Diego Castillo: > >> I would like to force my Postfix SMTP server to disconnect from > >> time to time, in order to prevent its clients from reusing the > >> same connection for too long or for too many transactions. > > > > If you want to hang up a connection then you need an smtpd > > policy daemon that sends a 421 reply. > > Would such a policy force Postfix to *close* that particular socket?
Yes. > I don't want to force a retry at the client side, I want to force > the client to stop reusing the connection and open a new one from > time to time. Ideally after a max number of messages, if not possible > after a TTL for the connection between the SMTP client and Postfix. Can you describe the PROBLEM, instead of the SOLUTION (limit connection reuse)? Wietse