> | i have > | smtp_accept_max_per_host = 4 > That setting works fine for us. Can't imagine what's wrong. You've HUP'd > the daemon of course (sorry for suggesting the obvious).
no need to hup. it's been in the config since ice cream was invented. > Were it working, you'd be getting messages like this logged in the mainlog: > "Connection from a.b.c.d refused: too many connections from that IP address" # grep "too many connections from that IP address" /var/spool/exim/log/main # and log is 14:48 long, rolls midnight gmt > Not helping with the problem at hand, - but generally related to smtp > flooding - we recently found changing DNSBL tests from "deny" to "drop" > lowered the connection count significantly, due to a buggy botnet that > failed to close connections after being told to "5xx off". hmmm. may try that. thanks. randy -- ## 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/
