[TriLUG] Sending mail is slow

[Janyne Kizer]

The SMTP server is not on the local machine, we are sending mail via a
campus server.  Sendmail isn't even on locally (on Solaris either).  It
just that when a message is sent under Windows or Solaris, the message
disappears pretty much immediately and under Linux (at home or at work,
doesn't seem to matter what system that I am on) the Window stays up for
an extended period of time.  Like I said, it may not be that it *is*
faster, just that it appears to be.  We are using the Netscrape 4.7x
versions (the 6.x versions don't do 8-bit color) on our diskless
xterminals.  I am just trying to prepare for a bunch of users saying "my
netscape is slow."  Thanks!

Jon Carnes wrote:
> 
> What version are you using?
> 
> Sendmail is setup by default on RedHat to be as slow as it can possibly be.
> For one thing, it is set by default to use Ident... Now why in the heck
> anyone would do that is beyond me. In your sendmail.cf file find the Ident
> time out and change it to zero!
> 
> O Timeout.ident=0s
> 
> Also, run a local caching Named server on the same machine as sendmail.
> 
> Those two tweaks will let sendmail run as fast as Postfix for moderate to
> low traffic sites (say under 8k messages a day, sendmail running on a
> PIII-450).
> 
> HtH - Jon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janyne Kizer" <janyne_kizer at ncsu.edu>
> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group" <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 8:52 AM
> Subject: [TriLUG] Sending mail is slow
> 
> > I am not sure if this has to do with Linux or Netscape or the mail
> > server being used.  What I am seeing is that sending mail appears to be
> > much faster under Windows and Solaris than it is under Linux.  In all
> > cases, I am using Netscape Messenger to send mail.  It seems that the
> > Solaris and Linux versions of Netscape should be similar enough that it
> > would not be a Netscape issue but who knows?  I can duplicate this on my
> > home machine (hardware firewall) and my work machine (iptables
> > firewall).  Thanks!
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> > Janyne Kizer
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Janyne Kizer
CNE-3, CNE-4, CNE-5
Systems Programmer Administrator I
NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Extension and Administrative Technology Services
Phone: (919) 515-3609