Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 23:09:59 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG>, grog@lemis.com, donegan@quick.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail throughput (was: HEADS UP: Postfix is coming. new uid, gid required.) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812312308520.9916-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <199901010242.SAA07866@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :
> : current has 1411 subscribers. each wonts to get the message
> : first! if we do 100 messages a day that's only 141,100
>
> What, only 1411?
>
> The sendmail limitation you are discussing is a basic queueing / DNS
> resolver limitation that is relatively easy to solve. Postfix is
> almost certainly faster, but it makes no sense to put postfix
> in our base distribution just because you have a 1400 user mailing
> list and your list software doesn't break them up a little before
> starting up sendmail!
have to agree there...I run one list that is 9k+ subscribers, through
sendmail, and use jbl(?) to break them up into smaller, more manageable
and faster to process chunks...
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
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