> You need to tell us additional facts about the server that are relevant to the
>question.
>
> Eg, Is /var/qmail/queue on a separate partition?
Yes, it is.
/dev/dsk/c2t5d1s6 8404669 5654879 2665744 68% /var/qmail
/dev/dsk/c2t5d0s6 43080643 21556631 21093206 51% /mailhome
>
> What are the iostats like on each of the spindles?
# iostat 10
tty sd0 sd6 sd20 sd65 cpu
tin tout kps tps serv kps tps serv kps tps serv kps tps serv us sy wt id
0 24 182 12 33 0 0 0 2440 302 5 1619 252 2 38 36 22 4
0 8 61 5 113 0 0 0 1061 156 30 1894 308 3 40 42 11 7
0 8 148 18 24 0 0 0 594 98 9 1512 261 2 47 41 8 4
0 8 137 9 28 0 0 0 527 93 6 1528 265 1 49 42 3 6
0 8 97 12 21 0 0 0 2529 335 5 2386 397 2 35 47 17 2
0 8 31 3 93 0 0 0 1049 160 35 2194 381 2 36 43 10 11
sd65 is /var/qmail
df20 is /mailhome
>
> How are you running qmail-smtpd?
It's running from tcpserver.
/usr/local/bin/tcpserver -x/etc/smtp.rules.cdb -H -R -c300 -u 60004 -g 65535 0 smtp
/var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd &
>
> what are your concurrency settings?
Local is 50, remote is 100.
>
> What pop server are you using?
Qmail's, with the qpopbulletin patches.
/usr/local/bin/tcpserver -H -R -c400 0 pop3 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup total.net
/bin/checkpassword /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popbull /etc/qpopbull
/var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir &
>
> Are the 66K mailboxes in user home directories all in /home?
No, it's split up into the first letter of the user ID.
gkmtrp:x:70908:1:Gregs trip email:/mailhome/g/gkmtrp:/bin/ftponly
>
> What does qmail-qstat show?
>
# /var/qmail/bin/qmail-qstat
messages in queue: 3602
messages in queue but not yet preprocessed: 0
That about covers it. There were 2500 in the queue when I sent the original
Email (at 10:53, it's now 11:25)
Greg
