From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 25 09:56:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93A9E16A4CE for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:56:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (user38.net339.fl.sprint-hsd.net [65.40.24.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D40843FE1 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:56:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (localhost.wjv.com [127.0.0.1]) by bilver.wjv.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hAPHu1m7005145 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:56:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: (from bv@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hAPHu1H2005144 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:56:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bv) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:56:01 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031125175601.GA4988@wjv.com> References: <3FC395B3.C59E4AC3@tcworks.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FC395B3.C59E4AC3@tcworks.net> Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park ReplyTo: bv@wjv.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.60 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on bilver.wjv.com Subject: Re: start multiple sendmail daemons from rc.conf? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: bv@wjv.com List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:56:08 -0000 On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 11:47 , Men gasped, women fainted, and small children were reduced to tears as Chris Cook confessed to all: > Is it possible to start multiple sendmail daemons (using -C > /different/cf) from rc.conf? Will this give a different perfomance than the way Sendmail forks and runs children. I had 186 sendmail instances running last week during a big flood of incoming mail. I'm curious on this point - and will having multiple daemons improve performance? Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com