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Date:      	Thu, 9 Feb 1995 17:42:08 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@haven.uniserve.com>
To:        Bill Allison <wallison@ifc.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Sendmail question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.950209174054.9024C-100000@haven.uniserve.com>
In-Reply-To: <199502092355.OAA00377@ifc.com>

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On Thu, 9 Feb 1995, Bill Allison wrote:

> I have been asked by the powers that be in our company to set up a broadcast
> email system so that we can send info to our business clients QUICKLY.
> 
> About 500-1,000 recipients, and the email being on average 50K.  I have set
> up an alias file and everything is great (we haven't sent anything yet, tho
> ;-) except that the boss wants this stuff to be in all the mailboxes 1-2
> hours after the messages are first sent.  I am not worried about bandwidth
> (we have 56K, soon T1), but I am concerned w/ Sendmail. 
> 
> Under FreeBSD 1.1.5.1, on a 90MHz pentium, I have no idea:
> --how much memory I will need
> --how I can optimize sendmail to send stuff the quickest possible way.

  Ever heard of Zmailer? 

Tom



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