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Date:      Thu, 24 Jan 2002 19:40:53 +0100
From:      Simon Siemonsma <simon.freebsd@hccnet.nl>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Fwd: Re: sending to postfix slow, more info
Message-ID:  <20020124184054.4BEA63A9@fia168-94.dsl.hccnet.nl>

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On Thursday 24 January 2002 02:06, you wrote:
> FreeBSD 4.4-Rel
>
> -----------------
>
> # postconf mail_version
> mail_version = Snapshot-20011127
>
> I replaced a BSD/i machine with much faster FreeBSD machine.  All ftp
> performance sending big files to the fbsd machine appears as fast or faster
> than the old machine.
>
> But sending files with large attachments through postfix is horribly
> slower.
>
> A 65 mb attachment sent through FreeBSD took 35 minutes, then sending the
> same attachment through BSD/i (sendmail) took 2 minutes  (sender PC and
> both bsd's on same LAN, of course).
>
> The FreeBSD machine is basically idle
>
> any ideas where to look?

why not start  to have a look at /var/log/maillog.
Just send a message and have a look which new lines are generated in the
logfile. At least this should tell you at which step the delay occurs.

> Len
>
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