[Mailman-Users] FAQ 4.12 "What about Verp" as applicable to sending to a relay host

[Anne Wainwright]

Hello, Ralf, & Mark,.

We running now, thanks for the help.

I will send out on my large list over the w/e (splitting the membership
just in case) and will report how the throttle patch performed. But on
a small list we are up, up, & away.

I'll look at verp next, don't want to have to tweak anything else so if
it's a standalone item to tick on/off as it were, then I'll do that.

Lots of nice questions on your list, with nicer answers. no rtfm all
the time.

Anne


On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:22:54 +0200
Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt at charite.de> wrote:

> * Anne Wainwright <anotheranne at fables.co.za>:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Not that I am going to switch on Verp, but ...
> > 
> > I read this, and interesting sums there too. I note that Defaults.py
> > still carries SMTP_MAX_RCPTS = 500 despite good conclusions in the FAQ
> > based upon a statistical analysis of a large mailing list user base that
> > the sweet spot is likely between 2 and 5.
> 
> Well, it doesn't hurt. Let the MTA do the sorting and splitting.
>  
> > In my case where I am relaying to the isp's smtp server I indeed do
> > have all my posts to one domain and so I presume that a larger value
> > could be appropriate?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > Given that they limit me to 100 recipients per smtp session it would
> > seem that I should adjust this downwards to <100 (in mm_cfg.py) to avoid
> > breaking this rule.
> 
> Yep.
>