Tha log files and the spool directory wtih 150-000 files are in the same directory. Because of one directory mail is very slow. Put the spool directory on separate disks, with a caching disk controller.
Hermann > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Yannick Simon > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:10 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [IMail Forum] Massmailing ... > > > Hello, > > yesterday, i tried to use the Imail SMTP server v6.06 > in order to send 150 000 + mails > > At first, sending mail, processing the queue files, was very slow ... > > I tried to increase the number of simultaneous processes to 60 > (with the correct parameter in the registry), > the CPU (bi proc PII 600 Mhz Xeon) was not very loaded, > however, the server did not start as many SMTP.exe > as it was specified in the registry > > Another point is that when i deleted the log file, it seemed to > go faster > > Finally, as the number of messages decreased in the queue file, > the speed of the sending process increased dramatically > > Have you got some idea to increase the sending process (the IIS > SMTP server, > on the same machine > sends faster !!) ? > > Yannick > > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
