RE: dealing with Yahoo slowness

2010-06-28 Thread Mike Hutchinson
> -Original Message- > From: owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org [mailto:owner-postfix- > us...@postfix.org] On Behalf Of Florin Andrei > Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 6:00 a.m. > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: dealing with Yahoo slowness > > On 0

RE: dealing with Yahoo slowness

2010-06-10 Thread Mike Hutchinson
> > # Slow these destinations to avoid blacklisting, see /etc/postfix/transport > > for domains configured > > hotmail_destination_concurrency_limit = 2 > > hotmail_destination_rate_delay = 2s > > hotmail_destination_recipient_limit = 5 > > yahoo_destination_concurrency_limit = 4 > > yahoo_destinat

RE: dealing with Yahoo slowness

2010-06-10 Thread Mike Hutchinson
> -Original Message- > Florin Andrei a écrit : > > There seems to be a massive difference between the speed of various > > providers, in terms of accepting messages for delivery. Yahoo stands out > > as, by far, the slowest of the big ones. > > > > Because the messages are legitimate, we si

RE: Mail to local domains

2010-06-03 Thread Mike Hutchinson
> > Currently we use postfixadmin for this, but this is undesirable as it will > > often double-up or triple-up entire sends (we intend to fix this, > > eventually). I know the previous system we used was basically a script that > > copied a file into everyone's Inbox under their Maildir folder - w

Mail to local domains

2010-06-02 Thread Mike Hutchinson
Hello all, I am writing to ask for a procedure for sending a broadcast E-Mail to locally hosted domains on a postfix system. Currently we use postfixadmin for this, but this is undesirable as it will often double-up or triple-up entire sends (we intend to fix this, eventually). I know the

RE: Rate control for SMTP delivery to speicific domain

2010-03-30 Thread Mike Hutchinson
> >> > >> What version of Postfix is this? > > > > Postfix mail_version = 2.5.1 > > That's what I suspected. Upgrade; see RELEASE_NOTES for > destination_rate_delay fix last year. Also show logs confirming your > special transport is actually being used. Excellent. Sounds like I have my answer.

RE: Rate control for SMTP delivery to speicific domain

2010-03-30 Thread Mike Hutchinson
> > > >>> And setting the wakeup timer would be like this: > >>> smtphotmail unix- - - 3 - smtp > >> > >> That is how you set the timer. > > > > Yes, not what I am doing / want to do. > > > >>> My apologies. Ill go back and start from scratch. > >> > >> What

RE: Rate control for SMTP delivery to speicific domain

2010-03-30 Thread Mike Hutchinson
> > > > What version of Postfix is this? > > > > Postfix mail_version = 2.5.1 > > The rate control features introduced in 2.5.0 were improved in later > patches, you must upgrade to the latest 2.5 release if you want to > enforce inter-message delays. > Sounds interesting. I shall investigate a

RE: Rate control for SMTP delivery to speicific domain

2010-03-30 Thread Mike Hutchinson
in > > On Tue, 30 Mar 2010, Mike Hutchinson wrote: > > > As I understand it, this would be setting the Max Processes limit. > > smtphotmail unix- - - - 3 smtp > > That is how you set maxproc, but why do you need 3 for this transpor

RE: Rate control for SMTP delivery to speicific domain

2010-03-29 Thread Mike Hutchinson
> > > > smtphotmail unix - - - - 3 > smtp > > Who told you to set a wakeup timer of 3 seconds? Remove it. No-one did. I had intended to set a max processes limit.. As I understand it, this would be setting the Max Processes limit. smtphotmail unix

Rate control for SMTP delivery to speicific domain

2010-03-29 Thread Mike Hutchinson
Hello Everyone. Our company sends out newsletters to people who have subscribed their mail address in-store (retail). I have been working in attempt to slow down E-Mail deliveries to Hotmail, as our server attempts deliveries too quickly and will get blocked by their servers. I have googled and