Re: [cobalt-users] Limit number of connections per site

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jay Tingley wrote:

> If I recall correctly, you indicated you were using your DSL
> connection to provide email services.

Not in this case.  This was a client's system running on a dedicated T-1
line.

> Since DSL is not
> asynchronous, a large stream of outgoing messages might very
> well have locked out your incoming mail stream.

Two things you bring up...

I'm going to believe you that DSL isn't synchronous; I always thought it
was.  Do you know for certain that sDSL is NOT synchronous?  If so,
you've saved me some money in switching from hubs to switches at home;
the purpose of going to switches was to get synchronous data transfer.

The other thing... It's possible that the network where the machine is
located is running on hubs and not switches.  I'll look into this.

> I've had sendmail stop out-of-the-blue on a RaQ2 on more than
> one occasion, and apparently this is due to a known bug with
> sendmail that Cobalt is aware of (and presumably working on a
> fix). Whether this also applies to the RaQ3 I cannot say...

I have, too, but I've always been able to restart it.  This wouldn't
restart.  Or in some cases it would, but then stop again.  I've never
had that problem under any other circumstance.

Anyone with information on this "known" bug?

Jeff
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