Slow batch processing

[Paul Kelly :: Blacknight Solutions]

Rob Morin wrote:
> Hello all,  it seems MS takes about 488 seconds to process a batch of 30
> messages, do not know why its taking long now... i removed one of the
> RBLs to speed it up
> 
> i have a backup of emails now... any idea.....???
> 

Are you using sendmail? Have you got milter-ahead? Are you using
greylisting?

Are all the mails or a large percentage of them heading for 1 domain
name or 1 e-mail address?

Is your name server that is set in /etc/resolv.conf slow to do dns
lookups? What rules have you got in SA?

You can run:

iptables -A INPUT -s 0.0.0.0/0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 25 -j REJECT

to stop inbound mail for a time while mailscanner gets on with its job.

iptables -D INPUT -s 0.0.0.0/0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 25 -j REJECT

will remove the rule.

How much mail is there in the back log? Most I've ever had to deal with
was around 240k messages ....

Paul

> I am running the latest MS
> 
> Thanks....
> 


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