[nflug] Listserv/SMTP server/mail quota question

[Roelant Ossewaarde]

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>).
>
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> Robert Wolfe <robertwolfe at localnet.com>
> Systems Administrator, LocalNet Corp/CoreComm Internet
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