[Mailman-Users] Return to performance

[Jon Carnes]

On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 19:05, Eric Miller wrote:
> Thank you all for the suggestions and references.
> I made some quick changes, especially the
> 
> O Timeout.iconnect=5s
> 
> sendmail option seemed to really help. I'm down to 4 to 10 minutes
> with most messages at 6.
> 

It really helps when you move those slow MTA's to the end of the line,
they don't block the messages getting out to the quicker ones.

> One question:  Should I be looking at a better MTA?

Yes. Postfix.  For you that would be a fairly easy change.  RedHat 9
comes with an MTA changer that will move you over to Postfix
automagically.  I don't know the effect that will have on Mailman, but
I've heard from third-hand sources that it works fine (which I find
surprising).

> What is the fastest that works with RedHat 9?
> (I guess that is two questions...)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Eric

BTW: I looked at the the other fellows recommend web-sites. This one
seemed worth the trip, and a good recommendation for reading (though a
bit dated). Most of it was general to any Mail server.
  http://www.jetcafe.org/npc/doc/performance_tuning.pdf

I'm sure you already looked at it though.

Take care and good luck - Jon Carnes