Question about VERP.

"Steven W. Orr" <[email protected]> Sat, 9 Sep 2006 22:05:14 -0400 (EDT)
Newsgroups gmane.mail.majordomo.majordomo2.devel
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I have a problem I don't have a clue where to start with. This might not 
be an mj2 problem but...

I have the following setting:

configset frambors bounce_probe_frequency = 0
configset frambors bounce_probe_pattern = /aol\.com/i

Nothing else in the system (that I know about) should be VERPing to any 
other domains. (I included my mailertable below.)

The idea is that I only want VERP on for aol. The problem is this. My ISP 
is RCN and recently I have started getting the following messages in my 
mailq output (sendmail) which is listed below. The 'Too many connections'
is because I am not supposed to have more than 4 connections to the RCN 
server at once. My mailertble is set to send all mail to certain domains 
through RCN because I live on an address which is from a dynamic address.

So I have two questions:
1. Why do I have multiple messages showing up to comcast in my mailq 
output, or for that matter, multiple messages to all domains in the 
mailertable? The idea is that all messages to all domains that are in the 
mailertable should go to RCN just once.

2. This is the part that I don't expect help for but who knows sometimes I 
get lucky: How do I tell sendmail to only have a max of four connections 
to rcn.com?

Anyone?

TIA


This first section is the sendmail mailertable. All mail sent to these domains 
will be sent to RCN's smtp server.

2die4.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
abinitio.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
adelphia.net	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
apacheweek.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
arbella.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
bigfoot.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
brandeis.edu    esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
cnc.com		esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
comcast.net	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
compuware.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
connectedsw.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
cybercom.net	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
earthecho.net	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
earthlink.net	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
engineering.uiowa.edu	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
fastdial.net	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
hushmail.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
iecc.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
iisc.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
infomap.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
juno.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
justfordads.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
jxenakis.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
leesix.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
lists.redhat.com esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
lycos.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
mail.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
meditech.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
mindspring.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
netzero.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
nstaronline.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
pbl.com		esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
plymouth01701.org esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
polbox.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
raptah.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
redhat.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
rr.com		esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
sch.ci.lexington.ma.us esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
scientist.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
sonusnet.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
sprynet.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
sudburyvalleytrustees.org	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
tiac.net	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
uiowa.edu	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
uoregon.edu	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
usa.net		esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
vgi.com		esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
rcn.com		esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
alginin.org	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
gladstonefamily.net esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
advocatesinc.org esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
bernardgrp.com	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
cmarc.org	esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
framedintime.com esmtp:smtp.rcn.com
housingpartnersinc.com esmtp:smtp.rcn.com

This section is the output of the mailq command shoing that messages are 
delayed. The delay seems to be around 20 minutes.

 		/var/spool/mqueue (32 requests)
-----Q-ID----- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- 
------------Sender/Recipient-----------
k84D05aY022582     1773 Mon Sep  4 09:00 
<framcom-owner+M3797=frambors=jxenakis.
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU4x023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=kurtvonnegut=comc
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU35023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=pjhavel=usa.net@s
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU4d023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=bob.angelo=comcas
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU51023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=jmhsliu=comcast.n
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU4t023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=thomashaskins=com
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU47023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=richs.amg=comcast
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU4L023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=pjferrari=comcast
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU4v023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=jrdbert=comcast.n
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU31023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=Laurie=leesix.com
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU4F023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=alolli=comcast.ne
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU4h023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=pgroppo=comcast.n
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU39023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=dhurwitz2=earthli
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU4T023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=jim.hanrahan=comc
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU2h023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=dandiliondragon=j
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU2n023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=jaucoin=infomap.c
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU4b023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=yaakovcohn=comcas
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU33023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=aroos=sch.ci.lexi
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU2x023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=Richard=leesix.co
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU4B023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=bigcitysmith=comc
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU4f023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=jmmeninno=comcast
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU2l023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=kmssmk=netzero.co
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU4V023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=denisvaughan=comc
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU4n023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=cathymiles=comcas
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU4D023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=bullockji=comcast
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU4Z023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=bridgetmobrien=co
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU4X023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=maryelainesulliva
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHU2j023683     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:17 
<frambors-owner+M6577=cindyj623=netzero
                  (Deferred: 421 #4.4.5 Too many connections from your host.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84CSitW020371     2007 Mon Sep  4 08:28 
<[email protected]>
                  (Deferred: 451 4.3.2 Please try again later)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84D0PY5023022     1773 Mon Sep  4 09:00 <[email protected]>
                  (reply: read error from mail.pcholo.com.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84CqbQd022202     2061 Mon Sep  4 08:52 <[email protected]>
                  (Deferred: Connection refused by ff-mx-vip2.prodigy.net.)
 					 <[email protected]>
k84DHx7i024256     1995 Mon Sep  4 09:18 <[email protected]>
                  (Deferred: Connection timed out with xmxpita.excite.com.)
 					 <[email protected]>
 					 <[email protected]>
 					 <[email protected]>
 					 <[email protected]>
 					 <[email protected]>
 		Total requests: 32

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