<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/4/14 Stephen Swaney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steve@fsl.com">steve@fsl.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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On Apr 14, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Eduardo Casarero wrote:<br>
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> Hi, everybody. i am sorry for the OT, but i was wondering if someone can share some backend (MTA) statistics. I need to build a test server to store emails and give imap/pop3 (this is already working), but i need some "real-world" info about email flow to big email servers.<br>
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> I have this kind of questions for deployments of servers with more than 1000 users:<br>
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> - How many emails are recieved per day or per hour (bussiest hours)?<br>
> - Average Quota?<br>
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> żAny other relevant data?<br>
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> This is just to get an idea any comment will be appreciated.<br>
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> Thanks!<br>
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</div>Eduardo,<br>
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This is a little like asking “how much is a car?” but below are the numbers I use for a quick preliminary initial estimate for a site.<br>
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And my term “Emails” as used below refers to the number of messages that would need to be processed by MailScanner after an agressive rejection policy using DNSBLs at the incoming MTA level.<br>
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Users 1,000<br>
Emails / User 30<br>
Email / Day 30,000<br>
Emails / Hour 1,250<br>
Emails / Hour (Peak) 2,500<br>
Emails / Hour (Off Peak) 625<br>
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And these can vary a LOT depending on the site. But I believe they make a reasonable starting point.,<br>
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Steve<br>
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</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks Steve this was exactly the thing a was asking for, i know that this changes a lot depending on the business or the type of customer, but it is a really good starting point.</div>
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