On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 20:58:58 +0200 fil <fil@rezo.net> wrote:

On my setup (postfix) there's a heavy use of the /etc/postfix/transport feature, that redirects all domains with which I have a problem (like those that are not always accepting mail I send) to a slave machine that is very near (in terms of bandwidth) the first one.

Back when I used to do this under Exim by parsing the mainlog for messages which arrived long before their delivery time. Given a frequent high enough score on this, I'd then do a domain route to a similar Bad Mail box.

It was nice to automate it. No attention required.

It reduces A LOT the disk problems (mostly mailqueue becoming very heavy) -- maybe I should continue this way with more domains being handled to slave machine(s).

Did you have any automated way to collect and maintain the slow MX list? One thing I never did was to implement a system to rescind the "slow" verdict on MXes should they come back to life for a reasonable period.

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