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Hello,

when i'm sending mails (with mail) which have a large (>1mb) attachements,
i can't surf with safari because mail uses the whole bandwith.

Is there any other solution than using a throttler like CarraFix



I'm using DSL.

Thank you!

[OreoCookie]

Mail doesn't consume all your bandwidth, it consumes all your uplink bandwidth (which is usually much lower than the download bandwidth).

You can limit bandwidth with MacOS X' tools, see here if you are not afraid of the command line. Or check out this company.

BTW, what is your uplink speed?

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My speed is 1024down/128up

i will try this, great links!

thanks!

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sorry. double post

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Thanks to OreoCookie and MacGeekery here is what you have to do


1. Open terminal

2. type "sudo bash" (to log in as root, needs admin password)

3. type "ipfw pipe 1 config bw xxxkbit/s" (xxx is desired max speed)

4. type "ipfw add pipe 1 dst-port smtp" (throttles smtp to the speed of step 3)


if you want to delete the settings

type "ipfw flush"

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After a restart the traffic shaping is "lost".

Is there a way to store the shaping on smtp permanently?