Re: Slowing down postfix

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Slowing down postfix
\ Jack Raats (22 Jan 2008)
. \ (Wietse Venema) (22 Jan 2008)
. . \ Victor Duchovni (22 Jan 2008)
. . \ Jack Raats (23 Jan 2008)
. \ Jack Raats (23 Jan 2008)
. . \ Victor Duchovni (23 Jan 2008)

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Subject:	Re: Slowing down postfix
Group:	Postfix-users
From:	Victor Duchovni
Date:	23 Jan 2008

On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 08:58:23AM +0100, Jack Raats wrote:

> >>> Is it possible to slow down postfix, that it sends only one message a
> >>> minute?
> >>
> >>This was introduced with Postfix 2.5, currently available as release
> >>candidate 2. To limit the rate for outgoing smtp, one would specify
> >>"smtp_delivery_rate_delay = 60s".
> >>
> >>See also the caveats described under:
> >>http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#default_delivery_rate_delay
> >
> >Note, this applies *per-destination*, so it works "best" in combination
> >with "relayhost" (all mail forwarded to a single smarthost).
>
> Is it possible to use it without having a smarthost?

Yes, but the rate limit applies *per-destination*. If you need a global
limit, implement your own smarthost (second instance or content filter
to which all email is sent).

> Do I have to use anvil? and how?
> At this moment I'm using 2.4.6.

Anvil is a server-side control, you can use that (in the receiving SMTP
server) with 2.4 if you add an extra local hop. Anvil is not used in
the SMTP client.

--
Viktor.

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