[TriLUG] seeking advice for a bullet-proof mail server

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 10:34:18 -0500, Ryan Leathers
<ryan.leathers at globalknowledge.com> wrote:
>  Some number of the mail messages arriving will be the type that must
> be delivered in near real time.

Then you shouldn't be using SMTP. Period.  SMTP was never meant to be a 
real-time protocol.  If these are your requirements, you should look into using 
something like Jabber instead, which is a real-time protocol (in the
sense you're
talking about).

Cheers,
Tanner