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I'm worried about a high volume of mail requests--I am running
a Sun Sparc IPX, SunOS 4.1.3, OW 3, unix listserv, gopher and
squirrel mail server.  I'm using the standard sendmail that came
on the machine.

My question is: what mta should I be using? If sendmail is a problem,
why is it a problem?

I will be going public with the machine soon and I want to be
prepared for a large volume of mail requests.  I'm no expert--thats
why I read the net, to find out what the experts say.  

What I'm worries me is the following info from the net:

From the UNIX Email Software Survey FAQ:
> 
> Scenario 3:  Connections to other networks (optionally including
>     SMTP or UUCP), or very high loading.
> 
>     Your best bets are MMDF, PP or zmailer.
>     
>     You can implement other network interfaces with sendmail, but
>     not only will you probably have to roll your own, but sendmail
>     can't cope with high loading very well.  Ditto smail 3.
> 
>

Another person on the net replies to a similar question from me:
> sendmail doesn't break, but if you have the parameters set wrong, it
> forks off too many copies at once.  the sendmail to use though is the
> sendmail5.65c off of uxc.cso.uiuc.edu.  don't use the junk that comes
> with your sun.

Any comments welcome. (got to decide soon: thinking of MMDF,
PP, zmail, and now sendmail5.65).
--Tim Arnold arnold@stat.ncsu.edu
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