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Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 09:29:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jaye Mathisen  <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
To: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@coppe.ufrj.br>
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On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis wrote:

> #define quoting(David Greenman)
> // >/usr/sbin/sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536
> // >/usr/sbin/sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.recvspace=65536
> // 
> //    This is the cause of the problem. You really don't want to change these,
> // anyway. You'll see the best performance at the default of 16KB.


While this is probably true for the general case, I find my INN server
runs *much* better with 64k recvspace from a diablo feeder, (with 64k
send/recv on the diablo box).

Just a note.