[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 03:03:22PM -0500, Jeremy Hansen wrote:
>>
>> Can someone explain to me what exactly makes ezmlm fast? I
>> would like to try to adapt some of its functionality and speed
>> to a customized list processor. Thanks for any input.
>
>One word: qmail.
Another word: cdb.
MLM performance consists of two components: updating list databases,
and sending message to subscribers. With ezmlm, the sending part is
entirely the responsibility of the MTA (qmail). Maintaining the
databases is ezmlm's job. Because ezmlm uses an indexed database
format (cdb) it's able to do lookups much faster.
-Dave
