# Messenger:consume email is very slow

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/messenger-consume-email-is-very-slow/35398>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** email, mautic-5\
**Created:** [March 29, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/messenger-consume-email-is-very-slow/35398 "2025-03-29T02:24:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![rcarabelli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/rcarabelli/32/6807_2.png) [@rcarabelli](https://forum.mautic.org/u/rcarabelli)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/messenger-consume-email-is-very-slow/35398/11 "2026-04-03T23:36:43Z")

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I use this

> [@The email sending stops, and I don't know why](https://forum.mautic.org/t/the-email-sending-stops-and-i-dont-know-why/38029/7):
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> I originally wrote a guide for Mautic’s knowledge base, but it needs an update. Please use the following file and save it with this exact path and name: /full\_path\_to\_mautic/var/lock/consume\_mautic.sh Before using it, edit the configuration variables inside the script to match your environment. In particular, you will need to update: the sending frequency settings the path to your PHP binary the path to your Mautic installation You will also need to create the `lock` directory inside Mautic…

Have a full guide but is outdated. Will try to update it this week.

This post answer solves my need specifically via SES.  
Only 1 worker running, not many simultaneously.

BTW, I configured both servers to be able to use SES as the SMTP directly from EXIM or POSTFIX instead of included SMTP server (2 servers, 1 with postfix, other with exim).

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