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Simon Waters wrote: > > Depending on reliability required an old box with the mail queue in RAM > will probably do the trick fine, the only likely load in sending 20,000 > emails is the syncing writes when emails are moved through the mail > queue. So moving this queue, or tuning this behaviour, will probably > resolve the issue. Hence me mentioning the hardware RAID, which is > presumably what saves our box from breaking into a sweat. Thinking about it - how about mail queue on USB flash? Might be a good compromise if you do want to recover after the machine crashes midway through a run. Also check that the mail log isn't being written synchronously or something stupid like that. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html