Thank Simon,
the quota configuration (2 messages in 10s) is so tight only for test and
try to achieve what I want.

I think the only solution is to enable dual instance postfix as written
here:
http://lists.policyd.org/pipermail/users_lists.policyd.org/2013-December/004283.html

Thanks

On 17 August 2015 at 11:20, Simon Hobson <[email protected]> wrote:

> > If I chose "defer" verdict I obtain:
> > 450, '4.7.1 <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: Policy rejection;
> Message count quota exceeded
>
> > In no case the mail is queued, but is removed.
>
> 450 is a temporary failure code - the sending client should queue the
> message and retry later. In the case of an MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) this
> should "just happen", but in the case of an MUA (Mail User Agent, aka mail
> client) this usually just results in an error.
>
> For this reason, throttling mail sent my MUAs to very tight limits is
> generally not a good idea. Depending on the MUA it may result in various
> combinations of error messages/dialogs and/or require manual intervention
> to restart sending.
>
> Another reason to avoid "tight" limits such as these is that even though
> an MTA will queue and retry, if there are more then 3 recipients, each
> delivery attempt will fail. It depends on the configuration of both server
> and clients, the message may go through to 1, 2, or 3 recipients at a time
> until all are done - or it may "get stuck" and fail to send at all.
>
> So I'd suggest a larger number of messages over a larger time period. 2
> messages ever 10 seconds is the same average rate as 12 messages every
> minute, or 120 messages every 10 minutes, or 720 messages/hour. The only
> difference is the "burst" capability.
> To understand that, consider the quota as being like a leaky bucket. When
> no mail has been sent for a while, the bucket will be empty, each time a
> message is sent, water is added to the bucket and the level rises, and when
> the level is above the cut-off point then further messages are rejected.
> Over time the water leaks out and the level goes down, then further
> messages are accepted.
> If the bucket is large, and the cut-off level high, a lot of messages can
> be sent initially - but once that cut-off level is reached, messages can
> only be sent at the rate the water leaks out. That rate is the same for all
> the quotas listed above - roughly one message every 5 seconds. The
> difference is the burst needed to hit the quota in the first place : 3, 13,
> 121, 721 messages* respectively.
> But the overall rate is the same in all cases - with the higher burst
> ability, there also comes a longer period to completely reset it. Eg, if
> you sent 120 messages in one go, you'd need to wait a full hour before you
> could do the same again.
>
> * The cutoff is normally the quota level +1. Messages are only rejected if
> the counter is above the limit, and the "bucket" is draining from the
> instant the first recipient is logged. So after sending a message to 2
> recipients, the quota will be 1.9<something>, it needs 3 recipients to put
> the quota counter over 2. In practice, the 731 is probably conservative
> since by the time the 731st message is sent, enough time will have passed
> (and hence the bucket drained) to allow another message or 2 through.
>
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