----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Craig Sanders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-isp@lists.debian.org> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 12:54 AM Subject: Re: Why doesn't Exim ever clean out /var/spool/exim/input?
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:36:29AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > i can't answer your question, but here's some relevant advice for you: > > > > exim doesn't scale. if you want performance, switch to postfix. > > I'm curious why you say that. I have exim on 3 smtp gateway machines > servicing 11G+ email/day, hundreds of thousands of actual messages, > doing LDAP lookups for routing, and MailScanner/f-prot running on all > the boxes. > > Seriously, I'm not looking for a fight, just info. When I did performance > tests on all the MTAs a few years back, exim beat the crap out of > everything. Not looking for a fight either, but... ALL the MTAs? What are the results for qmail then? I've always heard it's the fastest... Regards, Thomas GOIRAND web perso: http://thomas.goirand.fr Get a hosting account: http://gplhost.com GPL.Host: Open source hosting worldwide