On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:03:13 EST, Bill Verity <[log in to unmask]>  said:
> It appears that listserv sends 100 addresses over to smtp and then waits a while. Here are two adjacent log entries:
>
> 14 Dec 1999 15:47:42 Mail posted via SMTP to [log in to unmask]
> 14 Dec 1999 15:48:04 Mail posted via SMTP to [log in to unmask]
>
> Can I speed this up at all?  It looks like waits anywhere from 5 to 30 seconds between batches.  I'm sure that is dependent on the mix of addresses, but I seems like a waste of time and I think is contributing to my backlog.

Try this in go.user:

MAXBSMTP="250"

I think I've got all my 8.9.3-relevant stuff regarding tuning on
http://black-ice.cc.vt.edu/~valdis/sendmail.html

/Valdis