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sendmail Performance Tuning

ISBN: 0321115708
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2005
Pages: 67

Authors: Nick Christenson

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• Main Page
• Table of content
• Copyright
• Praise for sendmail Performance Tuning
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• 1.1 Performance Tuning Examples
• 1.2 sendmail Versions Covered
• 1.3 Definitions
• 1.4 Email Server Tasks
• 1.5 Tuning Isn t Always Necessary
• 1.6 Not So Fast . . .
• 1.7 Email System Profiling
• 1.8 General Tuning Ideas
• 1.9 Summary
• Chapter 2. sendmail Introduction
• 2.1 Obtaining sendmail
• 2.2 Building sendmail
• 2.3 Creating a .cf file
• 2.4 Why Use M4?
• 2.5 System Setup
• 2.6 Summary
• Chapter 3. Tuning Email Relaying
• 3.1 What Happens During Relaying
• 3.2 Synchronization
• 3.3 Filesystems
• 3.4 File Space
• 3.5 Networking
• 3.6 Summary
• Chapter 4. Tuning Email Reception
• 4.1 What Happens During Email Reception
• 4.2 Recipient Verification
• 4.3 Storage Systems
• 4.4 Disks
• 4.5 Solid State Disks
• 4.6 POP Tuning Specifics
• 4.7 Message Store Hashing
• 4.8 IMAP Tuning Specifics
• 4.9 Summary
• Chapter 5. Tuning Email Sending
• 5.1 Mailing Lists
• 5.2 Command-Line Message Generation
• 5.3 Draining Queues
• 5.4 Another Mailing List Strategy
• 5.5 SMTP PIPELINING
• 5.6 More Notes on Mass Mailing
• 5.7 Summary
• Chapter 6. Configuration, Security, and Architecture
• 6.1 Configuration
• 6.2 Security and Performance
• 6.3 Other General Strategies
• 6.4 Summary
• Chapter 7. Finding and Removing Bottlenecks
• 7.1 Kernel Parameters Run Amok
• 7.2 The Quick Fix
• 7.3 Tools
• 7.4 syslog
• 7.5 Removing Bottlenecks
• 7.6 Summary
• Chapter 8. Load Generation and Testing
• 8.1 Test System Setup
• 8.2 Testing Tools
• 8.3 Load Testing Pitfalls
• 8.4 Summary
• Chapter 9. Conclusion
• Bibliography