DESCR 613 B

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  1. smtp-benchmark consists of two programs, smtpsend and smtpsink.
  2. Whereas smtpsend is used to send generated e-mail messages using SMTP
  3. to a mail transfer agent, smtpsink is designed to dispose of received
  4. messages as quick as possible.
  5. smtpsend measures the time spent sending e-mails and the number
  6. of e-mails actually sent and outputs statistics after the program
  7. run.
  8. smtpsend can fork one or more parallel senders each using one or more
  9. sequential connections to a SMTP server to deliver one or more
  10. messages per connection.
  11. smtpsink comes in handy when the relaying performance of a MTA is
  12. to be measured.