RE: [IMail Forum] Multiple Gate Hosts

[Len Conrad]

>But where is the situation that one gateway can no longer do all the 
>outgoing communication?

One IMGate box I installed for an Imail user handled 5 million msgs 
in/out in November, rejecting 1 million incoming (20%).  and the box 
is 80% idle.

>I believe that you need to have a faster connection before you need 
>more than one computer to do the work. One (powerful) computer can 
>produce traffic for a 34 Mb line. Am i not right?

of course.   A list server that can send 100,000 msgs/hour is also 
going to be hitting on DNS for 30 MX and A queries/second, etc, etc.

Len



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