Re: load balancing/failsafe "outgoing" mail server
On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 10:29:32 -0700
Don Werve <donw@yosemite.examen.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 10:04:58AM -0700, nate wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
> I'll second that; just have a single mailserver, and keep a database
> of users to whom you have sent mail. The chances of *any* modern
> Linux MTA choking on such a tiny volume of mail are almost
> insignifigant.
I know that. the real problems are speed and reliability. these mails
should get very fast to the customers, and there isn't on-site
knowledgeable administrator, so every problem (even the most stupid and
accidental, like someone accidentally pulls the network cable) wouldn't be
recognized and taken care of immediately, and since these emails are
expected at a certain time (e.g. stock market news, etc...) they don't
want to risk it.
thanx
--
Haim
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