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djxcee
07-25-2008, 09:38 AM
Will using gmail as a mail server reduce my cpu usage?
Dismounted
07-25-2008, 11:43 AM
Yes, if you are currently handling mail through your own server.
HFB
07-27-2008, 01:49 PM
It's not a great solution due to gmail's 500 email per day send quota. Their SMTP server refuses to send anything over the quota. If you have a small forum you can probably get by with it for awhile.
DJFriar
07-29-2008, 01:20 AM
It's not a great solution due to gmail's 500 email per day send quota. Their SMTP server refuses to send anything over the quota. If you have a small forum you can probably get by with it for awhile.

Is that 500 emails total per day, or per user per day??
Deriel
08-05-2008, 07:02 PM
Is that 500 emails total per day, or per user per day??

It's per day - not per user.
COBRAws
08-07-2008, 05:04 PM
Will using gmail as a mail server reduce my cpu usage?
Gmail or any other, off-loading resources to an external server will always result in a lower CPU usage for the original server.