Re: Qmail for Vger campaign :)

Matthew Kirkwood (weejock@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:15:21 +0000 (GMT)


On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Aaron Tiensivu wrote:

> > Have ya ever tried qmail? I can't comment on it's ability to handle
> > huge lists, but I here it's pretty scalable.
>
> I second that recommendation, big time. :)

Nope. qmail runs great as an exploder, but put on the "hub" system and
having exploders would become pointless, as it sends out each message once
per recipient[1].

That would not be nice in this case.

Matthew.

[1] DJB claims it's a design decision. I think it's more like "Help! My
queue design makes it difficult to do, so I'll attach a per-recipient
header instead."

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