high-speed postfix configuration

2012-08-23 Thread Mike Mitchell
Hi all, Fairly newbie user here (okay, waiting for collective groan to die down). I am attempting to configure a postfix server to handle really high-speed mail delivery. This means I'll be sending (via Java API) potentially tens of thousands as fast as possible (speed matters in this case--em

Re: high-speed postfix configuration

2012-08-23 Thread Mike Mitchell
We've actually been providing this service for 10 years now, but are just now reaching a scale where default configurations are insufficient to handle the volume. We've not needed to touch the mail server prior to now, so are just looking for some initial guidance as we dig into optimization.

Re: high-speed postfix configuration

2012-08-23 Thread Mike Mitchell
On Aug 23, 2012, at 3:32 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > You announced yourself as fairly newbie (your own words). Therefore > I gave you my honest advice of "don't do it". I'm willing to accept that I asked for it. :-) I perhaps over-emphasized my newbie-ness in order to prompt more of an overvie

Re: high-speed postfix configuration

2012-08-24 Thread Mike Mitchell
On Aug 24, 2012, at 8:11 AM, francis picabia wrote: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Mike Mitchell wrote: >> I am attempting to configure a postfix server to handle really high-speed >> mail delivery. This means I'll be sending (via Java API) potentially tens >&g

Re: high-speed postfix configuration

2012-08-27 Thread Mike Mitchell
Thanks, Stan--working on it! /mike On Aug 26, 2012, at 12:06 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Did you get a chance to digest my suggestions on this yet? I gave you > nearly everything you need to know implement this with Postfix, sans > rewriting the JAVA app for parallel submission. > > -- > Stan

Re: high-speed postfix configuration

2012-08-27 Thread Mike Mitchell
All this makes perfect sense, thanks for the additional detail, Stan. /mike On Aug 27, 2012, at 12:06 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > I'm copying this response back to the list, as this discussion needs to > be in the various list archives for other who may intend to follow in > your footsteps. ..