Hi Laura, > Tripp also mentioned the number of threads setting - is there any reason I > shouldn't increase that? What would be a reasonble amount? I see the minimum > is 5 - am I to assume there is no maximum?
> What about the Listen Pipes? Can I increase that - I know the max is 20, am > I being overzealous by setting it that high? Exactly, this is what a like to know ;-) > Does it do that on it's own or is there somewhere that I can set it that it > will aways use 100% of the CPU? The PC isn't used for anything but mail so I > guess I am asking if I can "tell it" somehow that mail is always the first > priority?? The QueueManager runs as service. You can't get them more or less ressources. Of course it's also a matter how the programmer od the code deals with the multithreading. I made the experience, that if the QueueManager is eating CPU Power, everything else on this server will slow down. If i open an explorer, it needs 10 seconds or more. The system is completely under load. Even the Fans are turning faster ;-) Today we received "slow performance alarms" from the monitoring software. > I am running IMail 8.12 with anti-virus. It is on a PIII 766Mhz Celeron. I > have under 20 users so the PC is far from overworked. At any given moment it > is sitting at 1% CPU usage and 125MB memory usage (out of 256 available). I think your system is the absolutely minmum. I never would use a such entry-level PC for a mail server even for only 20 Accounts. Spitting out your newsletter to 10K persons would stress this poor PC heavily. I'm sure, that your memory situation will change ;-) Also the celeron will heat up a bit. Watch the task manager at this time your server is sending your newsletter. In this case i would setup the system, that not too many newsletter will be send simultaniously (I hate to write this word). ============================================ Am Freitag, 13. Januar 2006 um 17:55 schrieben Sie: > Tripp, your comments about optimal settings are something I always like > seeing. So I'd like to ask a few more on that note... > I am running IMail 8.12 with anti-virus. It is on a PIII 766Mhz Celeron. I > have under 20 users so the PC is far from overworked. At any given moment it > is sitting at 1% CPU usage and 125MB memory usage (out of 256 available). > BUT... every other week we send out a newsletter so obviously that changes. > My newsletter list has about 10,000 users on it and I use the IMail list > feature to send the newsletter. > Tripp mentioned: > "The queue manager will use all available CPU when it's delivering > messages, but it will also yield the CPU to other processes as needed. > It will use the cpu until it has attempted to deliver each message." > Does it do that on it's own or is there somewhere that I can set it that it > will aways use 100% of the CPU? The PC isn't used for anything but mail so I > guess I am asking if I can "tell it" somehow that mail is always the first > priority?? > Tripp also mentioned the number of threads setting - is there any reason I > shouldn't increase that? What would be a reasonble amount? I see the minimum > is 5 - am I to assume there is no maximum? > What about the Listen Pipes? Can I increase that - I know the max is 20, am > I being overzealous by setting it that high? > Thanks tons, > Laura > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ ============================================ -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen -------------------------------------------- Merlin Consulting Martin Schaible Bahnhofstrasse 27 CH-8702 Zollikon Phone: +41 44 391 30 00 Fax: +41 44 391 32 49 Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.merlinconsulting.ch Support: http://support.merlinconsulting.ch GPS: N47 20.235 E8 34.226 -------------------------------------------- News - Neue Produkte: .:. NOD32 Antivirus System .:. BlueDragon .:. Kiwi Syslog Monitor .:. Paessler GmbH .:. Sawmill Loganalyzer .:. SmarterTools -------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
