Re: [Exim] bulk_mailer

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Author: Richard Welty
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To: Jeffrey Goldberg, Ian Southam
CC: Andreas Gietl, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] bulk_mailer
At 10:26 AM 1/26/00 +0000, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:
>With exim, just set remote_max_parallel to some number greater than 1. I
>use 20 to get the functionality of bulk_mailer.


i use remote_max_parallel = 40, on a Linux AMD K6-166 with lots and lots of
RAM, with excellent performance and no apparent downsides.

> It adds (unless fixed) serious reliability problems, and is
>entirely unneeded with exim.


i completely agree. bulk_mailer was a necessary evil with sendmail, and
accomplishes nothing useful with exim. i got rid of bulk_mailer a long time
ago.

richard

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