Re: [vps-mail] Large Mailing List

[Godwin Stewart <gstewart@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 18:26:47 -0700, Ed Greenberg <edg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a VPS V2 Pro which runs Mailman, among other things.
> 
> I have a customer who wants to mail to 19,000 people, three times a week.
> 
> Does anyone have experience with a mailing list of that size?
> 
> Would Sendmail be able to handle it on that platform?

Mailman and sendmail can handle that no problem. Most mailing list
management software such as mailman, ecartis, majordomo etc. splits the
outbound mail into packets of 'x' e-mails (and you can usually decide the
value of 'x' in a configuration file somewhere).

One tip though: please do ensure that your client is running a CONFIRMED
opt-in (or closed-loop opt-in) mailing list with mechanisms as described at
the link below, otherwise it *will* come back and bite you in the rear end.

http://www.cluelessmailers.org/info/listmanagement.html

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