--On 24 July 2010 20:24:33 -0400 Shalom Levytam <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I apologize for this newbie message but I need some help with exim and my > host doesn't seem to have the answer. > > I send a daily newsletter of 29,000 messages. Unfortunately, exim is > sending out mail at approximately 1000 messages an hour. This is far to > slow for my needs. I'd like to have these messages out within 6 hours if > possible. Make sure your mailing list is clean. If you're trying to deliver to an undeliverable address, then that might hold up a delivery thread for a number of minutes. > Currently I have these settings: > queue_run_max = 10 Increase this number. Be careful that you don't exceed your OS process limit. That's particularly a problem if you use Mac OSX. > remote_max_parallel = 10 If you're using VERP to handle bounces - and you should in order to keep your list clean - then this is irrelevant. You'll only have one recipient per message. > Number of minutes between mail server queue runs = 10 Try using -qq, which will sort messages by recipient domain, and try to reuse connections. That might help. > I'm really not sure if this is limitation of exim. How can I increase > the rate emails go out at. If anyone could assist I would greatly > appreciate it. > > Thanks, > > slevytam -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex 01273-873148 x3148 For new support requests, see http://www.sussex.ac.uk/its/help/ -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
