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From: Bjunik Star <bjunix@××××××.de>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] How to manage bandwidth for outgoing mails
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:01:09
Message-Id: 20071001184718.4qaehibfcc08cok0@www.kranko.de
1 Quoting widyachacra <widyachacra@×××××.com>:
2
3 > Dear Gentoo Friends,
4 >
5 > I'm using netqmail1.05-r8 on gentoo for my mail server. I have a 4Mbps link.
6 > When i sending a >10MB mail, mail service getting the full up link bandwidth
7 > to send it. So, I want to assign 50% of the up link bandwidth to the mail
8 > service. Please help me.
9
10 The Linux kernel supports various traffic control mechanisms. You
11 should use the iproute2
12 'tc' tool for traffic control under linux.
13 For more information see:
14 http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Traffic-Control-HOWTO/
15
16 If you dont like to configure tc by hand you can also try the
17 shorewall firewall package:
18
19 http://www.shorewall.net/traffic_shaping.htm
20
21
22 Best regards
23 --
24 Benno
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