Matt Ruzicka wrote: > >The question I have is, how long does that list of addresses need to stay >in the system after mailman receives the message to post and it starts >sending?
By the time Mailman begins delivery to the MTA, Handlers/CalcRecips.py has already built the recipient list. >Looking in my logs I see that batches of messages are taking some time to >be sent, but has mailman already decided who all it is going to send to as >soon as it receives the post or does it run through the list of addresses >in its database as it is sending out batches of messages? It has completely decided who to send to not immediately, but before it begins sending. >If this is more of an MTA issue, we are using Postfix as the MTA, but does >Mailman send the full list of addresses to Postfix for it to decide how to >batch them? Mailman creates chunks (assuming we're not verping) no bigger than SMTP_MAX_RCPTS (default 500) for delivery to Postfix, and postfix does its own batching with those, but the whole list is built by Mailman before it creates the first chunk. >If Mailman decides right away, either deciding on batching itself or >handing it to Postfix for batching I would think he could remove the list >of addresses soon after the message is sent (or at least as soon as he has >verified messages have started sending). If it reads live I realize the >answer will be "it can be removed when it is done", which is fine, I just >want to know which we are dealing with. It's the former. There are other issues around bounce processing, but I gather this may not be a concern. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org 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/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
