[Mailman-Users] newbie question

[Brad Knowles]

At 8:09 AM -0600 2005-01-22, C. Jon Hinkle wrote:

>  Anyway, I think I had come to about the same configuration that you all
>  suggested, and it is nice to have confirmation that I'm thinking down
>  the right track.  I hadn't thought about Brad's point about 130 large
>  attachments, but it is a good one.  One of the things we were thinking
>  about was a weekly distribution of a dozen 100K spreadsheets.  I guess
>  that's out.

	100KB attachments are not likely to be too much of a problem. 
The mail systems I've administered recently have had an average 
message size of 60-120KB, so the kind of attachment you're talking 
about would fall completely within that range, and should be 
sustainable for multiple users for long periods of time.

	Of course, those were the mail systems I was administering, and 
this may or may not be true for your mail system.


	You need to look at what your mail system is able to handle, and 
decide what kind of load would be excessive.  This needs to be done 
in close concert with your mail system administrators.

	But certainly, this is something that you need to keep an eye on.

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