2500 timeouts a day! (Solved)

[Martin Hepworth]

Max Kipness wrote:
<snip>
> Question. I currently have 512mb memory and a 2.4Ghz Celeron powering
> this MailScanner server. This server processes roughly 12,000 emails a
> day. What factor would is limiting the abililty for MailScanner to
> process all the entries in the blacklist? Is this a memory issue?
>
> Thanks,
> Max
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Max
better use of rules that blacklists, or SA blacklists...

my 600mhz celeron with 512mb RAM handles 17,000 messages a day tops.

are you using tmpfs for the MS tmp areas and all the other tuning bits
in the MAQ?

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Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300

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