Version 2.08 Dan Mick wrote:
> What version? > > > I'm doing my first big mailing with Mailman/Exim to deliver effector for the > > Electronic Frontier Foundation. The list is about 20,000 names. > > > > Anyhow - started out moving right along, maybe too well - saturated the T1 > > pretty quick and the system slowed down. But the email logs were really going > > fast. This went on for about 45 minutes. > > > > During this time I saw a number of errors. Messages indicating the I had too > > many files open (running tail on the exim logs). A few messages that looked > > like something couldn't open something.db or something like that. > > > > Then ..... > > > > The delivery slowed down as it it were done. System load dropped back to low > > normal levels. This lasted a while - then things started back up again really > > delivering messages. These deliveries come in spurts. > > > > Anyhow - even though Exim is delivering other email. Messages sent to mailman > > are getting "stuck". It's as if nothing in mailman is working. I see messages > > being sent to mailman. But mailman isn't responding. I don't know if something > > is holding these messages and this is waiting in some queue - or if Mailman > > has crashed and is eating messages - or someing is corrupt or locked or > > overloaded or what. > > > > Anyhow - I'd like some general feedback on what might be happening. The > > newsletter contains an important story about Norway inditing Jon Johansen > > criminally. He's the guy who wrote the DVD code. > > > > Anyhow - the future of the planet is at stake here - so I'd like to know this > > is going to work and what I need to do to fine tune the system. > > > > Marc Perkel > > /root > > EFF > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailman-Developers mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers
