Re: [exim] rate limit question

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Author: Ian Eiloart
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To: Graeme Fowler
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Subject: Re: [exim] rate limit question

On 5 Sep 2011, at 14:51, Graeme Fowler wrote:

> On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 14:32 +0100, Oliver Howe wrote:
>> So does that mean that the combined sender rates for both these hosts is
>> 135.9 + 136.2 = 272.1
>> or is the combined sender rates 136.2 for these two?
>
> The latter. The default key for ratelimiting (if not defined) is the
> sending host IP address.
>


Except that the OP has obfuscated the sending host IP addresses, so we can't tell what the answer is.

If x is a constant here, then you're right. However, I suspect that it isn't supposed to be because of the phrase "these two hosts". In which case the combined sender rate is the sum.


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