On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:11:12 -0400 Charles Marcus CMarcus@Media-Brokers.com articulated:
# postconf -n | grep delay_warning delay_warning_time = 15m #
Other than that I agree absolutely with the rest, except to note that most of this monitoring can be done automatically with tools designed to *watch* for warning signs, and this *may* have been what Noel was silently referring to...
I don't speak for Noel; however, that is precisely what I was referring to. There are numerous tools available to monitor system functions, mail systems, etc. The concept of having to review potentially thousands of pages of data every day is to maintain a mail system is unfathomable. If the senior mail system maintainer is discovering huge numbers of messages stuck in queue on a virtually daily basis it would indicate that something is not configured correctly. Yes, things do go wrong. However, if they are going wrong as a routine event then something else is the root cause. Usually, discovering the source of that problem is no more difficult than looking into a mirror.
People tend to exaggerate the difficulty of their job to justify its or their existence. There is really only one truly difficult job and that is a highway flag man. I know it to be true because after observing thousands of them in my time, no one can do it correctly.
Now, before Stan gets his knickers in a knot, I am not implying that the job of maintaining a system is not essential. Obviously it is. However, it is not rocket science or brain surgery. Yes, it takes training and dedication. The problem is that way too many individuals develop rotator cuff problems from patting them selves on the back for doing a routine job. Or to put it in the vernacular, "Get over yourself."
In any case, I am out of here. This thread has nothing to do with Dovecot, Thunderbird or virtual mailboxes (thanks to whoever hijacked the tread and changed the subject.)
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