On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 12:02:52AM -0500, Russell Nelson wrote:
> D. J. Bernstein writes:
> >
> > Sendmail dropped below 50% of the Internet's SMTP servers---including
> > idle workstations---last year; qmail has climbed past 10%. I suspect
> > that qmail now handles more Internet mail deliveries than Sendmail does,
> > although I don't know a good way to measure this.
>
> But that sample would be weighted towards personal email, and away
> from workplace email. That makes it much less random.
>
> I could also get you the log files for two ISPs that send daily mail
> to all of their customers. But that weights the sample towards
> people interested in that kind of mail.
And also, gathering server stats from this list would be biased.
I also work in an ISP, a large one (500k+ customers). I could also send you
a bunch of logfiles, both from residential customers, corporate customers,
and even the offices. But, considering most traffic is probably internal,
it would all be qmail talking to qmail.
RC
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