Re: sendmail hogs ppp link ?

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Brendan Kosowski wrote:

> 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 ) ???

Yes. Look at the documentation for the "QoS and/or fair queueing"
(CONFIG_NET_SCHED) kernel option.

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