Great Circle Associates List-Managers
(August 1998)
 

Indexed By Date: [Previous] [Next] Indexed By Thread: [Previous] [Next]

Subject: Fastest List?
From: Micah Thompson <micah @ kxan . com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 15:30:05 -0500 (CDT)
To: List-Managers @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <000801bdbbbc$cb888710$017b7b0a@gillette>

Hello,

I just setup a majordomo list for a local weather Email Alert system, and 
need some tips.

I need more speed!  The list's objective is this:  To get the alert out 
to all the subscribers in record speed.  Actual subscribers cannot post 
to the list, so it's just a distribution list really.

Currently I am running majordomo with a custom perl program written for 
me by a friend called "splitlist" but it's still too slow.  (splitlist 
takes the subscriber lists, alphabetizes by reverse domain, and spawns 
off multiple parallel sendmail processes).  It is way faster than 
majordomo alone, but still not enough.

Is majordomo  the way to go with this, or should I look into something 
like listserv?  Oh, the mailing list must run on an already heavily 
loaded server which is usually straining to handle all the web traffic 
being generated by the bad weather (people looking at my online doppler 
radar). :)

If the weather warning expires at 3:30pm, and a subscriber doesn't 
receive it until 4:30pm, they tend to get irrate.  ;)

Thanks,

Micah Thompson
Computer System Manager
WebMaster
KXAN-TV 36, NBC Affiliate, http://www.kxan.com
KNVA-TV 54, WB Affiliate, http://www.knva.com
Austin, TX



Follow-Ups:
Indexed By Date Previous: Re: "probe failed" (was: Re: Unhelpful Bounce Of The Week)
From: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
Next: Clarification request: limits on use of null reverse-path
From: Norbert Bollow <nb@thinkcoach.com>
Indexed By Thread Previous: Re: "probe failed" (was: Re: Unhelpful Bounce Of The Week)
From: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
Next: Re: Fastest List?
From: richardm@cd.com (Richard Masoner)

Google
 
Search Internet Search www.greatcircle.com