[Asterisk-Users] Mailing List Lag

[Michael Welter]

Why doesn't someone just ask Markster how many are on the list? 
Inquiring minds want to know...

Chris Albertson wrote:

> Maybe the words "nine million" was not ment to be taken
> literally.  What if he said "about a gazillion"  Then we'd
> all be arguing if "gazillion" == 1x10^14 or 1x10^16
> 
> Have you ever set up "mailman" on a Linux system?  9,000,000
> would be a real trick setup not something you'd do with a
> standard PC.  You have a rack full of mail servers, raid disks
> and the works.  Lets do some math:
> 
>  There are 60*60*24 seconds in a day 9E6 per messages/day
>  means a little over 100 messages per second sustained 24x7.
>  I really doubt it.
> 
> I think "nine milion" is a technicl term just like "sh*t load"
> or "way lots".
>   
> --- Philipp von Klitzing <klitzing at pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
> wrote:
> 
>>Hi!
>>
>>
>>>9000000 mails / 150 per day = 60000 Subscribers..
>>>Is the Asterisk community anywhere near that big??
>>
>>There is more than just one list on that MLM, and you'll probably
>>have to 
>>count in adminstrative messages (?) and maybe even error messages.
>>
>>Still that would reveal a huge number of subscribers...
>>
>>Cheers, Philipp
>>
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