[CentOS] dovecot & bandwidth limit

Tue Mar 4 18:06:09 UTC 2008
Gregory P. Ennis <PoMec at PoMec.Net>

On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 12:56 -0500, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
> Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> > 
> > Everyone,
> > 
> > I am having some bandwidth problems caused by large e-mail files with
> > dovecot.  From my research into dovecot it appears that there is no way
> > to limit the use of bandwidth during POP3 deliveries.  
> > 
> > What recommendations might some of you have for a different POP3 server
> > that can limit its own bandwidth use.
> 
> Maybe setup a firewall that limits bandwidth per session based on a
> percentage of available bandwidth with a burst rate.
> 
> There are how-tos out on the net on this.
> 
> -Ross
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________


Ross,

Thanks for taking the time to answer.  I am familiar with the technique
in fact I use a burst rate for port 22 connections.  If I can not find a
POP3 server to do to limit bandwidth, I'll use iptables.

Thanks again,

Greg