Linux Debian

[Gti]

Hi!

I have a linux mail server with 100 users and they complain
because the slow reception of email's. 1 Mbyte it's take about 2 minutes to receive. I have a lan working 100 Mbytes. Any ideias to increase perfomance???

Tkx and sorry the bad english!!!!

 

[Norwich]

Hi,

Where is the delay? Is it receipt of SMTP emails from outside or is it downloading email via IMAP or POP to local cleints?

Also, what software is being used - Linux allows for many different SMTP, POP and IMAP servers.

 

[Gti]

Hi Norwich, the delay is it downloading email from the server via pop3 to the local clients. The clients software is outlook express.

Any Help
Tkx

 

[Norwich]

Not sure. As a test you could set it up to use IMAP4 and see if that is any faster. Also try a different mail client like Eudora just to see if it's an OE issue.

 

[Gti]

Norwich, i don't understand nothing about linux debian, i now how to create users, and delete users, nothing more. Can you tell-me if are some configuration on linux to increase de perfomance?????

 

[Norwich]

I can't think of what performance issue would slow it down by so much - an 'out of the box' installation for your situation would fly along.

If it was taking a long time to initially connect to the POP server, then I could understand it. But a network connection being throttled like that is strange unless you've installed some kind of bandwidth limitation (which debian doesn't use by default).

Did you install it yourself or have you inherited it?