xyon wrote: > Sorry, to be more specific, this section: > > http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch14.html#SECID112 > > On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 13:02 -0400, xyon wrote: > >> Perhaps setting 'smtp_receive_timeout' to something lower will get rid >> of those stale connects sooner, thus creating some available slots >> quicker? >> >> Perhaps this chapter will help: >> >> http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch14.html >> >> On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 17:18 +0100, Michael Connors wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I have an exim mail server with the max number of connections set to 150. >>> It has been running fine but over the last week or so, I am getting >>> large numbers of established smtp connections to my machine even when >>> the mail queue is completely clear. >>> Because of this I am ending up dropping connections. I would rather not >>> increase the limit because that real problem is the large number of >>> connections and not the current limit. >>> >>> Could this be some sort of attempted dos attack? >>> Regards, >>> >>> -- >>> Michael >>> >>> >>> > > Hi, I decreased the timeout and it seems to have helped to some extent. Thanks, Michael
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