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Package: lists.debian.org
Severity: important
Every once in a while, my internal caching DNS server screws itself over.
Consequently, the mail server, which does DNSBL lookups through that server,
refuses to accept any mail, giving a 451 response. When I notice and reset the
DNS server, the mail server accepts connections again.[0]
Then, when murphy tries the messages again, it sends many connections at once.
Sendmail, as an anti-DOS measure, rejects most of these connections. Hence,
murphy queues a large amount of mail destined for me for a very long time.
I would like to get queued mail sooner, and I'm sure you would much prefer that
mail did not sit in the queue for longer than it had to. Thus, my request is
that, in compliance with the RFCs, murphy should send several mails per
connection. This will speed delivery and reduce load on my server.
[0] I understand the server should not do this (TM), but I am not yet
sure of the cause of the problem, although I think I know. However,
this is not the point.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers experimental
APT policy: (500, 'experimental'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500,
'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL
set to en_US.UTF-8)
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Exim4 already sends multiple messages in the same connection if
possible. See:
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.62/doc/html/spec_html/ch30.html#id2645371
What is most likely happening is that you've got ClientRate set too lo
in your access file, which is running into the Rate limiter well
before it hits the connection limiter.
Disable the rate and/or connection limiter for spohr and murphy and
you'll stop seeing the problem.
Don Armstrong
--
Grimble left his mother in the food store and went to the launderette
and watched the clothes go round. It was a bit like colour television
only with less plot.
-- Clement Freud _Grimble_
http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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