In the last episode (Dec 05), Ronald F. Guilmette said:
> Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Mail queue files are persistant enough (upwards of 5 days if a
> > destination is down) that you run a real risk of losing something
> > important if you crash and wipe. I would not use MFS at all and I
> > would only use VN with persistant store, but the performance is
> > going to be similar to using a normal filesystem so it may not be
> > worth doing.
>
> Yea, someone else I was talking with about this said the same thing.
>
> I just can't get over the nagging feeling that (for the mail spool
> directory) there ought to be something that is ultra-super-deluxe
> fast that I should be using. :-)
Sendmail 8.10 seems to have some performance enhancements, including
"memory-buffered files to reduce file system overhead by not creating
temporary files on disk", "New queue file naming system which uses a
filename guaranteed to be unique for 60 years. This allows queue IDs
to be assigned without fancy file system locking", and
"QueueSortOrder=Filename will sort the queue by filename. This avoids
opening and reading each queue file when preparing to run the queue".
I don't know if any of them really help, but it's worth looking at.
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Dan Nelson
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