Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:25:21 -0800 From: erk! <tapeworm@insekta.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Max Email Users Message-ID: <20021029122521.27aceb05.tapeworm@insekta.org> In-Reply-To: <200210290928.AA453443832@mail.aplusdata.com> References: <200210290928.AA453443832@mail.aplusdata.com>
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On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:28:08 -0500 "Anthony Abby" <anthonyabby@aplusdata.com> wrote: > Well that depends on exactly how your users are using the mail server. > If all they're doing is accessing it via smtp/pop then the answer > would be GOBS of users. Sorry for that highly technical answer, but > I honestly don't know how many users a 600mhz PIII will support, but > I know it's hundreds at the very least. I ran mailing lists with > over 100k total subscribers on an old Cyrix MIII based Linux box that > had no problem keeping up with the load. just to add to this, i've even heard of people running *bsd on a 486, and still being able to handle hundreds of users. in particular, i read about a firewall box running openbsd awhile back that received hundreds of hack attempts over a week-long period, and never skipped a beat. the same appears to be true for mail servers, too. - erk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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