I know it came across as such, but I did not mean to bad mouth Sendmail. For all I know if I downloaded and compiled Sendmail I would get the same performance. I know a local ISP that uses and highly recommends it.
My point was that although RPMs are a convenient way to install software, my experience is that if you solely rely on the availability of an RPM, then you may be missing out on other alternatives. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Carnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:24 AM Subject: [Mailman-Users] Sendmail getting bum rap... > On Thursday 25 October 2001 10:48, Timothy Brier wrote: > > I couldn't agree more. I was using the RPMs from RedHat with Sendmail. > > It was taking about 30 minutes to deliver 500 messages. > > > > I downloaded and installed Postfix (not the RPM) and watched the time > > drop to 1 minute and 45 seconds. > > > I run Sendmail at work (and have also run Postfix). I run Postfix at home > and at a few contract clients - Mandrake defaults to postfix. The postfix > works just fine, and I have no problems with it. My sendmail works just > fine and I have no problems with it either. > > The performance I get with loads of 100k messages/day is very similar with > both Postfix and Sendmail. If it is taking you over 5 minutes to deliver > 500 messages (< 50k each) from a sendmail server, then something is wrong > with: > - the install/configuration of your Sendmail > - the cpu/disk subsystem of your PC > - your DNS must be caca. > > === > > I my corporate mail servers, I install Sendmail from source and optimize it > based on the articles on http://www.sendmail.org. The whole process takes > about 4 hours, and the end result is a spiffy mailserver that handles a > pounding very well and keeps delivering. > > I have no bias against Postfix. I like it just fine. Sendmail also works > just fine. > > Now if you are processing huge amounts of email on a nice server with SCSI > disk subsystems, you will see a definite advantage while using Postfix. > This advantage is lost however on a moderate level server with an IDE disk > subsystem. > > Just speaking from my own experience. If anyone has a real definitive > study showing otherwise, I would like to see it. > > Jon Carnes > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
