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Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:17:35 +0200
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On 08/02/2013 03:09 PM, Ray Cote wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Schneider" <js@globe.de>
>> To: python-list@python.org
>> Sent: Friday, August 2, 2013 8:00:09 AM
>> Subject: Python performance
>>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I have to write a small SMTP-Relay script (+ some statistic infos)
>> and
>> I'm wondering, if this
>> can be done in python (in terms of performance, of course not in
>> terms
>> of possi
bility ;) ).
>>
>> It has to handle around 2000 mails per hour for at least 8hours a day
>> (which does not mean, that it is allowed not to respond the rest of
>> the day.
>>
> A quick calculation shows that 2,000 mails per hour is less than 1 email every second.
> Plenty of time to handle individual emails.

This is just true, if the mails arrive equally distributed. We cannot 
ensure this.