Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 13:24 -0500, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > > On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 12:56 -0500, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > > > Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Everyone, > > > > > > > > > > I am having some bandwidth problems caused by large e-mail files with > > > > > dovecot. From my research into dovecot it appears that there is no way > > > > > to limit the use of bandwidth during POP3 deliveries. > > > > > > > > > > What recommendations might some of you have for a different POP3 server > > > > > that can limit its own bandwidth use. > > > > > > > > Maybe setup a firewall that limits bandwidth per session based on a > > > > percentage of available bandwidth with a burst rate. > > > > > > > > There are how-tos out on the net on this. > > > > > > Thanks for taking the time to answer. I am familiar with the technique > > > in fact I use a burst rate for port 22 connections. If I can not find a > > > POP3 server to do to limit bandwidth, I'll use iptables. > > > > Greg, > > > > One more thing. > > > > Is that your real middle initial and last name? > > Ross > > You can not believe the fights I got into all the way through grade > school. I did not really learn how to deal with it until my college > years when a bunch of my buddies yelled 'penis' from the back of a > chemistry class composed of about 500 students. I usually > sat up front > so this time I turned around stood up on my seat faced them and yelled > back the word 'jealous'. > > After that the teasing seemed to stop to my dismay .... I had started > liking the name by then :) > > It's my real name :) > > Greg Too funny, your parents sure had a sense of humor :-) I probably would have changed my middle name to something beginning with a 'G' G. Ennis is infinitely better then P. Ennis -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3971 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080304/6b72e7a9/attachment-0005.bin>