Re: OT - massive newsletter

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>> * mizzio <mizzio@sinapto.net>:
>> > hello everybody,
>> >
>> > I apologize to ask an off-topic question, and feel free to point me to
>> > any other resources on the net.
>> >
>> > I'm setting up an SMTP server (centos + qmail) on a dell quad core
>> > machine for sending out a periodic newsletter (10 millions a month).
>>
>> Rather use Postfix for that. Postfix can re-use existing connections
>> (thus decreasing the concurrency of SMTP sessions) and will sort the
>> recipient lists by MX host.
>>
>> Also, it has several workaround that enable you to send mail to system
>> behind CISCO PIX firewalls.
>>

Hi,

I definitely appreciate the idea of reducing concurrency. Unless the sender is well known (or has agreements with major providers), recipients might limit the amount of mails they are willing to accept per unit of time. I would expect that measure to be based on actual mails rather than connections, so sorting the messages by target mx may not be what you really want.

Wolfgang Hamann Received on Wed Sep 19 14:14:21 2007