Postfix and Mailscanner sitting in a tree k-iss-ing

[Julian Field]

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paddy wrote:

>On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 06:00:20PM +0000, Julian Field wrote:
>
>
>>Incidentally, something in the same vein has already been done for
>>Communigate Pro, but I have never looked at that. I suspect (though
>>without evidence either way) that it is not approx. 100% robust in the
>>face of a concerted DoS attack. I go to some lengths to try to ensure
>>that, when under attack, the MTA will give out long before MailScanner does.
>>
>>
>
>Looking at CriticalQueueSize I wonder if there might be some optimisation
>possible that prefers to processes mail that is more likely to ham by some
>simple criteria, a sort of express checkout.
>
>Possible devices to avoid starvation on the main queue could include running
>a slow queue along side the fast queue, so that the system is always progressing,
>and/or an elevator algorithm.
>
>
Either you appear to have changed the subject without changing the
Subject: or else I don't understand the link between the quoted text and
your reply...

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