Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:03:12 -0500 From: Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com> To: Steven Duckworth <sduckworth@aug.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail Message-ID: <3BE020C0.2070007@magpage.com> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20011031093001.02bda9b8@ns1.aug.edu>
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Steven Duckworth wrote: > All, > > I am currently converting my e-mail gateway server from a Solaris 2.7 > box to a FreeBSD 4.2 box. After setting up the BSD box I did some basic > testing and found the system to be functioning properly. We have a > majordomo server which has several mailing lists with 500-1000 users on > some of the lists. The problem I have is when someone sends something > to a list with many users I get the error "To many open files in > system". Issuing the command sysctl -a I see that the kern.maxfiles is > 1064. Does anyone have any experience with tweeking these settings for > use with sendmail? > > Machine Specs: > FreeBSD 4.2 > 512 MB > 900MHz > Sendmail 8.11.5 > Bind 9.1.3 > have you compiled a custom kernel? What MAXUSERS are you using. I'd suggest raising MAXUSERS to at least 128. Also, why FreeBSD 4.2? 4.4 is available and includes many security fixes, performance enhancements, etc, so I'd also suggest you upgrade to 4.4. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com> Tel: 302-239-5900 Ext. 231 Systems Administrator Fax: 302-239-3909 MAGPAGE, We Power the Internet WWW: http://www.magpage.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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