Author: Jeremy Harris Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] Throttle incoming connections without stopping smtp auth
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On 21/10/14 10:20, mtrainer@??? wrote: > I need to limit incoming smtp mail connections and defer
> additional smtp connections whenever we have a peak of mail / spam. I
> want to do this without limiting smtp auth connections as our users need
> to be able to relay mail out via the exim servers all the time. Anyone
> know how to achieve this with exim settings?
The version of exim you have matters.
Look into the $smtp_count_at_connection_start and $load_average
variables, and think about applying them in your mail-acl
(so that you can test authentication status too).
If auth only uses non-25, do it in a separated conn-acl.
