Re: [cobalt-users] RE: Re: How can I speed up Sendmail?

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Paulick, Jim" <jpaulick@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Part of the problem is that you are saying you have a script that
> connects directly to smtp...  well, sendmail USES smtp.  You
> can't have smtp without a "sendmail"-like program.

Jim, that statement is incorrect.  It is possible, quite easy in fact, to
send email through SMTP directly without using Sendmail or any MTA for that
matter.  Sending to SMTP directly is actually much faster in general than
using an MTA for large mailings.

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