Sendmail configuration question

[gboyce-qL0WqcyiFk9Wk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org (Gregory Boyce)]

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Dave Peters wrote:

> I have a smtp box with sendmail v8.1. The smtp server is mainly used as 
> a mail relay server. I wonder the "ConnectionRateThrottle" and 
> "ConnectionCacheSize" will help to increase the outgoing email speed?

Out of curiosity, why use sendmail at all?  Its configuration tends to be 
rather confusing to deal with.  Personally I prefer Postfix, although I 
know a number of people who are fans of Exim.

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Greg