On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 03:39:56PM -0500, Kenneth Marshall wrote: > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 03:59:58PM -0400, Victor Duchovni wrote: > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 02:57:44PM -0500, Kenneth Marshall wrote: > > > > > > > IIRC there's a limit for limiting outgoing smtp connections. I just > > > > > can't find it. Anyone a hint? > > > > > > Use a policyd. > > > > No, policy daemons are only involved in incoming SMTP connections. > > True, but from his question it looked like his problem was caused > by people sending too much mail to and through his system and with > that a policy daemon could help.
Only if it enforced cumulative message size quotas. The problem seems to be a slow uplink. Figuring out appropriate quota levels can be tricky, but if one limited each sender to ~25% of the total available capacity, one could survive 3 bandwidth hogs + routine traffic. -- Viktor. Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. To unsubscribe from the postfix-users list, visit http://www.postfix.org/lists.html or click the link below: <mailto:majord...@postfix.org?body=unsubscribe%20postfix-users> If my response solves your problem, the best way to thank me is to not send an "it worked, thanks" follow-up. If you must respond, please put "It worked, thanks" in the "Subject" so I can delete these quickly.