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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 4:47 PM
>To: Faheem Ahmed Khan
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Suggest a good email server pls
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>On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 11:51:44 +0530, Faheem Ahmed Khan
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> Can anybody suggest a good mail server on Unix pls. We are
>currently using
>> SIMS 2.0 from SUN and need one more other than this.
>
>Could you explain *why* you need "one more other"? We're
>currently using
>SIMS 3.5 for a fairly large organization (some 60K mailboxes,
>and we just
>barely missed hitting 2 million POP checks/day at the end of
>the semester),
>on a E6500. There's things we don't like, but it *does* get
>the job done
>for us. If you were more specific regarding the lacks, and
>whether you've
>already checked into whether upgrading from 2.0 to 3.5 doesn't address
>your concerns, we might be able to give better suggestions...
>
>Somebody suggested QMail - the problem is that under high
>volumes, it *isnt*
No, it is used by Hotmail, USA.net, Yahoo! mail :-)..
>the sending of mail that will get you - it's all the Eudora
>users who keep
>checking their mail - you need a good/fast POP service more
>than you need
>fast mail delivery. I don't believe QMail has a POP service....
No, vpopmail, qmail-pop3d etc...
>--
> Valdis Kletnieks
> Operating Systems Analyst
> Virginia Tech
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