From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Nov 26 08:45:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA00102 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 08:45:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (fallout.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA29962 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 08:44:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jfieber@indiana.edu) Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA10955; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 11:44:32 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 11:44:32 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber Reply-To: John Fieber To: C.R.Harding@massey.ac.nz cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Heavily loaded mail servers - any stats? In-Reply-To: <199711260459.UAA17867@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org some fronter info On Wed, 26 Nov 1997 C.R.Harding@massey.ac.nz wrote: > I've been involved in a discussion with some people locally regarding > large mail volumes and the size of servers needed to cope with it. > They believe that 700,000 pieces of email per month (their current > traffic) is an enormous load and requires big, Enormous? Ha! The (expensive name-brand) mail servers around here do about one million messages a day. -john