> I have checked the squirrel mail configuration. It is configured
> to use SMTP for mail delivery. So I have a chance of limiting
> fast-senders there. From the log files, I have seen that esmtp is used
> for local deliveries.
>
> I am a novice user of exim. I was going through the exim manuals for
> ratelimiting incoming messages. I have taken specific examples from
> the manual as follows:
>
> ********* start code ************
> warn ratelimit = 3 / 5m / per_rcpt / strict
> delay = ${eval: ${sg{$sender_rate}{[.].*}{}} - \
> $sender_rate_limit }s
>
> # Keep authenticated users under control
> deny authenticated = *
> ratelimit = 3 / 5m / strict / $authenticated_id
> ********* end code ************
>
> This I have added under the condition "acl_check_rcpt:" in the
> beginning itself. Still, while testing I have seen that these rules
> are not hit. Could you please tell me where to put these rules?
I'm afraid that I don't know why these rules aren't working and I can't
tell you where they need to go in your configuration file so that they
work. I know that ratelimits work because they work for us, but every
configuration is different and I can't troubleshoot yours.
- cks
