Re: Slow downstream site wedged my Postfix...

Subject: Re: Slow downstream site wedged my Postfix...
From: Andrew McNamara (andrewmconnect.com.au)
Date: Sun Jan 30 2000 - 23:07:22 CST

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>> I was thinking about this again the other day, and it occured to me
>> that it would result in all the available smtpd's tarpitting sessions
>> with mail to slow sites while mail for fast sites miss out, which was
>
>The delays are the same for everyone.
>
>The delays simply simulate disk I/O delays that would slow
>down any monolithic mailer, and give the Postfix SMTP clients
>a change to deliver some mail.

Ah - this is what I first thought you were suggesting, but the comments
from others made me think I'd misunderstood... 8-)

This certainly makes sense. It could be as simple as inserting a sleep
proportional to the number of jobs in "incoming".

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Andrew McNamara (System Architect)

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