When does sum of exponentially many exponential functions go to zero?

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I have $K=e^{n\beta}$ positive numbers $D_1\leq D_2\leq ...\leq D_K$. I want to find the maximum value of $\beta$ for which

$e^{-nD_1}+e^{-nD_2}+...+e^{-nD_K}$

goes to zero as $n$ goes to infinity.

Also I know $\beta$ must be less than mean of $D_i$'s (i.e. $\beta<\frac{\sum_{i=1}^K D_i}{K}$) and $\beta<D_1$ is not the best I can do. Can anyone please help me?!