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Subject: Re: MTA's (was: VERY large mailing lists.)
From: "Roger B.A. Klorese" <rogerk @ QueerNet . ORG>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 07:15:01 -0700 (PDT)
To: Dave Sill <de5 @ sws5 . ctd . ornl . gov>
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <19980714120307.27531.qmail@sws5.ctd.ornl.gov>

On Tue, 14 Jul 1998, Dave Sill wrote:
> qmail, on the other hand, independently retries each message, and
> sends only one message per connection, which is *much* kinder to an
> overloaded system.

Hardly.  Delivering 1000 messages in qmail requires 1000 separate full
SMTP connect/xmit/disconnect chats.  Sendmail only requires one
heavyweight setup/teardown.  It's much kinder to a system.
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