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Date:      09 Feb 2006 09:04:05 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th>
Cc:        ianchov@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Mail back-up system
Message-ID:  <44irrozl0q.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <200602090910.k199AKB6011124@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
References:  <200602090700.k1970DiJ095554@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <18e02bd30602090026h2e297677sc6742cbb653aede5@mail.gmail.com> <200602090910.k199AKB6011124@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>

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Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> writes:

> > I read the article and the idea is good. But i would like to know what MTA
> > are you using..In the paper you said that at first the email is strored in
> > Mailbox format. Isn`t that a bottleneck. WHat are the loads of the machines=
> 
> Considering we have only 200 users and 3000 messages per day, whatever
> would do.
> 
> MTA is sendmail/milter.
> 
> I plan to change that mailbox thing when I get budget for a new
> machine to play with (I don't want to take the risk to break the
> working configuration).

Mailbox format might not be a bottleneck in this application.  It's
fairly efficient at appending new messages, and that is the only
common operation being performed on these backup mail spools.



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