Your assumption is correct. My LISTSERV is on a window platform but I am 
using a Linux server for my SMTP purpose. I will give this a shot.

Charles E. Drawdy
Manager, Client Accounts, Licensing & Messaging Systems
E-Mail Administrator
Information Technology Services
Gallaudet University


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Brindle" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: reduce wait time


> At 07:28 PM 9/29/2006 -24000, Nathan Brindle wrote:
>>At 03:15 PM 10/9/2006 -0400, Charles Drawdy wrote:
>>>I do have a value in the smtp_forward_1= mael.gallaudet.edu which is the 
>>>same as the smtp_forward.
>>>
>>>from my site.cfg file:
>>>SMTP_FORWARD=MAEL.GALLAUDET.EDU
>>>SMTP_FORWARD_1=MAEL.GALLAUDET.EDU
>
> OK, so I assume you are running LISTSERV on Windows and feeding a sendmail 
> server running on MAEL.GALLAUDET.EDU.
>
> You may need to add a couple more workers, because at the moment you have 
> only one worker feeding the outbound servers.  That means you're only 
> going to open one connection and feed only one mail file at a time.
>
> I would suggest trying
>
> SMTP_FORWARD_1=4*MAEL.GALLAUDET.EDU
>
> (this will require a restart of LISTSERV) and see if that helps -- it 
> creates 4 "worker" processes and it ought more or less quadruple your 
> current throughput.
>
> You can tweak the number of workers up or down but it should be noted that 
> more workers require more machine resources (e.g., memory, CPU cycles), so 
> it is entirely possible to reach a point of diminishing returns.
>
> If you could provide more information about the workload (lots of small 
> messages?  A few large messages?  Lots of large messages?) that might help 
> us understand the situation better.  Right now I'm just guessing.
>
> Nathan
>
>
>>>Charles E. Drawdy
>>>Manager, Client Accounts, Licensing & Messaging Systems
>>>E-Mail Administrator
>>>Information Technology Services
>>>Gallaudet University
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Brindle" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 3:09 PM
>>>Subject: Re: reduce wait time
>>>
>>>
>>>>Typically LISTSERV will run its queue as soon as it puts something in 
>>>>it. Is this unix or Windows?  Do you have SMTP "workers" enabled (with 
>>>>SMTP_FORWARD_1=, for instance)?
>>>>
>>>>Nathan
>>>>
>>>>At 03:03 PM 10/9/2006 -0400, Charles Drawdy wrote:
>>>>>Is there any way to reduce the wait time for jobs in queue? I want it 
>>>>>process as soon as it is queued. Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>Charles E. Drawdy
>>>>>Manager, Client Accounts, Licensing & Messaging Systems
>>>>>E-Mail Administrator
>>>>>Information Technology Services
>>>>>Gallaudet University
>