Sending Rate limit with policyd in zimbra

– For Zimbra 8.7.x/8.8.x 

su zimbra

zmprov ms `zmhostname` +zimbraServiceInstalled cbpolicyd +zimbraServiceEnabled cbpolicyd

[Run as Root]

cd /opt/zimbra/data/httpd/htdocs/

ln -s /opt/zimbra/common/share/webui/ .

[Run as zimbra]

vi /opt/zimbra/common/share/webui/includes/config.php

$DB_DSN="sqlite:/opt/zimbra/data/cbpolicyd/db/cbpolicyd.sqlitedb";

Restart Services

su - zimbra -c "zmcontrol restart"

su - zimbra -c "zmapachectl restart"

http://192.168.1.211:7780/webui/index.php

1. Policy > Groups

> Action (Add)

> Name: list_domain  [Submit]

> Make group enabled

Select the group and select Members

> Add

> Member: @drbdtest.com

Make the Member enabled

Select Policies > main

> Action: Add

> Name: Rate limit sending message

> Priority: 20

> Description: Rate limit sending message

Make the policy enable

Select Policy > Action > Members > Add

> Source: %list_domain

> Destination: !%list_domain

Make it enable

> Source: !%list_domain

> Destination: any

Make it enable

Select Quotas > Configure

> Action > Add

> Name: Rate Limit

Track: Sender: user@domain

Period: 3600

Link to policy: Rate limit sending message

Defer (Delay)

Data: Sorry your quota to sending email has been full. please try again later 

Stop Processing here: No

[Submit]

Make it enable

Above configuration will limit sending message from domain local to outside and outside to any domain with maximum message 200 email/user/hour. Please try to sending message to other domain and see the log information on /opt/zimbra/log/cbpolicyd.log

Ref: https://imanudin.net/2014/09/08/how-to-install-policyd-on-zimbra-8-5/

Ref: https://imanudin.net/2014/09/09/zimbra-tips-how-to-configure-rate-limit-sending-message-on-policyd/