[Mailman-Users] hardware spec for 5000 user lists

[Brad Knowles]

At 9:28 AM +0100 2004-06-29, Ryan Northey wrote:

>  i have been asked by client to provide 5 x 5000 user mailing lists. I
>  believe they are to be used as announce lists.
>
>  I expect to use either postfix or qmail as the MTA, probably the former.
>
>  I was wondering if anyone has experience of using high-volume mail lists
>  and could recommend a minimum hardware spec that i would require to run
>  all these lists on the same server.

	There are a lot more variables here.  For example, how many 
messages are going to be sent to these lists per day?  How large are 
those messages going to be?  How many of those recipients are going 
to be on the same recipient servers?  How fast do you need to deliver 
those messages?

>  I would also appreciate any advice/guidance on specific issues i might
>  need to consider or avoid, and what might happen if mailman/MTA becomes
>  overloaded.

	I would suggest searching through the FAQ for the word 
"performance", and reading all the entries that are returned.  Also 
search for "VERP".  After you've done this, if there's anything in 
section 6 that you haven't already read, then read it now.

	See also 
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.015.htp>, 
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq06.003.htp>, 
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq06.004.htp>, 
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq06.008.htp>, 
and 
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq02.002.htp>.

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