Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:55:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: metrion@gmail.com Cc: FreeBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Advice on webmail server Message-ID: <200408191855.i7JIt2D19020@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <804fd9a304081911316496fc18@mail.gmail.com> from "Metrion" at Aug 19, 2004 11:31:57 AM
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> > Hi all, > > I'm hoping someone can give me some tips on setup for a server I'm > making. It's going to be a webmail server for a client, with probably > no more then 700-800 total accounts, with maybe up to 250 concurrent > users. Will be some HTML mail (bleh!) and flash/animated gif/etc also. > I thought of Squirrelmail as the likely candidate. Mostly internal > connections, with external via SSL available. Bandwidth isn't an > issue. > > The server is a HP ProLiant DL380, twin 2.8GHz Xeon, 2G ram. 2x36.4G > 10k Ultra320 and 4x72.8G 10k Ultra320. > > I have the 36.4G drives mirrored, for OS and config stuff, and was > going to make the 4x72.8G a raid5 and that be the mail spool > partition. Is that sound like a good idea? > > I've not used FreeBSD for anything like this before and frankly am not > sure what changes from default I should use, if any. Should I stick > with 4.10, or is 5.2.1 OK? Any sysctl changes? Default kernel OK? Sounds like you have most everything covered. For a production server, stick with 4.10 for now. Later, do a massive upgrade to 5.3 when it has been proven for a bit. Basically, stick with the defaults unless they prove lacking. There is generally a reason they became the default and often it is even a good reason. Squirrel works pretty well for a webmail server. Of course you will need to install Apache or something equivalent. You might want to add an Email list utility such as Majordomo or Mailman. ////jerry > > Thanks for any tips! > > -- > Met
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