only half of the problem solved -- cyrus deliver slow

[Rob Siemborski]

On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Su Li wrote:

> I wonder, why cyrus behave so differently, when sendmail resend the mails
> and when sendmail normally deliver mails.
>
> I think my job in improving the deliver speed is only half done. Sure I
> limit the number of of lmtpd processes, so that they wouldn't fight for
> lock? If so, how can I limit the number of lmtpd processes?

Are you running your test tool on the same system?  How does it work?
It is possible that your tool is putting a tremendous load on the system.

It is also possible that since a queue run happens with a single lmtp
connection, there is less contention.

-Rob

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