Getting pounded .. sigh

[Stephen Swaney]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Matt Hampton
> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 1:58 PM
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: Getting pounded .. sigh
> 
> Stephen Swaney wrote:
> > "How Split a Multiple Recipient Message in Single Messages" under:
> >
> > http://wiki.mailscanner.info/doku.php?id=maq:index#misc._questions
> >
> > I've added the sendmail instructions.
> 
> When I added these bits to my config I get these errors in my maillog
> 
> NOQUEUE: Authentication-Warning: d2210.servadmin.com: Processed from
> queue /var/spool/mqueue.in
> 
> And no mail delivered - any ideas?
> 
> I have always used this:
> 
> define(`confMAX_RCPTS_PER_MESSAGE',`1')
> 
> to get the same result but I hadn't thought of doing it with queue
> groups. The down side to max_recpts_per_message is that depending on the
> remote server they might not send for 20 minutes (or try the secondary).
> 
> matt

The method described in the wiki should work with any client software since
the MTA (sendmail) accepts the entire message and then splits it into
individual messages, one for each recipient.

define(`confMAX_RCPTS_PER_MESSAGE',`1') will reject any email addressed to
more than one recipient. If this feature is defined it's typically set to a
much higher threshold; something like:

define(`confMAX_RCPTS_PER_MESSAGE',`20')

In fact you can use both together. With the setting just above and with
mqueue defined and r=1, messages to more than 20 recipients will be rejected
and messages to 20 or less will be split into individual messages.

I hope this helps to explain the issue.

Steve

Stephen Swaney
Fort Systems Ltd.
stephen.swaney at fsl.com
www.fsl.com