[TriLUG] sendmail vs. postfix - was Re: stupid sendmail question?

[Michael Alan Dorman]

"Ben Pitzer" <uncleben at mindspring.com> writes:

> The fact is that none of us, to my knowledge, have ever tried to
> scale Postfix to extreme levels, but I'd be interested to hear from
> some party who has tried to do so.  Perhaps we could ask Weitse if
> he knows of anyone who has tried, and what level of success they
> have experienced.

What are extreme levels?

I run an anti-spam service, and we easily handle 2 messages/sec on
$1700 systems that are doing the mail receiving, spam filtering, virus
scanning, forwarding as well as storage and retrieval (through a web
interface) of sidelined mail.

I have, in test situations, pumped at least 8 messages/sec through
less powerful systems.

Are those considered extreme?

Mike
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