On Sun, Aug 05, 2012 at 07:48:56AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> On 8/4/2012 10:08 AM, /dev/rob0 wrote:
> 
> >> postscreen_client_connection_count_limit = 10
> > 
> > I'm not sure why you did this. Some MTAs, notably qmail, are 
> > likely to assault you with many simultaneous connections. This 
> > non-default setting might cause difficulty at times in receiving 
> > legitimate mail, albeit from impolite clients.
> 
> This slows legit clients down no more than greylisting does as it 
> simply returns a 4xx to each excess connection.
> 
> If you think that's harsh I limit concurrent connections to 4, 
> though I'm doing so with smtpd as I don't use postscreen.  It
> works very well.

Fine, I was just asking. I will take your word for it. That's one of
those default settings I have never touched.
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