Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 01:22:40 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Ilia Chipitsine <ilia@cgilh.chel.su> Cc: "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Increasing Sendmail Performance? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908270121520.22784-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908270007050.348-100000@localhost.cgu.chel.su>
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On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Ilia Chipitsine wrote:
> try www.sendmail.org, there's everything about sendmail, but I'm afraid
> there's something FreeBSD-specific.
>
> BTW, what are +10000 messages ? ARE YOU GOING TO SEND SPAM ???????????
Would make for a small spam list, no? I used to run a newletter mailing
list for a client that has 10000+ addresses in it...and just helped a
friend setup a list for one of his clients that will be 6000+ ... *shrug*
>
> On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Jonathan E. Lyons wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Is there an FAQ/site that will provide details in increasing the
> > performance of sendmail? Like kernel parameters, maxusers? Mem? Sendmail
> > options? We have a huge mass mailing to our customers and I'd like to be
> > sure the machine can handle the load.
> > Also is it possible to "simulate" the type of load the machine can handle?
> > Something along the lines of directing all outout to /dev/null, but still
> > have the machine do DNS lookups and then dump the messages? I want to do a
> > few dry runs before attempting to send +10,000 e-mails.. :). Or should I be
> > looking at other SMTP servers??
> >
> >
> > Thanks!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Jonathan E. Lyons
> > parrothd@midwest.net Nucleus Consulting
> > ICQ # 14226912 www.nucleusconsulting.com
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