On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, Tim Wesemann wrote: > > > http://linux.voyager.hr/ucspi-tcp/tcpserver-limits-2004-03-27.diff > > This diff adds a MAXCONNIP to qpsmtpd-forkserver. I set the default to > > my $MAXCONNIP = 5; > > The problem with this patch is that it simply drops connections after the > MAXLOAD, MAXCONNIP, or MAXCONNC thresholds are met. Some bad MTA's will > treat dropped connections as permanent (5xx) errors and bounce the message.
Such bad MTAs are *fundamentally* broken. The longer we try to support them, the longer it will be before people stop using them (because they are so unreliable). --- Charlie
