> On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 22:29 -0600, Kirktis wrote: >> 125 E-mail accounts is a rather negligible number. > Depends on the hardware and the users - if they are regularly pushing > multi-megabyte attachments you may need faster hardware than expected. > But for normal users a Pentium-2 200 would be fast enough (just don't > ask how I would know that) > >> Processor type doesn't matter, but give it a decent amount of RAM >> (512; 1GB if you want to do decently-fast spam and AV filtering). >> Depending on if you plan to go POP or IMAP, I'd recommend doing >> something like a RAID1 array of 2 or 3 SATA hard drives; > with more than 2 drives I'd build a RAID5, but that's personal > preference. Linux software raid is fast enough ... If you add more > services put mail and rest on different disks if you can. > >> scale the size depending on how much mail you want to let people keep >> on the server. External USB drives work great for backups (read up on >> spare devices w/ RAID, if you can get a large enough external). I also >> like to have my servers send tarballs to each other, and have a >> central backup server, but that might be overkill for your situation. > External USB drives can fail in amazing ways :-) But I like your "backup > strategy" > >> If you're looking at buying hardware, I'd recommend something like a >> Dell SC-series (1425 if you want rack-mounting, they're nice). I find >> they can do the hardware a lot more cost-effectively then anyone else >> (even building it) as long as you don't mind using strictly Intel >> processors. > Meh, if you build them yourself you can always be a lot cheaper and you > can customize for your needs - I'm building a fanless box for routing > purposes right now, nothing you could reasonably buy at these big > vendors. If you don't have the experience go find a small shop in your > area, they can offer better service. > > Building it myself saves ~30% compared to our "normal" shop, Dell would > be even more expensive. > >> In my experience, I'd stay away from qmail for e-mail purposes, but >> hey, it's all about freedom.
so, are you "most" people? > Right. So most people will suggest postfix, then the usual weirdos jump > up and yell exim ... and then the boss reads the MS propaganda and > really needs an exchange server ;-) > > -- > Stand still, and let the rest of the universe move > -- [email protected] mailing list
