Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 10:43:10 -0400 (EDT) From: "User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys" <rdkeys@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: rdkeys@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu (User RDKEYS Robert D. Keys) Subject: Perl and Majordomo on FreeBSD 2.2-RELENG or 3.0-current????? Message-ID: <199709151443.KAA19826@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
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I need to install a majordomo server on a FreeBSD box. Currently I am using an old AIX PS/2 box and a Sun box. I can use either perl 4.36 or 5.04. Has anyone had any particular problems with majordomo severs on either 2.2 or 3.0 that I should be aware of ahead of time? It seems to be in the ports builds on either revision level, on ftp.freebsd.org. Perl seems to be at 5.004.01 on either revision level, also. It sounds like it should build out of the box, fairly well. From a sysadmin point of view, should I wait until 2.2.5 is released and use that as the basis, or is a current daily releng/current snapshot by ftp sufficient? Once up, the machine is not likely to change very often and will mostly sit in the bilges and run until it crashes or dies of old age. The projected machine will act as a majordomo server to about 300 accounts and act as a web server down the road, for a ham radio club. It is a 16 meg ram generic pentium box at 120mhz or thereabout, and about a 1 gig drive. Are there any particular system settings for process limits, ulimits, etc., that should be checked/set first? Is a 1 gig drive sufficient? I sense it will probably do, but might be a bit tight if webbing is added later. Most users will be simple email list readers and the web pages will be minimal, and not likely to grow greatly. At most, I would expect around a dozen or so users concurrently. I don't have a good feel for how much disk space to alot if most of the majordomo mail is kept on the machine, and not forwarded. If half of it is forwarded out, then 1 gig might still be ok, I think. Any suggestions/experiences/comments/war-stories/horror-stories appreciated. Thanks Bob Keys rdkeys@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu
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