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From: "Len Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 10:16 PM
Hi Len:
Following each other around the lists today I see <g>.
>
> In the discussions I've seen with Wietse Venema in the postfix.org user's
> list, the postfix developer, he says the limiting factor is the disk
> channel, and more specifically, the mechanical delays of head movement time
> an disk rotation time (as opposed to delivered bit rate once on track)
> since the RFC requires that every incoming msg be committed to disk before
> the SMTP server sends RECD back to the SMTP client.
Which is why an ultra high performance disk storage system is required. There
are several options, but hardware based intelligent disk I/O as per a good RAID
system or a SAN or NAS, preferably with write back cache would make a tremendous
difference.
>
> >Receiving mail is a little bit different.
> >Whereas other mail servers have hard-coded message receipt and storage
> >functions iMS relies on ColdFusion to make many decisions.
I see that as a plus.
>
> btw, Howie, for a candidate "iMS mail application", take a look at
> www.Mustang.com's own "IMS", vbg.
That's nothing to what iMS_could_do!
>
> This product is considered to have pride of place in its category and I
> think that the category would it would be an ideal target for an "iMS"
> application.
Have you used Mustang Message Centre? How proprietory/closed architecture is
it?
Adrian Cooper.
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