* LuKreme <krem...@kreme.com>: > I was looking at the default levels for anvil and unless I am > misunderstanding (likely) they seem really high. > > smtpd_client_connection_count_limit (default: 50) > The maximum number of connections that an SMTP client > may make simultaneously. > > So, a single client can open up *50* simultaneous smtp connections?
Yes. > smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit (default: no limit) > The maximum number of connections that an SMTP client may > make in the time interval specified with > anvil_rate_time_unit (default: 60s). > > And can do so every single second? Yes. > My server is pretty light weight, and I don't tend to get too many floods > of spammers, but are these defaults reasonable to mitigate the damage that > a flood might do? Are these defaults anything a normal user is ever going > to hit? I usually set things differently. default_process_limit = 800 smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit = 40 smtpd_client_connection_count_limit = 16 anvil_rate_time_unit = 60s -- Ralf Hildebrandt Postfix - Einrichtung, Betrieb und Wartung Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 http://www.computerbeschimpfung.de Da wir bestrebt sind die Prozesse und die Produkte ständig zu verbessern, haben wir festgestellt, daß Betonschwimmwesten mit Stahlarmierung noch viel widerstandsfähiger sind.
