Len, (I'm composing this using the amazing workaround that, some day, will appear on the list and I apologize for omitting that one should also copy and paste the subject in the ultra-simple procedure I described.)
I agree that all mailing lists are likely linear, whatever the program the mail server uses (Listserv, Listar/Ecartis, etc.) I was being facetious when I mentioned Ecartis. I also thought that Scott had a very valid point (about ranking) but you and likely others have seen turnaround times that do not correlate well with ranking only. As Scott pointed out, if there is a backlog of unsent mailings, ranking does not come into play. Chalk me up with suggesting Declude Queue and/or an IMGate outbound MTA for Ipswitch. Especially if you can strip the headers from mentioning the IMGate transit point, I figure. This list would then be like all the others we know of and are subscribed to and this would reflect well on Ipswitch. The converse is that potential customers might think that IMail's list server module alone can handle heavy traffic or, should I say, a largish distribution list. Guy ----- Original Message ----- From: Len Conrad Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] reading syslog: 2 hours turn-around Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 19:12:30 -0700 >This makes perfect sense and I wish I'd had thought about this. I believe >that it is an undocumented feature of IMail's list server module where >senior subscribers are -- caeteris paribus -- given preferential treatment >as regards turnaround time. Let's see if Ecartis can match *this*!! of course it can. Probably all list servers membership files are linear lists that start sending from the top, to the end. The question is can Imail list server sustain 30 to 60k msgs/hour, like Ecartis can. The answer is always no. I think this list is about 5k users. For a new message, the entire list should be attempted once within 15 minutes max. Len Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
