Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 14:58:57 +1100 From: "Corey Ralph" <corey.ralph@datafast.net.au> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dedicated smtp relay box Message-ID: <20010220145857.C91585@corey.datafast.net.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10102191844020.393-100000@misery.sdf.com>; from tom@sdf.com on Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 06:46:43PM -0800 References: <20010220142734.B91585@corey.datafast.net.au> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10102191844020.393-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 06:46:43PM -0800, Tom Samplonius wrote: > > It is never a good idea to do that. It limits your scalability. Use a > "mail-in" host for the MX record, and a "pop" host for inbound mail and a > "mail" host for outbound mail. Almost unlimited scalability. Thanks for the tip, I wish I could do something like that. But it was like this long before I started here, and there is nothing I can do about it. Management wouldn't let me make a change that would require all of our customers to make such a change. > I thought the issue was that it was overloaded and you had to get > another box anyhow? Also, the above scheme allows you to add as many > scanner systems as required. I was hoping that just relaying smtp wouldn't need a large system, so I could use a spare box I already have. I have a couple decent systems, p3's with 512MB, but nothing like that one, 8x18GB + one hot spare, dual p3 800, 1.7GB ram. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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