On 04/07/00 18:14 +0530, Sthitaprajna spewed into the LI bitstream:
>Our sysadmins are Microsoft Certified MCSE's etc etc., inducted into
>the org in 1994-96, stopped keeping track since then.Enuff said.
ahhh.... that explains a lot ;)
>> qmail has one major hassle - it tries to open a new connection for every
>> single mail sent to a domain.
>
>That is supposed to be part of its "security" feature:]
Now, consider this situation.
1. majordomo, running qmail sends out a mailing list
2. server with several thousand users subscribed to above list
3. qmail opens up a new connection for each local mail delivery
resulting chaos is enough to shut down your mailserver - all the existing
connections will be sucked up by qmail.
So you have to stop and do something like
o MaxDaemonChildren=50
o ConnectionRateThrottle=3
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Suresh Ramasubramanian + [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Johnson's First Law:
When any mechanical contrivance fails, it will do so at the
most inconvenient possible time.
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