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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!van-bc!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!not-for-mail From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail,comp.mail.smail,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Sendmail vs. Smail... Date: 23 Dec 1996 09:34:24 -0600 Organization: /usr/lib/news/organi[sz]ation Lines: 28 Message-ID: <59m8q0$meq@Mercury.mcs.net> References: <57tf61$gq7@raven.eva.net> <1996Dec2000.07.45.5990@koobera.math.uic.edu> <slrn5brnga.4fs.jon@black.oaktree.co.uk> <1996Dec2302.43.17.4992@koobera.math.uic.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.mcs.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.mail.sendmail:35514 comp.mail.smail:2762 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32998 In article <1996Dec2302.43.17.4992@koobera.math.uic.edu>, D. J. Bernstein <djb@koobera.math.uic.edu> wrote: >Jon Ribbens <jon@oaktree.co.uk> wrote: >> D. J. Bernstein <djb@koobera.math.uic.edu> wrote: >> > False. Measurements have shown at three separate sites that switching >> > from sendmail to qmail _reduces_ traffic. >> But that's not what he said, is it? > >He said ``considerably more.'' That's false. The change is so small that >it's wiped out by other (minor) differences. > >> This discussion is about grouping RCPTs versus not grouping them, > >Actually, it's about sendmail vs. smail. It expanded to talk about >Zmailer, Exim, and qmail. > >Notice that these are all _real_ MTAs. Vaporware MTAs might be fun to >fantasize about, but they won't deliver your mail. OK, is the thing Microsoft sold as a gateway between MSmail and SMTP real also? I don't have one, but I understand there are a few around. Since you used an unusual disfunctional example of a mailer that could accept 10 messages in parallel but not with multple RCPTs, I suggest that you locate one of these puppies and see what happens if you hit it with 10 messages in parallel to round out your experience a bit. Les Mikesell les@mcs.com