RE: [TCLUG:16017] Dedicated Linux e-mail servers: good experiences,anyone?

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

nice lightweight like qmail? *cough*
every qmail install i've seen took up 8mb of ram, besieds spawened
processes for connected clients.. even sendmail isn't that bloated.

standard UW imap/pop work great for me.  and you can MTA that on sendmail,
postfix, exim.. whatever floats your boat. :)

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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 "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends."

On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Carl Patten wrote:

> 
> > When you say "simultaneous users", do you mean 50 accounts or 50 people
> > simultaneously retrieving their mail?
> 
> 50 people simultaneously retrieving e-mail.  They're addicts :)
> 
> > If you mean 50 accounts, you will
> > be fine with pretty much any box you have left laying around, as long as
> > you run a nice lightweight MTA like qmail.  I certainly wouldn't even
> > consider spending the cash for something as spiffy as a NetWinder or Qube.
> > Unless appearance is more important than cost...
> 
> Hey, cute counts, but I'm more interested in improving performance on our
> main app server by moving the disk-banging e-mail to a separate box.  I'll
> have to look closer at qmail.
> 
> >
> > If you're talking 50 simultaneous POP sessions, then again stick with a
> > nice lightweight MTA and just pile on the RAM.  64 should be more than
> > adequate.
> >
> > In either case, I don't see any reason to spend the cash on a brand name
> > box when local mail tends to be such an undemanding task.
> 
> The other reason I discovered to avoid name-brand is that they have a
> tendency to yell "warranty void" if you do stuff like install a different
> MTA.
> 
> Thanks for the input!
> 
> --
> Carl Patten
> 
> 
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