Re: List Performance Question

The point I was trying to make was for addresses outside your mail server.
Are all 5 addresses on the same local machine?  If not, you need to try a
more realistic test.  Copy an address at hotmail, aol, or yahoo for example.

What did your mail logs and your majordomo log reveal?  Once majordomo does
a hand off of the message to your MTA, only MTA tuning/tweaking can help.
Is your MTA sendmail, exim, postfix, qmail, iPlanet, or something else?

Dan Liston

Greg Monaco wrote:
> I always copy myself, and I always get the email copy shortly after I send
> it.  I am connected to that machine via imap.  
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Liston [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 10:39 AM
> To: Greg Monaco
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: List Performance Question
> 
> How long does the mail hang if you send email to each member of your list
> without going through the list?  Perhaps one or more of the addresses are
> on an unreliable connection.  Possibly, the target address has some form
> of anti-spam/greylist/filter that prevents receiving your messages on the
> first or even second try.
> 
> Any/All troubleshooting always begins with your log files.  Start with
> your MTA logs, showing the initial receipt of the message, following thru
> to the last delivery to a list member/recipient.  The mail could actually
> be leaving your system immediately, but hang/delay at a machine outside
> of your control.
> 
> Dan Liston
> 
> Greg Monaco wrote:
>> I'm finding that for a list of 5 people, my email to the list is hung 
>> for 8 to 12 hours.  There are no attachments-it's a straightforward 
>> email.  The list is not moderated.  Any ideas of how to troubleshoot or 
>> tweak performance?
>>
>