> While she's sending, run this command:
>
> ps aux | grep "smtp -" -ci
smtp process vary from 30 - 45 mostly around 34. Idle rarely hits below 90.
> btw, 36,000 msgs/hour is a an equal load on the DNS, ie, 1000 DNS
> queries/sec, so you might want to give your list server its own DNS
> server with a 128 or 256 megs for big caching.
Good point. These mailing are only run a couple times a year. So I think I
will maintain the status quo. Guess next step is virus scanning.
Oh by the way IMGate caught 45 "Snowhite" viruses yesterday.
Andrew P. Kaplan, CNE, MCSE+Internet, MCT, CCNA, CCDA
CyberShore, Inc. -- Premium Internet Services -- http://www.cshore.com
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort,
but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew P.
> Kaplan
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 12:59 PM
> To: IMail_Forum
> Subject: [IMail Forum] IMGate sends mail out 3 times faster on a slower
> machine
>
>
> One of my customers sends out 30,000 email through my Imail
> machine (a dual
> Pentium 233 with 128megs of RAM). Her sending rate is 600 an
> hour. I had her
> point to my new IMGate box (Single pentium 200 with 64 megs of
> RAM) She just
> sent me email telling me she sent out 1800 in the past hour !!!!!!
>
> Half the CPU power / Half the memory / more than a 300% increase
> in sending.
>
> Andrew P. Kaplan, CNE, MCSE+Internet, MCT, CCNA, CCDA
> CyberShore, Inc. -- Premium Internet Services -- http://www.cshore.com
>
>
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