From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 2 18:00:32 2003 Return-Path: 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 A712937B401 for ; Fri, 2 May 2003 18:00:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from praetor.linc-it.com (hardtime.linuxman.net [66.147.26.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCFA943F3F for ; Fri, 2 May 2003 18:00:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from mortis.over-yonder.net (adsl-32-251-198.jan.bellsouth.net [67.32.251.198]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by praetor.linc-it.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6247C15225; Fri, 2 May 2003 20:00:30 -0500 (CDT) Received: by mortis.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 17B8620F03; Fri, 2 May 2003 20:00:17 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 20:00:17 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Ted Cabeen Message-ID: <20030503010017.GF27042@over-yonder.net> References: <929978883.20030430114541@mcflysr.kurgan.ru> <871xzkaqqt.fsf@gray.impulse.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <871xzkaqqt.fsf@gray.impulse.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i-fullermd.1 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org cc: martin mcflysr Subject: Re: mailserver for 2,500 users on Intel platform X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 May 2003 01:00:33 -0000 On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 09:34:34AM -0700 I heard the voice of Ted Cabeen, and lo! it spake thus: > > 2500 users is nothing. You could do that on any machine bigger than > 500Mhz with 256MB of memory without any problems. Disk should be how > ever much you think you'll need. On average, each user will eat up > about 5MB of disk space with POP accounts, and somewhat more with > IMAP. You're crazy 8-} I've run that many users on a Pentium Pro 180 with 128 megs of RAM, on a 4 gig disk. Of course, it was pretty full on disk space, but it was loafing along on the rest. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"