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List:       sendmail
Subject:    Re: help with scaling sendmail for mailing lists
From:       Claus =?iso-8859-1?Q?A=DFmann?= <ca+sendmail () mine ! informatik ! uni-kiel ! de (-no-co
Date:       2002-12-31 3:35:19
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chafir wrote:

> - if i specify multiple recipients on the "To:" line, will this send
> out multiple emails efficiently?

It depends...

> - should i send them via a new SMTP socket each time? various bulk
> mail apps i know do this by talking directly to the smtp server.

Not a good idea.

> - is there an optimal number of emails to send at a time?

No.

> currently the mailing list is at about 700 addresses but will grow.

In addition to Nick's book see also sendmail/TUNING
in 8.12.



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