- Main Page
- 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
