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Momentum MTA Performance Tuning Tips

This post is being constantly updated as we find out more useful information on Momentum tuning. Last update: 2012-05-05.

About 2 months ago I’ve joined LivingSocial technical operations team and one of my first tasks there was to figure out a way to make our MTAs perform better and deliver faster. We use a really great product called Momentum MTA (former Ecelerity) and it is really fast, but it is always good to be able to squeeze as much performance as possible so I’ve started looking for a ways to make our system faster.

While working on it I’ve created a set of scripts to integrate Momentum with Graphite for all kinds of crazy stats graphing, those scripts will be opensourced soon, but for now I’ve decided to share a few tips about performance-related changes …

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How To Send One Billion Email Marketing Messages Per Month

One... *billion* emails!

One *Billion* Emails

In email marketing there are senders of all shapes and sizes, from small businesses using self-serve ESPs to the largest web properties self-sending to massive user bases. While only a few senders will reach or exceed volumes of one billion messages per month, the tools and practices needed to achieve such a volume level are applicable to all senders who want to succeed in email marketing.

Who Am I?

My name is Mike Hillyer (click here for bio and social links). I manage a team of Sales Engineers for Message Systems, a leading provider of digital messaging solutions for both senders and receivers. In my work over the last several years I have helped a number of …

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