From: Noel Jones (njonesmegan.vbhcs.org)
Date: Thu Oct 02 2008 - 13:06:09 CDT

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Victor Duchovni wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 01:48:40PM -0400, Eddy Beliveau wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I'm using postfix 2.5.4 and it works great :-)
>>
>> I'm using the following parameters to limit traffic on my server:
>>
>> smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit = 10
>> anvil_rate_time_unit = 60s
>> smtpd_client_event_limit_exceptions not defined, so default=$mynetworks
>>
>> I know that any client registered in
>> "smtpd_client_event_limit_exceptions" are excluded from this restriction
>>
>> I would like to exclude some senders based on their sender email
>> address, NOT on their IP address .
>>
>> Can it be done ?
>
> No, anvil constraints are imposed at 220 banner time, and the sender is
> not known at that point. In order to find the sender, you need to allow
> the client to tie up a connection, which makes the control useless.
>

If the sender is under your control, you could set up an
alternate smtpd listener (with different/no rate limit) on
another IP or port for this specific sender to use.

Or just raise the rate limit.

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Noel Jones

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