From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Nov 19 17:53:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA24536 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 17:53:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (winter@sasami.jurai.net [207.96.1.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA24520 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 17:53:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Received: from localhost (winter@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA06472; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 20:51:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 20:51:02 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" To: Tom cc: Terry Lambert , Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com, craig@ProGroup.COM, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Partitioning suggestions? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Tom wrote: > You probably do not realize that most SMTP sending software lacks auto > retry. As soon as Sendmail starts refusing connections because of lack of > space, expect your helpdesk to light up like a christmas tree. If you're worried about QOS for your users have at least 2 machines in a DNS rotary for users to use for sending their mail (smtp.foo.com). These machines only need have a small amount of disk space. These 'smtp' machines speak -only- to your relay boxes. Boxes that speak to users shouldn't be attempting delivery. /* Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 */