Re: qmail bandwidth usage versus other MTAs

Dax Kelson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

: A common complaint I hear is "qmail would use way more bandwidth, then XXX
: MTA".

That's obviously true, qmail does nothing to optimise on bandwidth.

Let's not lose sight of the big picture: for most people the
relevant performance metric isn't bandwidth but throughput.

For my site, bundled rcpts would save 10% on outgoing bandwidth.
Outgoing is about 50% of incoming, so I'm using about 3% over optimal
(no mailing lists).  I get charged by volume, and 3% isn't too
shabby.

For a site with mailing lists, a fair comparison would be extra
qmail bandwidth versus hours spent in list management, not qmail
bandwidth versus XYZ mta bandwidth.

-harold