Need Recommendations

[Martin Hepworth]

Derek

any difference in the rules you are running on the FC1 system to the FC2
system? Any extras in /etc/mail/spamassassin and any RBL's etc.
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Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300


Derek Catanzaro wrote:
> 2 MX servers with the following
>
> Dual 933Mhz 1 Gig of memory
> FC1  (mailscanner and spamassassin need to be upgraded)
> mailscanner-4.31.6-1
> spamassassin-2.63
>
> 1.7Mhz 512 Memory (desktop)
> FC2
> mailscanner-4.40.11-1
> spamassassin-3.0.2-1
>
> I am experiencing a slow down in the delivery/processing of email on my
> MailScanner servers.  I receive roughly 50,000 emails on a daily basis
> and if there is a delay in the processing of any emails it can get
> backed up very quickly.  I'm not sure if it is a DNS timing issue?,
> would anyone recommend using local DNS in this case, or does anyone use
> it and have they seen improvements?  Can anyone recommend anything in
> the MailScanner.conf file that may help?
>
> I have "Max children" set to 10 on the server with dual process and 5 on
> the server with one processor, and "queue scan interval" is set to 6 on
> both servers as well.  I am using Clamav as my virus scanner.  Please
> let me know if you need additional info, and thanks in advance for your
> assistance.
>
> Derek
>
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