> 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.