[nflug] Listserv/SMTP server/mail quota question

[Darin Perusich]

I was referring to mailman specifically.

Roelant Ossewaarde wrote:
> I'm not sure what you mean by "ONLY be done at the MTA", but some
> mass-mailers do have the option of throttling themselves. I use
> minimalist, which can throttle its own behavior to prevent mail
> tsunamis. The advantage of using your mass-mailer configuration for that
> is that it doesn't affect any other email you'd send.
> 
> Roelant.
> 
> 
> On Feb 14, 2008, at 2:02 PM, Robert Wolfe wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:47:34 -0500
>> Darin Perusich <Darin.Perusich at cognigencorp.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Cyber is correct in that quotas relate to the amount storage/disk space
>>> one is allowed to consume. What you are referring to is throttling and
>>> this can ONLY be done at the MTA, this entry from the mailman FAQ.
>>>
>>> http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.051.htp
>>>
>>> To enforce this in Postfix you would set smtpd_client_message_rate_limit
>>> to a value other then 0 in main.cf. You REALLY need to be careful when
>>> enabling such policies since they limit ALL messages and not particular
>>> messages or copies of messages. In other words this is a bad idea in
>>> most respects.
>>
>> Ok.  Looks like I misused the term 'quota' then.  Thanks for clearing
>> this little tidbit up (and helping me get educated at little more <G>).
>>
>> -- 
>> Robert Wolfe <robertwolfe at localnet.com>
>> Systems Administrator, LocalNet Corp/CoreComm Internet
>> http://www.localnet.com | http://www.core.com

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Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corporation
395 Youngs Rd.
Williamsville, NY 14221
Phone: 716-633-3463
Email: darinper at cognigencorp.com