Re: I cannot access the FAQ

1999-09-13 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
y answered before I aksed it on > the list but this is making it a bit difficult. Does anyone have the FAQ on > file? > > Vivian Lal > > http://pobox.com/~djb/qmail/faq.html -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems while downloading E-Mails with Outlook-Express

1999-09-09 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
; > Charles Cazabon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Any opinions expressed are just that -- my opinions. > -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RAID 5 and queue restore

1999-09-08 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
it and the controller > > > rebuilds it? > > > > Nothing. You're covered at the inode level. > > > > But that doesn't mean the RAID 5 is good to use. Use 1+0 instead. > > > > -- > > John White johnjohn > > at > >triceratops.com > > PGP Public Key: http://www.triceratops.com/john/public-key.pgp > > -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RAID 5 and queue restore

1999-09-08 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
esn't mean the RAID 5 is good to use. Use 1+0 instead. > > RAID 1+0 is provides more redundancy AND io speed than RAID 5. > > -- > John White johnjohn > at > triceratops.com > PGP Public Key: http://www.triceratops.com/john/public-key.pgp -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: maildir subfolders?

1999-09-06 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
Sam wrote: > > On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Daemeon Reiydelle wrote: > > > Just a performance comment. Qmail is IO bound. Adding additional > > subdirectories force additional stat'ing of inode/vnode structures. ... > > Only if you're actually delivering to the

Re: RAID 5 and queue restore

1999-09-06 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
to the RAID client, which then uses it to format and > use a filesystem. > > Presumably, if a disk fails, the RAID controller will rebuild its contents > in a transparent fashion so that the filesystem client can't tell the > difference. -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: spawn connection

1999-09-06 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
hed, and I am running qmail with the unlimit command. > > Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give. -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: maildir subfolders?

1999-09-06 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
es some > documentation of what I did, plus some source code. > > Currently, the mechanism allows for one level of subfolders only. I'm > currently thinking of ways to implement a subfolder hierarchy. For various > reasons, I'm leaning against implementing a subfolder hierarchy using > nested subdirectories. Instead, I'm leaning towards using a hierarchy > separator character in the name of each subfolder, a'la IMAP. -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: qmail & inetd.conf

1999-09-04 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
> > csh -f '/var/qmail/rc' & > echo "qmail started..." > > /basit -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

qmail as a front end to e.g. Corba

1999-08-29 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
Has any one modified Qmail (or any other MTA) so it does final delivery via Corba, Talarian, or Technicron? I would be interested in comparing notes. -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: stralloc allocation

1999-08-29 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
as mostly in the mail headers and return paths that I saw repeated malloc calls. The changed algorithm cut malloc calls by about 10% as I recall. 10% isn't a big deal, but if you are now processor bound (with prestoserv or solid state devices ...). Russell Nelson wrote: > > D

stralloc allocation

1999-08-28 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
r the last allocation, then reallocate twice the space when the current area runs out of room. -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Possible race condition?

1999-08-28 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
l, so it looks like there might be a race condition. Did I miss something? -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Qmail source file ownership

1999-08-28 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
yes > > Thanks you. > > Subba Rao > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > == > Disclaimer - I question and speak for myself. > > http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ > __ -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Squashing 20,000 rumors...

1999-08-23 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
much like to understand the circumstances under which qmail-spawn could become a bottleneck. Russel, please let us know what the symptoms were. -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Inode/file limits

1999-08-13 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
s pretty quick AND stateless. > > Well, I don't mean to just pop up on the list and start asking for free > advice, but if anyone is in the mood to talk, I would love to hear any > advice or comments. > > Thanks, > > Jack > > ______

Re: Quotas

1999-08-12 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
still, you're gonna get the whole thing. > > The context of the discussion is messages on disk. Perhaps you have > some other point you are making? > > -- Jeff -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Qmail throughput

1999-08-05 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
; > > > script that runs qmail-inject 1000 times > > > with a 1000 byte body > > > Qmail-send is not running > > > > > > Result: > > > takes 73 seconds (13.7/sec) > > > > > > This se

Re: Qmail throughput

1999-08-05 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
ems a little slow to me. The system cpu is 70% idle. > > Same experiment with "cat >> out.file < 1000byte.in" takes 4 seconds. > > Is this normal ? Any ideas on how to speed it up. > > thanks, > -jim -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mail volume

1999-08-04 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
ble concurrencyremote (>30), you will need to increase > the > fd limit. But even if you do, you *can't* bring concurrencyremote over > 256. > > David. > __ > David Villeger > (212) 972 2030 x34 > > http://ww

Re: mail volume

1999-08-03 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
Dave Sill wrote: > > Daemeon Reiydelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Since the bottleneck will be your internet pipe, ... > > Probably the spool disk, unless you've got multiple boxes flooding the > pipe. A couple of pieces. Performance tuning any

Re: mail volume

1999-08-03 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
the major-vendor-style support available from RedHat to other Linux packager's solutions. > > -- > -russ nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://crynwr.com/~nelson > Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | Government schools are so > 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1

Re: mail volume

1999-08-03 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
#x27;re given--the people who buy the > hardware rarely have any ties to the people who have to use it. > > I appreciate your input... > > Cris Daniluk -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Qmail and Virus Protection

1999-07-27 Thread Daemeon Reiydelle
lex Shipp > Imagineer > St@r Internet > E - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > T - 01285 884496 > F - 01285 887013 > > > > This message has been checked for all known viruses by the Star Screening System > http://academy.star.co.uk/public/virustats.htm -- Daemeon Reiydelle Systems Engineer, Anthropomorphics Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]