(01-21-2016 10:05 PM)ston3d Wrote: [ -> ]As a PMTA "guru" you should know that <domain *> means ALL domains, so the calculation "16*250*24(16 ips*250 email per hour* 24hours)= 96000" is totally wrong.
Code:
<domain *>
max-msg-rate 250/h
</domain>
This means each IP will send 250 messages to each domain per hour.
So if you have a list of 1000 subscribers: 250 AOL, 250 Yahoo, 250 Gmail, 250 Hotmail - with the above setting everyone in your list will theoretically receive the message within an hour from a single IP.
Based on my calculation and if your list have subscribers only from the above 4 domains for 24 hours with 16 IPs, theoretically you'll be able to send 384 000 messages. If your lists have subscribers from more than these 4 domains the actuall number will be a lot higher - theoretically, but I guess, you as a guru already know that.
It's funny how someone who doesnt understand one of the key features of PowerMTA calls him self pmta guru.
Appreciate your constructive comments ston3d. Its been lonely here. Though part of your comments are offensive.
Nevermind, your constructive comments will help others to understand how PMTA works.
Actually you are correct, i shouldn't count the mail going out that way. Initially i didn't want to give a complicated answer for this question. Since you are talking about it then lets talk about it.
PMTA configuration can be done in 100 ways. There is no fixed configuration for it. You do configuration however it fits your need. I often get asked questions from my client that why my interspire is sending out email slow. Shouldn't PMTA send out email faster and so on. That's where this configuration comes in.
Code:
<domain *>
max-msg-rate 250/h
</domain>
This domain settings here doesn't mean PMTA will send out email straightway from the server. what is does instead PMTA will put all this email in the queue.
Seems like you know PMTA then you also should know that there is another default domain settings that define how much email PMTA will send per hour, whats the max email per connection, whats the max smtp out connection and so on.
here is a sample config file you can take a look,
# default domain settings
<domain *>
max-smtp-out 10
max-msg-per-connection 100
max-errors-per-connection 10
max-msg-rate 1000/h
bounce-upon-no-mx yes
assume-delivery-upon-data-termination-timeout yes
retry-after 10m
bounce-after 24h
smtp-pattern-list blocking-errors
backoff-max-msg-rate 1/m
backoff-retry-after 20m
backoff-notify ""
backoff-to-normal-after-delivery yes
backoff-to-normal-after 1h
dk-sign yes
dkim-sign yes
dkim-identity postmaster@10youth10.org
</domain>
Let me know your thought.