[Mailman-Users] Scaling Question

[Brad Knowles]

At 4:45 PM -0400 2006-07-18, Ki Song wrote:

>  Anyways, I just wanted to hear some feedback as far as the scalability of
>  mailman. I have a mailing list of approximately 50,000+ subscribers. I just
>  wanted to know if mailman would be able to handle it without any issues.

See FAQ 1.15.

>  I am on a business cable connection with approx 384k upstream / 6000k
>  downstream.

A lot is going to depend on your hardware and your provider.  Many 
providers place limits on your ability to send outgoing e-mail, so 
even though your theoretical bandwidth might be suitable, in practice 
it may not work for you.

These are questions that you need to be talking about with your provider.

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