[Mailman-Users] Mailman's Mailbox

[Brad Knowles]

At 3:19 PM +0000 2004-11-26, Gary Smith wrote:

>  By that I mean I know I have an email because I download my inbox on to
>  my computer, but does Mailman constantly do this, if it does would'nt it
>  cause a strain on the server?

	Mailman doesn't have a "mailbox", per se.  When the MTA (e.g., 
sendmail, postfix, exim, etc...) receives a message for a 
mailman-hosted mailing list or other mailman-related address, the MTA 
hands that message off to the Mailman code, and does so immediately. 
These messages never get stored in a mailbox for Mailman to 
periodically check.

	It might actually help improve scalability if Mailman did 
periodically check a mailbox (e.g., using POP3 or whatever), but that 
would cause significant additional code to be added to the system, 
and it's not clear exactly how that would be implemented.

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