Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 20:02:28 -0400 From: Patrick Ferguson <patrick@chloe.dmv.com> To: Jason Fesler <jfesler@calweb.com> Cc: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>, Bruce Bauman <boot@mosquito.com> Subject: Re: POP timeout Message-ID: <XFMail.960509200228.patrick@chloe.dmv.com> In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960430171457.00872294@pop.calweb.com>
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On Tue Apr 30 20:01:34 1996 Jason Fesler wrote: >>At 08:59 AM 4/30/96 -0400, you wrote: >>We are running FreeBSD 2.1 at our small ISP. Customers have occasionally >>been complaining about being unable to communicate with our mail server >>via POP. If I check our log files, I see messages like the following: > >One thing to check is the *size* of the mailbox being checked. >qpopper's major weak point is with large mailboxes, as every time >someone checks their mail, qpopper has to scan the entire mailbox >file. > >Leave it to the local wArEz kiddies to try and trade via email to >prove this particularly weak point in qpopper, by sending each other >10-20 megabyte email messages.. > >-- > Jason Fesler jfesler@calweb.com > Admin, CalWeb Internet Services jfroot@calweb.com > I like my Usenet over ice, please. http://www.gigo.com > Disclaimer: My /dev/null can beat your /dev/null any day. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Patrick Ferguson - Systems Administrator patrick@dmv.com DelMarVa OnLine! - Salisbury, MD -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQBNAzGBrOQAAAECALpR8GMUAXnKbr9LeXVv18Q8y/n1NM1+YS8ffP/5HvM0gyso F1T9+gcGvb3L2nFwj+wnig0UQY93vXqhXPoFN4UABRG0IlBhdHJpY2sgRmVyZ3Vz b24gPHBhdHJpY2tAZG12LmNvbT4= =AgnQ -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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