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Date:      Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:06:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Julian C. Dunn" <jdunn@aecinfo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 386s as mail servers?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807161506390.21519-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980715190709.13708B-100000@unix.aecinfo.com>

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On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Julian C. Dunn wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who responded to my last query about the mysterious
> system crashes -- it turned out to be a hardware problem. Now that we have
> our FreeBSD box up and running perfectly, my boss wants to do much more
> with it (or maybe more boxes).
> 
> We have recently come into possession of a number of old 386s and are
> planning to use these boxes as POP servers for a large number of clients.
> My question is, roughly how many POP users could one 386 support, given
> that this will be their only purpose? Has anyone ever done something of
> the sort with a 386? I'd be interested in knowing your experiences.

Just how much memory do these machines have?  What speed CPUs?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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