On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 11:54:12AM -0600, @lbutlr wrote:
> On 10 Aug 2021, at 17:48, raf <post...@raf.org> wrote:
> > Note: I'm not recommending this. I expect that the existing default
> > has been arrived at after much observation and careful thought.
> > But the option to do this is there if that's what you want.
>
> That said, the possibility isn’t interesting enough for me to take a swing at
> it. The default limit is 40 (which I have to say, does seem high).
Not sure where you get 40, I see:
$ postconf -d | grep error_limit
smtpd_hard_error_limit = ${stress?{1}:{20}}
smtpd_soft_error_limit = 10
> In theory, setting the value to 1 would cause good clients to retry,
> but we all know about that problem, so perhaps not. Is there anything
> logged when the limit is reached?
>
> Also, note that the limit has to be at least 1, and I am not sure what
> 0 would do. Perhaps set the error limit to infinity?
No, smtpd(8) will fail to start, logging an invalid configuration. The
limit MUST be at least 1.
--
Viktor.
