From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 28 06:26:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A0D516A419 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:26:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from mail.cs.ait.ac.th (mail.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB52D13C448 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:26:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (banyan.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.5]) by mail.cs.ait.ac.th (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m0S6QsDo050897 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:26:54 +0700 (ICT) Received: (from on@localhost) by banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (8.13.6/8.12.11) id m0S6QuPU074838; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:26:56 +0700 (ICT) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:26:56 +0700 (ICT) Message-Id: <200801280626.m0S6QuPU074838@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> From: Olivier Nicole To: free.bsd@gmx.net In-reply-to: <479D6E97.6060100@gmx.net> (message from FreeBSD Daemon on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:56:39 +0800) References: <479D6E97.6060100@gmx.net> X-Virus-Scanned: on CSIM by amavisd-milter (http://www.amavis.org/) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggested size of /var/mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:26:58 -0000 Hi, > Are there any smart ways to decide how to size /var/mail. > I plan to put it on a seperate partition ... or shouldn't I? How much mail storage do you plan to offer per user, how many users do you plan to have? Multiplp, add 50% margin and you have it. Olivier