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Author: dhanushka ranasinghe
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To: Chris Russell
CC: exim-users@exim.org
Subject: Re: [exim] 421 SMTP command timeout - closing connection ISSUE
Hi..

i have split exim configuration mode , in that case im not using exim.conf

i have following files in /etc/exim4

  update-exim4.conf.conf     conf.d


inside /etc/exim4/conf.d folder have following folders ...

rewrite
router
transport
retry
auth
main
acl

in split configuration mode , which file i need to edit to add ,

smtp_accept_max = xxxx
smtp_connect_backlog = xxxx

Thanks in Advance


On 21 December 2012 15:48, Chris Russell <Chris.Russell@???>wrote:

> > Sorry , Error what im getting is *"421 Too many concurrent SMTP
> connections*" not the
> > 421 SMTP command timeout - closing connectionWhat i mention in the
> subject by mistake
>
> Exim is seeing too many concurrent SMTP connections - you should be able
> to verify this via netstat, and it might be worth seeing if there is
> anything in your config (malware/spam scanning etc) causing this to take a
> significant amount of time. On the other hand, it might be spammers :)
>
> You can increase via the global section of exim.conf (essentially top of
> main config):
>
> Ie:
>
> smtp_accept_max = xxxx
> smtp_connect_backlog = xxxx
>
>
> Chris
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