Re: [exim] Exim and Postfix

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Author: Jasen Betts
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Exim and Postfix
On 2019-08-28, Eliza via Exim-users <exim-users@???> wrote:
> Hi
>
> on 2019/8/28 17:07, Heiko Schlittermann via Exim-users wrote:
>> The Exim configuration partly mimics a programming language, and allows for
>> a multitude of runtime expandable parameters, you can use the embedded
>> Perl interpreter, use database lookups (key/value, directory,
>> relational) in almost any places of the configuration.
>>
>> Its runtime configuration allows you to build sophisticated ACL for
>> incoming messages, build sophisticated mail routing (e.g. based on
>> content scanning results, mail headers, external programs, …)
>
> If exim supports runtime configuration, it becomes more flexible, for
> content filter etc. But how about the performance to accept/deliver
> messages comparing to postfix?


imterpreted code is abot 100 times slower than native code, but disk is
about 100 times slower than memory, and WAN is about 100 times slower than
disk. what's the hurry?

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