Fwd: Re: [TriLUG] Sending mail is slow

[Janyne Kizer]

Yeah.  I use KMail for my POP account but I am using Netscape for my
IMAP account...  I think that the answer is "get over it" but I wanted
to check around a bit before telling customers that (as nicely as
possible, of course).

Jon Carnes wrote:
> 
> ... never mind...
> 
> Not scientific or anything, but I'm using Kmail on KDE and it runs great on
> Linux - Sends fast too.
> 
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> 
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Sending mail is slow
> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 12:05:18 -0500
> From: Janyne Kizer <janyne_kizer at ncsu.edu>
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> 
> 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!
> > > --
> > >
> > > Janyne Kizer
> > > CNE-3, CNE-4, CNE-5
> > > Systems Programmer Administrator I
> > > NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
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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