6.2. MTA Performance Tuning Tips for EXIM

//www.exim.org/howto/mailman.html which is also in the Mailman distribution as README.EXIM

List Handling Configuration

These comments are for Mailman version 1.x and 2.0. It is likely that 2.1 may have different requirements Exim can be run in a similar way to sendmail - with mailman run from aliases, or there is a recipe for automagic list support by adding exim directors and transports to the exim config file. This is described in the files refered to above.

Performance

Also make sure you look at the generic MTA performance FAQ entries

This is a set of configuration directives I used on the list boxes I admin. Some of these are necessary, others are cosmetic, a few are probably superfluous - they work for me!

 # definition of injecting IP addresses
 LOCAL_NETS=127.0.0.1/32
 #
 # Extra logging data - not necessary but makes the logs more
 # useful, but bigger
 # lookup all hostnames - puts hostnames into log as well as ips
 host_lookup = 0.0.0.0/0
 # tweak logging
 log_all_parents
 log_file_path = /var/log/exim/%s.log
 log_received_recipients
 log_refused_recipients
 log_received_sender
 log_smtp_confirmation
 #
 #
 # relay control - from our local network only
 host_accept_relay = LOCAL_NETS
 #
 #
 # Verify receipient addresses on everything except local injects
 # DO NOT verify addresses from mailman - this would slow down
 # the acceptance of messages dramatically
 receiver_verify_hosts = !127.0.0.1/8:0.0.0.0/0
 sender_verify
 #
 # performance tweaks - 1st is good for linux, maybe less so for others
 split_spool_directory
 remote_max_parallel = 15

Last changed on Mon Mar 10 11:59:46 2003 by Nigel Metheringham
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