Those settings only apply to queue runs, by default Exim attempts immediate delivery outside the scheduled queue run whenever it receives a submission. You can halt all immediate delivery by setting the queue_only option, though in that case you may want to increase the frequency of the queue runner(s) when you start the Exim daemon. I think this is explained in some detail in the documentation for the remote_max_parallel option.
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-main_configuration.html#SECTalomo On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Giovanni Ferri <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to limit outgoing connections to maximum of 4 simultaneous > from exim4 to the next transport. > > I already tried to mix "remote_max_parallel=1" and "queue_run_max=4" (and > viceversa) as stated elsewhere in the forum, but without any success. > > Confirmed by some tests of parallel sending, I continue to see >4 > established connections (netstat) to the next hop. > > I know that is possibile to rate limit incoming connections but couldn't > find any reference for the outbound part. > > We wouldn't add another instance of exim in the middle, so maybe you can > suggest some other way to do so. > > > > Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help. > > Giovanni. > > > > > > > -- > ## List details at https://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/ > -- ## List details at https://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/
