On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 04:37:07PM +0100, Thomas GOIRAND wrote: > > ----- 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...
I don't have the results after all this time. Exim beat postfix in raw speed of moving mail in and/or out by over 15%. Qmail came in 3rd in the tests. However, if you want the most blazingly fast mailer, use zmailer. It's just not a general purpose MTA Tim -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >> Tim Sailer (at home) >< Coastal Internet, Inc. << >> Network and Systems Operations >< PO Box 726 << >> http://www.buoy.com >< Moriches, NY 11955 << >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >< (631)399-2910 (888) 924-3728 >> << >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
