I sent this reply just to Jeremy.
Currently, standalone mode is not an option for this server daemon.
However, I do have a standalone server running for the alternate port
encrypted server (port 993). Its
performance is good, but it is still under light testing, and I have no data
regarding its performance under high load. Unfortunately, maildir (i.e..
/var/spool/mail/c/c/ccrowley) isn't an option because of current
configuration requirements.
I double checked my compilation (config.status), and it appears that I
didn't enable "server-mode" in the last build.
I will recompile with this option and report the results. My current
configure options will be:
./configure --enable-servermode --enable-log-login \
--enable-nonauth-file=/etc/nonauthfile --with-openssl=/usr/local/ssl \
--disable-any-kerberos-principal
The Qpopper 3.x that we are currently using was configured:
./configure --enable-servermode --enable-log-login \
--enable-nonauthfile=/etc/nonauthfile
Suggestions for other changes are welcome. I am still concerned about the
original error that I reported, i.e.. I/O error flushing output to client.
Chris
> Subject: Re: Error in syslog.
>
> The manual has suggestions for improving performance such as server mode
and
> standalone mode and a couple of other options. What have you tried so far
> on these and what were the effects? I'd like to know because of how I
might
> use them on my own mail server. Thanks.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Crowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Subscribers of Qpopper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 4:09 PM
> Subject: Error in syslog.
>
> > host popper4[17840]: [ID 702911 local0.notice] I/O error flushing output
> to
> > client cccrowley at dhcp-64-212.tulane.edu [129.81.64.212]: Broken pipe
> (32)
> >
> > I tried to implement qpopper4.0.3 (again) on our mail server, and saw a
> > large number of these error messages. There were 351 error messages in
the
> > 10 minutes span that the qpopper4 daemon was in place. When grepping the
> > error log for the same time span, there were 1373 unique login
successes.
> >
> > Sugestions? The qpopper4.0.3 works on a lower volume port, where some
> > Computing group users test it, but it seems unable to handle the request
> > volume of the actual server.
