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In article <829315028snz@siberia.demon.co.uk>
           philip@siberia.demon.co.uk "Philip McNab" writes:

> On Friday, in article <829306771snz@bhhpharm.demon.co.uk>
>      Richard@bhhpharm.demon.co.uk "Richard Eyles" wrote:
> 
> RE> I'm very interested in reducing the time spent on-line sending email
> RE> and it occurred to me (I may have read something in here too) that an
> RE> intelligent program to rewrite the *.wrk files (with the intention of 
> RE> using the % hack) prior to sending would be useful.
> 
> The simplest way to do this is to ensure that all mail is sent to
> the SMTP gateway, which for demon customers is post.demon.co.uk

[...]

> However, beware that restricting your traffic to the gateway can
> in certain circumstances *slow* your mail transmission: I have
> recently found several instances of post being busy and refusing
> smtp connections: this has meant that my mail sent directly to
> remote sites has gone more quickly.  It seems to me that Demon could

[...]

> A further complication is that Demon's mailservers sometimes build
> up an accumulated backlog of outgoing messages: at times in the last
> few months this has reached 24 hours, so while your mail may get out
> of your site quickly, it may end up sitting in a traffic jam at
> Finchley when other roads are clear.  The best check for that is to

A while ago I worte a insy-winsy little utility to fiddle the WRK files
based on a simple list of criteria.

Basically, you specify in a text file which destination hosts you would
like sent to post.demon.co.uk or directly.   It works on the assumption that
you have a rough idea which hosts are fast enough to send directly to.

I don't think I ever uploaded it to ftp.demon, but I could if anyone may
want it.  TP7 Source is available.

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# Tom's real life SmartMail response file!
# Smartml v1.0 (c)1996 Tom Wheeley, Tomsystems.

# Smart Host:
[host] post.demon.co.uk

# MailQueue directory
[netroot] c:\internet\demon                   # Easier to remember
#[mail] c:\internet\demon\spool\mqueue        # For funny set-ups etc.

# Criteria list

*                 # Default - send everything via host
!*.uk             # but not uk addresses
!*.nl             # Or netherlands (seeing as demon.nl exists now... =)
!anthrax.ecst.csuchico.edu  # Faster posting time for a mailing list
#tsys.demon.co.uk # To bounce test messages off of post.
                  # DON'T USE WITH SMoF Reply MAILING LISTS! (v0.5, anyway)

# Other lines could include:
# +bad.server.ac.uk
# !post.demon.co.uk  # Just to save time...
# !punt?.demon.co.uk #

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