Difference between default_destination_recipient_limit and smtpd_recipient_limit

[Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago]

I had configured default_destination_recipient_limit to 1500 and I couldn't send an email destined to 1100 recipients. It was when I modified this two options when I got it working:

smtpd_recipient_overshoot_limit
smtpd_recipient_limit

I rtfm but I just can't see why it wasn't working, because default_destination_recipient_limit seems to be the default value for every postfix service.

... or maybe I am just missing something.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago.

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[Wietse Venema]

Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago:

> I had configured default_destination_recipient_limit to 1500 and I
> couldn't send an email destined to 1100 recipients. It was when I
> modified this two options when I got it working:
>
> smtpd_recipient_overshoot_limit
> smtpd_recipient_limit
>
> I rtfm but I just can't see why it wasn't working, because
> default_destination_recipient_limit seems to be the default value for
> every postfix service.
>
> ... or maybe I am just missing something.

Indeed. You missed the instructions for reporting a problem
on this mailing list. They were sent to you in the mailing
list welcome message.

TO REPORT A PROBLEM see http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html#mail

TO (UN)SUBSCRIBE see http://www.postfix.org/lists.html

Thank you for using Postfix.

[Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago]

El vie, 26-03-2010 a las 12:06 +0100, Wietse Venema escribió:

Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago:
> I had configured default_destination_recipient_limit to 1500 and I
> couldn't send an email destined to 1100 recipients. It was when I
> modified this two options when I got it working:
> 
> smtpd_recipient_overshoot_limit
> smtpd_recipient_limit
> 
> I rtfm but I just can't see why it wasn't working, because
> default_destination_recipient_limit seems to be the default value for
> every postfix service.
> 
> ... or maybe I am just missing something.

Indeed. You missed the instructions for reporting a problem
on this mailing list. They were sent to you in the mailing
list welcome message.

externo2:~# postconf -n
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
append_dot_mydomain = no
biff = no
config_directory = /etc/postfix
default_destination_recipient_limit = 20000
inet_interfaces = all
mailbox_size_limit = 0
message_size_limit = 52428800
mydestination = externo2.ayto-getafe.org, localhost.ayto-getafe.org, localhost
myhostname = externo2.ayto-getafe.org
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 10.0.0.0/8 172.16.0.0/12 192.168.0.0/16
myorigin = /etc/mailname
readme_directory = no
recipient_delimiter = +
relay_domains = $mydestination, ayto-getafe.org
relayhost =
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU)
smtpd_recipient_limit = 20000
smtpd_recipient_overshoot_limit = 20000
smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_non_fqdn_sender,     reject_unknown_sender_domain, check_sender_access hash:/etc/postfix/sender_access
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/mailer.ayto-getafe.org_cert.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/mailer.ayto-getafe.org_key.pem
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtpd_use_tls = yes
transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport


I have no logs to show, sorry. But my question remains as simple as before:
Could anyone please point me to some document (RFC or so) where that options and its use are more thoroughly explained than in postfix's manual?

Sorry for missing info and thank you very much for your time.

Regards,
Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago.

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[mouss]

Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago a écrit :

without logs and/or transcripts, we have no idea what blocks your mail.
It is possible that mail was blocked by some piece (anti-virus,
firewall, router, mail relay, ...) other than postfix.

As for the parameters, smtpd_* apply to the smtpd server, which
_receives_ mail, while default_destination_recipient_limit applies to
mail that postfix _delivers_ (via smtp, lmtp, virtual and pipe).

[Wietse Venema]

Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago:
> El vie, 26-03-2010 a las 12:06 +0100, Wietse Venema escribi?:

>
> > Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago:
> > > I had configured default_destination_recipient_limit to 1500 and I
> > > couldn't send an email destined to 1100 recipients. It was when I
> > > modified this two options when I got it working:
> > >
> > > smtpd_recipient_overshoot_limit
> > > smtpd_recipient_limit
> > >
> > > I rtfm but I just can't see why it wasn't working, because
> > > default_destination_recipient_limit seems to be the default value for
> > > every postfix service.
> > >
> > > ... or maybe I am just missing something.
> >
> > Indeed. You missed the instructions for reporting a problem
> > on this mailing list. They were sent to you in the mailing
> > list welcome message.
>
>
> externo2:~# postconf -n
> alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
> alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
> append_dot_mydomain = no

...

>
> I have no logs to show, sorry.

Then could you at least tell us **what is the error message**

Wietse

[Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago]

El sáb, 27-03-2010 a las 17:11 +0100, mouss escribió:

Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago a écrit :
> El vie, 26-03-2010 a las 12:06 +0100, Wietse Venema escribió:
>> Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago:
>> > I had configured default_destination_recipient_limit to 1500 and I
>> > couldn't send an email destined to 1100 recipients. It was when I
>> > modified this two options when I got it working:
>> > 
>> > smtpd_recipient_overshoot_limit
>> > smtpd_recipient_limit
>> > 
>> > I rtfm but I just can't see why it wasn't working, because
>> > default_destination_recipient_limit seems to be the default value for
>> > every postfix service.
>> > 
>> > ... or maybe I am just missing something.
>>
>> Indeed. You missed the instructions for reporting a problem
>> on this mailing list. They were sent to you in the mailing
>> list welcome message.
> 
> externo2:~# postconf -n
> alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
> alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
> append_dot_mydomain = no
> biff = no
> config_directory = /etc/postfix
> default_destination_recipient_limit = 20000
> inet_interfaces = all
> mailbox_size_limit = 0
> message_size_limit = 52428800
> mydestination = externo2.ayto-getafe.org, localhost.ayto-getafe.org,
> localhost
> myhostname = externo2.ayto-getafe.org

Ok, that explains it!, even though I had set default_destination_recipient_limit to 1500, and therefore I could'nt use that SMTP server to connect to it and send a mail to 1500 recipients because default_destination_recipient_limit only applies to mail delivered by postfix process, not received by its smtp server.

Thank you very much and sorry for the little info I gave.

I was trying to remember the error code that SMTP came up with. It said "Too many errors" but I cannot assure that 470 or 407 was the error code although it's the only number I can recall.

Regards,
Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago.

PS: Tahnks for your time. Next issue will be perfectly detailed, sorry for that.

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