On Wed, 13 May 2009 22:58:01 +0200 Magnus Bäck <mag...@dsek.lth.se> wrote:
> > Wel, if I limit the number of smtpd processes, do I also limit the > > incoming connections? > > Don't limit the number of smtpd processes; limit the number of smtp > processes. Doing so won't affect the number of incoming connections. Ok, I just saw that there are two smtp lines in master.cf. The first one is smtpd and the second one smtp. This works. Thanks! > > For the moment I limit the number of outgoing smtp connections > > through an iptables rule. > > That's unnecessary as Postfix supports your requirements. Finally, that's what I expected from the highly configurable Postfix :) Thanks to everyone for the replies. R. P.S.: I wonder if I should leave it to 2 smtp processes, if there is a lot of undeliverable mail, it will block legitimate mail as well. Any ideas about this? -- ___________________________________________________________________ It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak aloud and remove all doubt. +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Richard Lucassen, Utrecht | | Public key and email address: | | http://www.lucassen.org/mail-pubkey.html | +------------------------------------------------------------------+
