I think you could set things up so that mailman talks to sendmail / postfix via tcp, which could then be throttled using shorewall
-----Original Message----- From: Zbigniew Szalbot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 1 September 2008 10:08 PM To: James Reid Cc: 'Burcu İnci'; mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] want to slow down the post of server Hi, James Reid: > The best way I have found to throttle the number of messages coming > out of mailman is to use something like the QOS service found in > Shorewall. > > This allows you to control how much of the available bandwidth is > used going out of your server + prioritise SMTP with other protocols. > But he was referring to his server load increasing so much that it ceases to operate in a stable manner, which throttling bandwidth won't help, or will it? -- Zbigniew Szalbot www.LCWords.com ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
