Re: exempting a host from tarpit controls?

[top-posting fixed!]
On Friday 08 October 2004 02:37, Taner Halicioglu wrote:
> things like
>
> smtpd_error_sleep_time
> smtpd_soft_error_limit
> smtpd_hard_error_limit
>
> I want to set these - but I want my backup MX server to be exempt to

I read those in postconf(5), and I'm puzzled as to why your backup MX
would be exceeding the smtpd_soft_error_limit in the first place? A
decent MTA should not be making protocol errors at all, much less doing
so over and above the smtpd_soft_error_limit.

Again, I think you're looking at the wrong problem:

> > 1. In most cases backup MX is a bad idea. To do it right you have
> > to maintain relay_recipient_maps on the backup MX. If it accepts

> relay_recipient_maps is probably a good solution, but I'm trying to
> have as few things to remember to edit when adding accounts (or

Indeed, your relay_recipient_maps on the backup MX would need to be
maintained along with your regular userbase maintenance routine.[1]
OTOH with *no* backup MX, there's nothing extra to maintain. Postfix
rejects mail for unknown local recipients right out of the box[2].
SIMPLIFY things, and they work better! What a deal!


[1] The existence of relay_recipient_maps on the backup MX presumes
postfix running there, in which case I wouldn't expect the primary
MX to notice any protocol errors.
[2] Out of WHAT box? My postfix didn't come in a box. Should I
complain?
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