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Re: load balancing/failsafe "outgoing" mail server



Haim Ashkenazi said:
> Hi
>
> A newspaper have asked me to setup a mail server that sends about
> 10000-20000 emails three times a day (for it's subscribers, not SPAM).
> they want failsafe setup (that is, if one of the servers hang during
> sending, the other will continue sending the emails that the first one
> didn't send), and a load balancing setup.
>
> Does anyone have any input/suggestions/links/etc..?

your best bet is probably to setup a cluster:

http://openmosix.sourceforge.net/
http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/

probably the second one is more suited for your needs

however sending out 60,000 emails a day should be no problem for any
decent MTA running on 2-3 year old hardware. Many systems handle
easily 500k+ a day.

nate





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