Speed Up First Confirm Email

[davidmccready]

Dean

Getting your helpful tips to work one by one.

Next questions.

First Confirm Email can be slow getting out. I know this may not be down to Listmail, but is there anything that can be done to speed it up.
Do Express Class emails exist... Just joking.


Thanks again
David

[DW]

David,

Sorry about the delay on this one - I was out of town for a couple days.

Delayed confirmation messages are most often caused by server load or mis-optimization.  You will like have to change web hosts/servers in order to improve the speed.

If your host is running CPanel (Exim mail software), recommend the following optimization for your host:
http://listmailpro.com/forum/index.php?topic=49.0

If running Plesk (qmail mail software), recommend this:
http://listmailpro.com/forum/index.php?topic=48.0

Note that your host will not be able to browse the member forum, so you'll have to copy and paste the instructions.

Regards

[davidmccready]

Dean

Reading the confusing messages on the link you sent, there does not appear to be an answer.

1. I have a CPanel shared server host.

2. No sign of the file you mentioned in "etc".

What next?

David

[DW]

David,

As a client on a shared server you do not have access to reconfigure the server mail software.   The optimization (text, not URL) must be forwarded to and applied by your administrator to have an effect.

Regards

[davidmccready]

Dean

Cuting through the confusion of this subject.

BACKGORUND
1. Shared server.
2. Cpanel

What text do you
1. Forward
2. To where

To speed up first email.

Thanks David

[DW]

You must forward these instructions to your host (Source: this post):

By making the following change to the Exim config file your messages will be delivered practically as they are queued.

In the file:
Code:
/etc/exim.conf

Add the following line:
Code:
smtp_accept_queue_per_connection = 0

If your server has lots of users who are all sending lots of email, you may want to add the following line as well, which enables faster hard drive access for very large outgoing mail queues.
Code:
split_spool_directory = true

Don't forget to restart Exim:
Code:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/exim restart