[Mailman-Users] New High Performance Installation

[J C Lawrence]

On Wed, 15 May 2002 06:46:45 -0700 
Jamie Penner <jpenner at v3.ca> wrote:

>> > The list volume is approx 400,000 emails daily.  Twice a month,
>> this > will jump to 700,000 a day.  These will be html and text
>> messages - > outgoing only.

> It's an outgoing list only.  There are 400K subscribers that will
> receive "a message",

<nod>

>> Your MTA will be the source of your performance problems.  Spend your
>> time there.  Carefully.  MTA and system tuning is a careful and
>> detailed process.  Read the FAQ.

> The intention is to use Sendmail.  Have you had better results with a
> different MTA?

Yes.  Sendmail is generally not a particularly good performer.  I'd
recommend Postfix at this point.  

>> Is anyone familiar with a MailMan installation doing this type of
>> volume or does anyone have any advice on this install.
 
>> Yes.

> Excellent!  Thanks for your advice.  I will discuss these with the
> client today as they make good sense.

Make sure you also read all the tuning sections of the FAQ.

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