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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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