On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, David Villeger wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Does anyone have any info/measurements regarding lsmtp (from LSoft)
> compared to qmail?
>
> I realize they work on different OSes. Assuming equivalent hardware, is
> lsmtp faster?
>
> Let's say I send one email to 10000 recipients. Let's say 40% go to AOL.
>
> AFAIK qmail will connect to AOL mail server 4000 times (4000
> qmail-remote's, 4000 DNS requests, 4000 SMTP connections, ...).
>
> Will lsmtp do the same or will it connect once to a AOL mail server and
> inject the 4000 recipients?
LSMTPd will run on Solaris also, so not they can run on
identical hardware.
Qmail will indeed deliver 4000 copies seperately. This is the
only way to do VERP. (The DNS requests should be cached anyways). So,
the choice is:
1) Send one copy w/ LSMTPd, and save a little bit of time in
transferring the emails, and then spend alot of time manually
removing addresses that bounce from your list.
- OR -
2) Send 4000 copies w/ qmail, and let the system automatically remove
bouncers for you via VERP.
-Dustin
