From: Niall Richard Murphy (niallm at domain maths.tcd.ie)
Date: Fri 17 Sep 1999 - 14:36:00 IST
>> While I doubt I'll have to scale Sendmail here to any significant degree
>> here's an interesting article on how to do it:
>
>Well, what's said there is only very much for starters, and is only one way
>of tackling the problem. Another easier method of having multiple front-end
>machines is to use a traffic distributor or a layer 4 switch or something.
>
>The real problem with high-volume email is not how to put up that many boxes
>as a front-end, but rather how to configure them so that they can handle the
>traffic that's put through them. That's where the real fun starts.
>
>Nick, still vainly looking for the ultimate mailer with a properly designed
>queueing system
MMDF!
You know it's the only way...
:)
Niall
(joke only for those interested in extremely out of the way MTAs indeed...)
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