Re: Spam on deck!!

2008-11-10 Thread Linux Addict
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 12:06 AM, Sahil Tandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Terry Carmen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sahil Tandon wrote: > >> Linux Addict <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Steven King wrote: > >>> > Postfix is very cautious about system resource usage. It keeps a

Re: Spam on deck!!

2008-11-07 Thread Sahil Tandon
Terry Carmen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sahil Tandon wrote: >> Linux Addict <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> Steven King wrote: >>> Postfix is very cautious about system resource usage. It keeps an eye on RAM usage, disk space, and CPU usage. I battered my postfix

Re: Spam on deck!!

2008-11-07 Thread Terry Carmen
Sahil Tandon wrote: Linux Addict <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Steven King wrote: Postfix is very cautious about system resource usage. It keeps an eye on RAM usage, disk space, and CPU usage. I battered my postfix server with 200K mails once. Just for a stress test. The load on the se

Re: Spam on deck!!

2008-11-07 Thread Sahil Tandon
Linux Addict <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steven King wrote: >> Postfix is very cautious about system resource usage. It keeps an eye on >> RAM usage, disk space, and CPU usage. >> >> I battered my postfix server with 200K mails once. Just for a stress >> test. The load on the server went up sharp

Re: Spam on deck!!

2008-11-07 Thread Randy
Linux Addict wrote: Steven King wrote: Postfix is very cautious about system resource usage. It keeps an eye on RAM usage, disk space, and CPU usage. I battered my postfix server with 200K mails once. Just for a stress test. The load on the server went up sharply and was a bit sluggish but post

Re: Spam on deck!!

2008-11-07 Thread Terry Carmen
Thanks! I am not just worried about the system performance, but possible blacklisting as it may send flurry of mails to external domains. ~LA That's a different story, but happily depends mostly on the type of mail you're sending. Some sites may rate-limit you, but if you leave it all a

Re: Spam on deck!!

2008-11-07 Thread Terry Carmen
I wouldn't sweat it. About the worst that would happen is that your filesystem might get gummed up for a while. The mail will end up in a queue and the queue will br processed until all the mail as been handled. Terry Linux Addict wrote: We have a java mailer application which was hung a

Re: Spam on deck!!

2008-11-07 Thread Steven King
You can set the connection limits somewhere in main.cf. It will only try to make so many connections to the same IP. Postfix is also mindful of resources on the remote MTAs as to not over load them. Linux Addict wrote: > Linux Addict wrote: >> Steven King wrote: >>> Postfix is very cautious about

Re: Spam on deck!!

2008-11-07 Thread Linux Addict
Linux Addict wrote: Steven King wrote: Postfix is very cautious about system resource usage. It keeps an eye on RAM usage, disk space, and CPU usage. I battered my postfix server with 200K mails once. Just for a stress test. The load on the server went up sharply and was a bit sluggish but post

Re: Spam on deck!!

2008-11-07 Thread Linux Addict
Steven King wrote: Postfix is very cautious about system resource usage. It keeps an eye on RAM usage, disk space, and CPU usage. I battered my postfix server with 200K mails once. Just for a stress test. The load on the server went up sharply and was a bit sluggish but postfix chugged along thr

Re: Spam on deck!!

2008-11-07 Thread Steven King
Postfix is very cautious about system resource usage. It keeps an eye on RAM usage, disk space, and CPU usage. I battered my postfix server with 200K mails once. Just for a stress test. The load on the server went up sharply and was a bit sluggish but postfix chugged along through it with very lit

Spam on deck!!

2008-11-07 Thread Linux Addict
We have a java mailer application which was hung and queued more than 100k mails. People are working to fix it. I am worried that all 100k mails may hit postfix server and cause some damage. Anyway I can prepare for it? ~LA