From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jun 2 17:11:56 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id RAA03908 for current-outgoing; Fri, 2 Jun 1995 17:11:56 -0700 Received: from kryten.atinc.com (kryten.atinc.com [198.138.38.7]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id RAA03902 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 1995 17:11:53 -0700 Received: (jmb@localhost) by kryten.atinc.com (8.6.9/8.3) id UAA11086; Fri, 2 Jun 1995 20:02:12 -0400 Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 20:02:11 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Subject: Re: freebsd-* mailing lists (Was Re: SUP server down?) To: -Vince- cc: Pete Carah , current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Fri, 2 Jun 1995, -Vince- wrote: > On Thu, 1 Jun 1995, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > > > i have modified bulk_mailer to work more easily with majordomo > > and hope to test it tonight. chat will be the guinea pig ;) > > > > Hmmm, what did you change? bulk_mailer expects to get clean addresses with no extraneous material. i added a '-m' flag to strip this material so it can use majordomo list files directly, if needed. added a '-S' to limit the number of sendmail processes (needs testing) added a '-N' to limit the number of hosts per envelope (needs testing) comments as i figured out what was happening in each function comment at the top of all non-trivial functions to doc their behavior that's all i remember of the top of my head. > > if this does not cut mail times signifcantly, then let's try > > other options. bulk_mailer may be all we need. ;) > > I thought that was all is needed except maybe more RAM ;) well, there are those clammoring for other services as well jmb Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346