[Mailman-Users] Increasing the Speed of Email Delivery

[Derrick Wooden]

Additional information:

Mailman 2.1.11.cp3
MTA - Exim 4

Exim Config:
queue_only

#smtp_connect_backlog = 200
#smtp_accept_max = 500

auto_thaw = 1d
ignore_bounce_errors_after = 12h
timeout_frozen_after = 2d

split_spool_directory = yes
queue_run_max = 20
remote_max_parallel = 20
smtp_connect_backlog = 50
smtp_accept_max = 100
deliver_queue_load_max = 25

# turn off writing of logs to /var/spool/exim_incoming/msglog/
no_message_logs



Derrick Wooden wrote:
> 
> 
> Adam McGreggor-2 wrote:
>> 
>> You've not said which MTA, how that's been tweaked, how the spools are
>> handled (or indeed, partitioned), what else the machine's doing, the
>> connectivity of the machine, ISP infrastructure, destination servers,
>> geography/latency, or a ~bundle~ of other things.
>> 
> 
> The MTA is Exim.  I paid someone to set up this server for Mailman 3 years
> ago, but am not certain about partitioning.  I have access to the
> dedicated server.  If given directions I could give you which ever
> settings are needed.  
> 
> The 4 partions are: 
> /dev/sda5, mounted at / [root] (227GB/136GB free)
> /dev/sda1, mounted at /boot (99MB/78MB free), 
> /dev/sda3, mounted at /tmp (1012 MB/927MB free), and 
> /tmp, mounted at /var/tmp (also 1012MB/927MB free)
> 
> The machine only has one domain on it and is used specifically for
> newsletters using Mailman.  Nothing else.  Not even website pages. The
> server is hosted by ThePlanet.com and the servers were in Houston when
> this was setup 3 years ago.
> 
> 
> 
> Adam McGreggor-2 wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 04:14:03PM -0600, Derrick Wooden wrote:
>>> I will be upgrading to:
>>> Xeon 3450 - SATA - Quad Core 2.66 GHz - 250 GB IDE/SATA, 7200rpm - 4GB
>>> DDR3
>>> RAM; RedHat/cPanel
>> 
>> Regarding cPanel, see <http://wiki.list.org/x/sYA9>.
>> 
>>> and wanted to know if my email deliver would be much faster.
>> 
>> You've not said which MTA, how that's been tweaked, how the spools are
>> handled (or indeed, partitioned), what else the machine's doing, the
>> connectivity of the machine, ISP infrastructure, destination servers,
>> geography/latency, or a ~bundle~ of other things.
>> 
>>> Any assistance/direction with server configuration would be greatly
>>> appreciated.
>> 
>> There have been some recent posts on this, that I didn't pay much
>> attention to, but they'll be in the list archive. ISTR djb's Qmail
>> being involved by the OP, and others suggesting the use of a different
>> MTA.
>> 
>> -- 
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