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

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

SW> Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 00:59:35 -0400
SW> From: Steve Werby


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

To elaborate... I can send mail using only telnet.  It's trivial.
SMTP is a protocol that listens on TCP/25.  To send mail,
something must tickle that port, then send data in valid SMTP
session format.


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Eddy

Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division
Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita/(Inter)national
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