[Mailman-Users] Mailman and (really) large lists

Mathias Andre mathias.andre at gmail.com
Mon Nov 27 23:09:15 CET 2006


Thank you for all your comments, next time I'll RTFM  a bit more :)

I'll let you know how it goes,

Mathias

On 11/25/06, Jack Stone <antennex at swbell.net> wrote:
> As one stat, one of my lists of 10,000 is usually completed within 24 mins.
> I usually drop all filter scans during that time, plus I use 20 separate
> mail queues (sendmail) so too many don't pile up in a single queue and has
> to start over delaying send-outs. These 2 things have affected my speed more
> than anything else -- except maybe a custom footer which I avoid using.
>
>
> Brad Knowles <brad at shub-internet.org> wrote:
> At 8:39 AM +0100 11/24/06, Mathias Andre wrote:
>
> > In parallel of this migration we have been ask to set up a very large
> > mailing list: between 15000 to 25000 users. This would be a moderated
> > list (actually more like some kind of newsletter).
> >
> > I was wondering how well would mailman cope with such a large list.
>
> Check the FAQ. 15,000-25,000 is only a moderately large mailing
> list, as far as Mailman is concerned.
>
> > Has any of you done anything similar?
>
> Check the FAQ. There's lots of good stuff there.
>
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