hello, 2008/3/2, Brian Blood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mar 1, 2008, at 9:08 PM, Marc Perkel wrote: > > > Brian Blood wrote: > >> On Mar 1, 2008, at 8:07 AM, Marc Perkel wrote: > >> > >> > >>> What makes you think that Postfix is faster than Exim? Have you > >>> tested it? > >>> > >> > >> > >> In short, yes. > >> > >> My opinion is based on over ten years of developing/managing sites/ > >> systems that put out a LOT of email. As in tens of thousands per run > >> on a daily basis on average for these systems, some smaller, some > >> larger. We've tested/deployed most of the major MTAs and from my > >> experience, Postfix is by far much faster and handles large amounts > >> of outbound email much better than Exim does. > >> > >> > >> > > > > Thanks Brian, If I end up working on this project then I'll need to > > test > > it with Postfix as well. I have to say that as a loyal member of the > > Exim cult I'm having a hard time thinking that there is a greater > > deity > > out there. :) > > > > > > I understand that perfectly. > > The "E" in ECMSquared stands for Exim, so it's obviously an integral > part of our solution. But part of our custom config is the ability to > define a smart host which for most sites we deploy our system on is > usually Postfix. > > Each MTA has it's strengths and weaknesses. > > Postfix, for example, is a pain to configure for flexible table > driven SMTP Auth. > > Exim kicks every other MTA's butt by at least an order of magnitude > in terms of flexibility and ability to truly PROGRAM your incoming > email architecture.
As per recent discussion I accidentally come across a similar topic http://forums.atjeu.com/showthread.php?t=434 I'd be interested what you think about the CPanel official remarks re exim. And Marc - they give a link to some bulk mailer which can - they claim - send 300K / hour which is still far from you would want to achieve. -- Zbigniew Szalbot -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
