From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Apr 23 02:44:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA19691 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 02:44:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from florence.pavilion.net (mailrelay1.pavilion.net [194.242.128.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA19681 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 02:44:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from joe@localhost) by florence.pavilion.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA20124; Wed, 23 Apr 1997 10:43:00 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <19970423104300.39417@pavilion.net> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 10:43:00 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: advice on machone choice for servers References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69 In-Reply-To: ; from David Empey on Wed, Apr 23, 1997 at 12:58:24AM +0500 Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, Apr 23, 1997 at 12:58:24AM +0500, David Empey wrote: > Greetings: > > I'm hoping to pick the brains of some more experienced freeBSD users. > I'd like to set up a mail server (approx. 250 messages per day at > present) and a web server (100 hits a day approx., rarely more than 2 > at the same time) on an older 486/66 with 8MB RAM under freeBSD. Is > this combination likely to fly? Any advice welcome, with thanks. > I don't see why not. A friend of mine is running X windows, a web server and Netscape 3 on his. It chunters a bit, but does the trick. 250 messages/day is approx 10 per hour. 100 hits per day is approx 4 per hour. Easy life :) Joe -- Josef Karthauser Technical Manager Email: joe@pavilion.net Pavilion Internet plc. [Tel: +44 1273 607072 Fax: +44 1273 607073]