Dave C. wrote:
>
> On Fri, 22 May 1998, Philip Hazel wrote:
>
> > Subject: Re: [EXIM] local_part in an added header problem
> >
> > > > Right, that works... but then (I think) Exim makes a different SMTP
> > > > connection for each mail which is expensive. Is there any way of having
> > > > it use the existing connection? You know - do a RSET, then FROM, and RCPT
> > > > all over again on the open pipe?
> > If it does this, it perforce sends all copies of the message in sequence
> > down a single connection. It cannot make use of parallel connections. It
> > occurs to me that someone with a mailing list might prefer the expense of setting up
> > several connections in parallel because that is likely to get rid of the
> > message more quickly.
> Perhaps the option should be a number, where that nunber indicates the
> maximum number of messages that can go down the same pipe. I have no
> suggestion concerning a default value...
>
What about the maximum number of parallel pipes ? Say 5 pipes are
started and
a message sent down each pipe as soon as a message has been sent an RSET
is issued
and the next message waiting to be sent uses that pipe. You may need an
option to
set this number.
--Sean
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