As e-mail traffic continues to increase, system administrators must be able to guarantee that their e-mail servers can deliver reliable performance today and bear larger loads tomorrow. sendmail Performance Tuning is a handbook for building, tuning, and testing e-mail servers using sendmail to function more efficiently, handle more messages, and resist both accidental and malicious load-related incidents. This practical guide begins with an introduction to sendmail and performance tuning. Author Nick Christenson describes best practices for building, installing, and maintaining a system and then details proven techniques for tuning e-mail relaying, reception, and sending. His strategic guide to configuration and security is followed by precise directions for managing bottlenecks and load testing. By the book's end, readers know exactly how to optimize system performance.
- ISBN10 0321115708
- ISBN13 9780321115706
- Publish Date 12 September 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 April 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pearson Education Limited
- Imprint Addison Wesley
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English