  We calculated cross sections for the dielectronic recombination (DR)
satellite lines of Fe XVII and benchmarked our predictions with experimental
cross sections of Fe XVII resonances that were mono-energetically excited in an
electron beam ion trap. We extend the benchmark to all resolved DR and direct
electron-impact excitation (DE) channels in the experimental dataset,
specifically the $n\geq4$ DR resonances of Fe XVII, complementing earlier
investigations of $n=3$ channels. Our predictions overestimate by 20-25$\%$ the
DR and DE absolute cross sections for the higher $n$ complexes when using the
same methods as in previous works. However, we achieve agreement within
$\sim$10$\%$ of the experimental results by an approach in which we "forward
fold" the predicted cross sections with the spread of the electron-beam energy
and the photon-energy resolution of our experiment. We then calculated rate
coefficients from the experimental and theoretical cross sections, finding
departures of $10-20\%$ from the rates found in the OPEN-ADAS atomic database.
