Perhaps, in the next publication or the new O'reilly (or README) update
coming in a bit we could have a configuration chapter. In this chapter or
section it could have different catagories. If you have 1-30 users - do
this. If you have 1-100 use this config. If you have 1-1000 this config
will meet your needs. And if your like me. 1-2000+(inclusing Freaking
spammers who account for A_HELL_OF_A_LOT) the configuration is best like
this:
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Recommended Settings for Perfomance
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Perkel" <marc@???>
To: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 6:48 PM
Subject: [Exim] Recommended Settings for Performance
> Did my first big mailing last night and overloaded my system. 20,000 name
mailing list using Mailman.
>
> So - I've backed down some settings as follows:
>
> remote_max_parallel = 20
> queue_run_max = 30
>
> I'm wondering what would be a more ideal level - for those of you who have
played with it. Server is a dual pent 3 with
> 512 megs ram on a relatively busy T1 line. Last night I had:
>
>
> remote_max_parallel = 100
>
> no queue_run_max set
>
> And it was very fast - until the system started getting errors for lack of
file handles. Managed to lock up Mailman till
> I deleted the files in the Locks directory.
>
> So - what should I set things to to go fast - but not overwhelm the
system?
>
>
>
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