> On the other hand, we move enough mail that if that average moves
> from 4 seconds to 6 seconds, it means that something is probably
> fairly hosed someplace and somebody needs to look at it.  The
> last time something put a bump THAT big in our averages, it was our
> main mail hub being down for a good chunk of a morning.
>
> Remember, when you're tossing 250K connections and 1.5M RCPT TO's
> a day, it takes a *LOT* for one destination to move the average.

Yes, that's why I thought that the trends would be more interesting
than the actual numbers.