From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 12 21:22:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B414216A4CE for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:22:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from soyouz2.netaktiv.com (ns2.netaktiv.com [80.67.170.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E75443D2D for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:22:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bortzmeyer@nic.fr) Received: by soyouz2.netaktiv.com (Postfix, from userid 10) id 46914A7BD6; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:22:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sources.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.sources.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A91A148D1 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:20:51 +0200 (CEST) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 (debian 2.5-1) with nmh-1.0.4+dev From: Stephane Bortzmeyer To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:20:51 +0200 Message-Id: <20041012212051.5A91A148D1@mail.sources.org> Subject: Documentation of big "mail systems"? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:22:03 -0000 I'm currently writing a proposal for a webmail service for, say, 50 000 to 500 000 users. I'm looking for description of existing "big mail" systems, using technologies like scalemail (http://scalemail.sourceforge.net/), specially with an emphasis on the storage subsystem for the servers (my weak point, I don't really have enough experience with SAN, NAS, and so on). Of course, with a FreeBSD (and free software) bias :-) I do not need general advice (such as "Postfix rules, Exim sucks" or "Maildirs are faster") but actual description of existing and running systems. Googling seems inefficient for that purpose and I presume that many interesting papers are only in closed and paying conference proceedings :-(