[ On Monday, April 8, 2002 at 18:03:34 (+0200), Florian Weimer wrote: ]
> Subject: [Exim] Mailing lists with a twist
>
> I'm serously considering migrating back to Exim again, but I'm stuck
> with an incompatible mailing list software. If I have to replace it,
> I might develop something which fits our needs more adequately than
> the available solutions.
>
> The mailing list has got the following unusual characteristics:
>
> 1. For each subscriber, a rather complicated calculation is necessary
> to decide whether he wants to receive the message or not.
>
> 2. Each message sent to a subscriber needs to carry a unique envelope
> and header From address.
>
> The solution should be scalable to thousands of subscribers (but
> better tens of thousands).
I don't understand what this has to do with the MTA. You're talking
about sending thousands of unique messages (regardless of what their
content is or how similar it might be). You either submit them via SMTP
(probably best with most popular MTAs), or you submit them with a
command-line interface (eg. "sendmail -f$SENDER $RECIPIENT"). This will
be the same regardless of which MTA you use, though each may have
slightly different advantages and disadvantages performance-wise.
(yes, those mTAs which support batched SMTP delivery may have some
additional minor advantage, assuming you can write a program that'll
generate the batches properly)
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Greg A. Woods
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