Thanks, I am thinking of switching to postfix. I hear a few things about it too. Maybe I have to bug you some later time. But the bottle neck right now seems like the imap server.
For "enable lmtpunix", I think that is a very good point. I tried add the following line to imapd.conf: lmtpsocket: /var/imap/socket/lmtp But I still get: " cyrus 9425 9418 0 14:28 ? 00:00:00 deliver -e -m -- loadtest641". There must be something else I need to change to enable lmtpunix, and not to use /cyrus/bin/deliver. Should I do something in sendmail config file -- in your case postfix config file? Any one knows how to set up sendmail for lmtp socket delivery so that I don't get lots a deliver -e -m in the system? Thanks, Su -----Original Message----- From: Scott Russell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: September 18, 2002 2:00 PM To: Su Li Cc: 'Lawrence Greenfield'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: only half of the problem solved -- cyrus deliver slow On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 01:23:08PM -0400, Su Li wrote: > I tried set sendmail configuration to deliverymode=queue. and use "sendmail > -db" and "sendmail -q1s". I got the same through put. I using sendmail > 8.11.6, will that effect the through put the email delivery of cyrus imap? > > I did went through the configuration of sendmail about cyrus. But I still > get: > > cyrus 3645 3644 0 13:17 ? 00:00:00 deliver -e -m -- > loadtest510 > > Is that the process that you was talking about, which is not good for > performance? If yes, what should I change? I'm not a sendmail user, I use postfix instead. It's easier to configure and maintain. It's well supported, has an active mailing list, good docs, and in general it 'just works'. If you're spawning /usr/cyrus/bin/deliver processes as it appears in your ps listing then yes, that's going to hurt you. In your cyrus.conf enable lmtpunix: socket and configure sendmail to deliver directly to the socket, not use the deliver binary. If you want to switch to postfix let me know. I'll help you configure it. For sendmail you should ask someone else on this list, or the sendmail list, how to setup sendmail for lmtp socket delivery. -- Scott Russell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Linux Technology Center, System Admin, RHCE. Dial 877-735-8200 then ask for 919-543-9289 (TTY)