* Sullivan, John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have list set up that I want to send a newsletter out to. The Iist is > about 50000 addresses. > > Will Mailman and sendmail be able to handle that?
It all depends on the system setup. With a good portion of RAM, a clear connection, and quick access to a DNS server, it should be fairly smooth. A local DNS server will speed things up. > Also how are the emails sent out when I click send? Is the entire list > spooled and then sent out or does it do it in chunks - This process is handled by the MTA. mailman hands off the mail to sendmail and then sendmail processes the queue, usually host at a time. Which means if one host isnt' resolving, the rest of the queue will have to wait til that host timesout. -- Matthew Davis http://dogpound.vnet.net/ The best way to accelerate a Mac is at 9.8 m / sec^2. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
