Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 21:28:33 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Brendan Kosowski <brendan@bmk.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Networking <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org>, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: sendmail hogs ppp link ? Message-ID: <200002112128.VAA00418@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Brendan Kosowski <brendan@bmk.com.au> of "Thu, 10 Feb 2000 10:57:26 %2B1100." <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000210105647.2925A-100000@garfield>
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> I have noticed that sendmail realy hogs my ppp link, especialy if my
> system is diverting email ( ie. receiving and sending at the same time ).
> When this is happening viewing internet web pages is painfully slow and
> ping delays are very high.
>
> Is it possible to fine tune the system or sendmail so that the rate of
> receiving and sending email is restricted ( therefore allowing other
> packets to get through ) ???
Dummynet (as suggested by others) is probably a better option, but
within ppp you can use the ``set urgent'' command to make your port
80 traffic skip over the port 25 stuff. It will help a bit, but not
a huge amount.
> Thanks, Brendan Kosowski
>
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