On Thu, 28 Nov 1996 09:16:18 -0800 (PST) James Cook <jcook@netcom.com>
said:
>It would also be helpful to suggest *meaningful* methods of testing or
>evaluating *real world* performance of listservers.
Simply migrate your largest or most performance sensitive lists to the
new server and see how it performs. The problem with test suites is that
they generate "lab figures" which tell you very little about the
product's actual performance. A real world test requires actually
delivering mail to people, so unless you are in the spamming business
this can only be done with an existing list :-)
Otherwise, I would demand a free 30 day trial copy. As far as I know, and
setting aside the spam software outfits, I believe this has become
standard practice in the mailing list industry.
Eric
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