From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Nov 25 20:59:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA17875 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 20:59:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cc-server9.massey.ac.nz (cc-server9.massey.ac.nz [130.123.128.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA17867 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 20:59:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from C.R.Harding@massey.ac.nz) From: C.R.Harding@massey.ac.nz Message-Id: <199711260459.UAA17867@hub.freebsd.org> Received: from tpc-pc1 by cc-server9 with SMTP(PP); Wed, 26 Nov 1997 17:59:38 +1300 Comments: Authenticated sender is Organization: TV Production Centre, Massey University To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 17:59:38 +1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Heavily loaded mail servers - any stats? Reply-to: C.R.Harding@massey.ac.nz In-reply-to: <199711260254.SAA06369@hub.freebsd.org> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.52) Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk I've been involved in a discussion with some people locally regarding large mail volumes and the size of servers needed to cope with it. They believe that 700,000 pieces of email per month (their current traffic) is an enormous load and requires big, expensive name-brand servers to deal with. I'm trying to suggest that their traffic isn't all that impressive, that it only loads their server because of the wacko X.400 MTA they're running, and that a PC running FreeBSD would laugh at the effort. So I'm interested in some stats from some of the larger mail servers running FreeBSD, and particularly freebsd.org itself, in terms of system size, MTA and version, and the mail load being handled. Anyone got any data they can chuck in? -- C. -- Craig Harding Acting Director, Massey University Television Production Centre "I don't know about God, I just think we're handmade" - Polly