From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Nov 29 6:40:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 833D537B401; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 06:40:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1E1943EAF; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 06:40:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com (Exim 4.10.11 #2 (FreeBSD)) protocol: local id 18HmIK-0005hp-00 ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:39:04 +0300 Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:39:04 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Cc: berez@techie.com Subject: Re: Mail Server Advice Message-ID: <20021129143904.GC7875@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, berez@techie.com References: <20021129051721.52167.qmail@mail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021129051721.52167.qmail@mail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message,where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Fortune: Xerox does it again and again and again and ... X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE i386 X-Best-Window-Manager: Blackbox X-Mailer: Mutt 1.4i (2002-05-29) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. X-Uptime: 5:38PM up 9 days, 8:32, 3 users, load averages: 0.70, 0.50, 0.47 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Ber Ez [20021129 08:16]: wrote: > Hi to all, > I need to build a mail server , I have won the battle of weather to use FreeBSD or Linux or M$ . > now i'm facing a new battle ,postfix vs qmail. > I need your advice . > which of the two would be faster on freebsd ? > any optimaization tips ? > the system will handle a few mailing lists of 30,000+ subscribers ( news letters ,not a discussion list ) > and over 20,000 users. > I am thinking of load balancing this between three servers and am looking for info on that as well. > thanks Exim (www.exim.org) + Mailman (www.list.org) -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington "The box said 'Requires Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, or better,' Tel: +254 2 313985-9 +254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD." GSM: +254 72 743223 +254 733 744121 This sig is McQ! :-) New members urgently required for SUICIDE CLUB, Watford area. -- Monty Python's Big Red Book To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message