[Mailman-Users] Sendmail getting bum rap...

[Timothy Brier]

I know it came across as such, but I did not mean to bad mouth Sendmail.
For all I know if I
downloaded and compiled Sendmail I would get the same performance.   I know
a local ISP that uses and
highly recommends it.

My point was that although RPMs are a convenient way to install software, my
experience is
that if you solely rely on the availability of an RPM, then you may be
missing out on other alternatives.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Carnes" <jonc at nc.rr.com>
To: <mailman-users at python.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:24 AM
Subject: [Mailman-Users] Sendmail getting bum rap...


> On Thursday 25 October 2001 10:48, Timothy Brier wrote:
> > I couldn't agree more.  I was using the RPMs from RedHat with Sendmail.
> > It was taking about 30 minutes to deliver 500 messages.
> >
> > I downloaded and  installed Postfix (not the RPM) and watched the time
> > drop to 1 minute and 45 seconds.
> >
> I run Sendmail at work (and have also run Postfix).  I run Postfix at home
> and at a few contract clients - Mandrake defaults to postfix.  The postfix
> works just fine, and I have no problems with it.  My sendmail works just
> fine and I have no problems with it either.
>
> The performance I get with loads of 100k messages/day is very similar with
> both Postfix and Sendmail.  If it is taking you over 5 minutes to deliver
> 500 messages (< 50k each) from a sendmail server, then something is wrong
> with:
>   - the install/configuration of your Sendmail
>   - the cpu/disk subsystem of your PC
>   - your DNS must be caca.
>
> ===
>
> I my corporate mail servers, I install Sendmail from source and optimize
it
> based on the articles on http://www.sendmail.org.  The whole process takes
> about 4 hours, and the end result is a spiffy mailserver that handles a
> pounding very well and keeps delivering.
>
> I have no bias against Postfix.  I like it just fine.  Sendmail also works
> just fine.
>
> Now if you are processing huge amounts of email on a nice server with SCSI
> disk subsystems, you will see a definite advantage while using Postfix.
> This advantage is lost however on a moderate level server with an IDE disk
> subsystem.
>
> Just speaking from my own experience.  If anyone has a real definitive
> study showing otherwise, I would like to see it.
>
> Jon Carnes
>
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