--On 17 September 2007 00:05:10 +0100 Tony Finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, Jeremy Harris wrote: >> >> Um, the default key is $sender_host_address - but you can pick a >> different one, to match your definition of "host", no? > > Yeah, but even if you try to use the destination host address as the key > (which isn't possible in general because a recipient address may have > multiple destinations) the only thing you can do to limit the rate is > delay the incoming email, which your clients might consider rude. Then, perhaps the thing to do is set up a second server, as a smarthost for the offending server. It doesn't have to be a physical box - you could use two use a separate config on the same host. It might listen on a second IP address, or a non-standard port (assuming Exim can send email to a host listening on a non-standard port?). > And the > rate that you are measuring is the rate of incoming messages that might > eventually be delivered to the destination in question, not the actual > rate of deliveries. > > Tony. > -- > f.a.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ > IRISH SEA: SOUTHERLY, BACKING NORTHEASTERLY FOR A TIME, 3 OR 4. SLIGHT OR > MODERATE. SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR. -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex x3148 -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
