On Sun, 19 Nov 1995 16:22:18 -0500 Paul Graham <[log in to unmask]>
said:
 
>are the volume numbers computed from counters that are reported in these
>log entries?
>
>19 Nov 1995 00:00:45 Done - 1 job (6 rcpts), 6 outbound files (421
>rcpts).
 
This may  include deliveries forwarded to  other servers. The best  is to
count the "stat=Sent" lines in your  sendmail log (or whatever it says in
8.7).
 
>if so then i get the following numbers for the 17th:
>411k rcpts.
>378k smtp addresses.
>291k smtp connections.
 
You can't calculate the number of SMTP connections from the LISTSERV log.
You can only count  the number of messages passed on  to sendmail and the
number of recipients.
 
>are these reasonably consistent values?
 
The monthly stats are a flat average  so you will find that you have peak
days with more traffic and days  where for whatever reason people did not
have much  to say (and  then the weekends of  course). There is  also the
fact that your machine may not have been in service since Nov 1. The full
UB workload should give you peaks of over 600k deliveries.
 
  Eric