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Re: [LUG] How does MailMan send?

 

Simon Waters wrote:
> 
> Depending on reliability required an old box with the mail queue in RAM
> will probably do the trick fine, the only likely load in sending 20,000
> emails is the syncing writes when emails are moved through the mail
> queue. So moving this queue, or tuning this behaviour, will probably
> resolve the issue. Hence me mentioning the hardware RAID, which is
> presumably what saves our box from breaking into a sweat.

Thinking about it - how about mail queue on USB flash? Might be a good
compromise if you do want to recover after the machine crashes midway
through a run.

Also check that the mail log isn't being written synchronously or
something stupid like that.

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