Just a question to think about, what is the latency (ping time) from the source to the destination?
I just looked at the RFC, to send a message on an already established connection it looks like there are 4 command/acknowledgement pairs. Depending on the latency that alone can eat up a fair portion of your 150ms time. If the destination has any delay responding, that would also eat up that time. If the source and destination are a couple of thousand miles apart 150ms may be about the best you can get. If they are in the same building, you may be able to get much better. HTH, Roger C. Morgan II [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- In [email protected], Dave Sellers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All > > I have written a small app which, having identified a certain condition > needs to get an email into a particular mailbox as quickly as possible. > The email is simple plain text of only about 550 characters. > > The app is running on a dedicated, hosted server so I'm content that its > internet connection is as fast as economically possible. I'm doing a > DNS resolution to get the IP address of the preferred SMTP server at the > destination domain. I use the Indy TIdSMTP component (Indy 9) and I > have code in place which ensures that it remains connected to that SMTP > server ready for when I need it. It's taking about 150ms on average for > the call to Send() to return. > > I realise that the Indy newsgroups are the place for guidance on best > use of their components but what I'm wondering is if anyone can > recommend a faster alternative method of delivering an email? Maybe > 150mS is as fast as I can hope for? I guess I could just use a socket > and do what the Indy component does but I doubt (I know!) I couldn't do > a better job than the Indy team. Am I missing a trick here, is there an > alternative method or an alternative component that will get the job > email delivered quicker? > > TIA > Dave. > ----------------------------------------------------- Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
