At 01:05 AM 8/20/2007, Robert - elists wrote:
>> >
>>
>> It's not a solution. It's an attempt to get the toilet unplugged while
the
>> plumber is on the way. The change should be reverted one the system is
>> properly configured. The main problem is all we really know is that the
>> MTA
>> is qmail.
>>
>
>Gary,
>
>Ummmm it doesn't unplug the toilet... you gave bad and incorrect advice
and
>will cause more problems and increased frustration.
>
>Your opinion on the MTA doesn't matter...
>
>It's like telling someone to put sugar in the gas tank to fix a flat tire
>and then tell them that their choice of ride is the real issue.
>
> - rh
Personally, I've appreciated everybody's input as I continue to climb the
learning curve.
Peter, hopefully you got my correction.
command_args="-d --local -r ${pidfile}"
Robert,
I'm not complaining about qmail - except that it appears there is little
expertise in configuring such a relay server to reject mail to invalid
users. The items building in the queue are going to come from several
sources. Reading Peter's post on the qmail list, he says it takes hours for
mail to get delivered to the next hop server. This indicates to me the
possibility that some of the messages in the queue are deferred due to spamd
not responding (due to heavy load). My suggestion attempts to make spamd
more responsive so mail in this category can flow to mailboxes. It will
increase processor load due to decreased latency (no dns checks mean shorter
scan times) but generally in my experience this improves traffic flow. If
traffic flow improves it may mean the server will accept even more trash -
so I'm with you on this, but I think it's a better solution than skipping SA
alltogether (which we are not sure how to do - due to the fact that we don't
really know how SA is integrated into this setup - this is what I was
referring to when I said "all we really know is").
http://marc.info/?l=qmail&m=118749326201041
I feel for Peter, it appears the qmail list is not much help either. I can
say that if this was a Postfix machine it would not be difficult to explain
how to configure a relay server to reject mail to invalid users.
Gary V
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