTP Connection

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Author: Lena
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Yahoo 5 messages per SMTP Connection
> From: Phil Pennock

> > What is the best method to limit the connections to yahoo ?
> [ where Subject: highlights that you mean limit the messages per
> connection, not the count of concurrent connections ]


Does @yahoo.com accept incoming mail irrespective of
number of concurrent connections?

> For instance,
> ----------------------------8< cut here >8------------------------------
> begin routers
> outbound_throttled:
> driver = dnslookup
> domains = yahoo.com
> transport = throttled_smtp
> # normal dnslookup Router here, *after* that one
> # [...]
> begin transports
> throttled_smtp:
> driver = smtp
> connection_max_messages = 5
> ----------------------------8< cut here >8------------------------------
> You probably want to replace the hard-coded "yahoo.com" with a file
> reference, matching a file containing a list of domains, or with a
> domainlist:
>
> domainlist yahoo_domains = yahoo.com : yahoo.co.uk : ...
>
> which you then refer to as +yahoo_domains :
>
> domains = +yahoo_domains


I intend to replace "domains = yahoo.com" with

condition = ${if match{$domain}{\N^yahoo\.\N}}

Does that look OK?

Thanks.