On 8/24/2012 10:05 AM, Mike Mitchell wrote: > > On Aug 24, 2012, at 8:11 AM, francis picabia <fpica...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Mike Mitchell <m...@mitchellzone.org> wrote: >>> I am attempting to configure a postfix server to handle really high-speed >>> mail delivery. This means I'll be sending (via Java API) potentially tens >>> of thousands as fast as possible (speed matters in this >>> case--emergency-type messages--so 10,000 a minute is desirable), to >>> unpredictable domains. It's likely that in many cases most of the messages >>> will all be going to the same domain, but I won't know what these domains >>> are in advance, and there will always be a decent percentage going to very >>> diverse domains at the same time. >>> >> By the sounds of it, this is an attempt to make email into something it is >> not. >> Email does not do instant messaging. If you need to do emergency broadcasts, >> time sensitive stock purchases, etc., email is not the vehicle for it. > > As I told Francis privately, there are many business reasons for needing this > which are not immediately evident unless you've been in the business > continuity/emergency management industry for some time. If anyone else is > interested in these, I'm happy to explain privately, as well. But the need > to do this is legitimate, and there are currently no better solutions to > large-scale private communications today, including SMS and phone (smartphone > apps have some promise of greater scalability and immediacy, but do not have > the necessary footprint).
Many of us understand Mike. One example: There are hundreds of universities in the U.S. with over 10K students, dozens with over 40K students. In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings people were screaming why something like this wasn't already implemented. I'd bet many unis have now done so. Yes, there are absolutely all kinds of situations where a system like this is needed, and you shouldn't have to explain/justify it to anyone here. Did you get a chance to digest my suggestions on this yet? I gave you nearly everything you need to know implement this with Postfix, sans rewriting the JAVA app for parallel submission. -- Stan
