Hi Frank, Lot of thanks for your detail information
At 05:31 PM 11/9/2001 +0800, you wrote: >Its especially secure if run from a chroot jail,, but I don't think thats >absoloutly necessary. Could you please explain in more detail about "run from a chroot jail" or any pointer shall be appreciated. >as for hard disk for 50 clients, I will assume you are reffering to the >var/spool directory, not the whole hard disk, Yes var/spool directory only. I assume each of them sends and receives 10MB email totally per day >are they 50 users local users or are you worried about the spool getting to >big? They are local users >webmin can configure both sendmail and postfix.. but postfix is easy, go to >/etc/postfix and read the following: >(they are full of explanitory comments.) > >main.cf #This is your main config file. >master.cf #This is another config that you won't really need unless >setting up pipes and stuff. >virtual # virtual address mapping, essentially to recieve mail for >domains and redirect them to other non local . . # >address's. >canonical # essentially address rewriting. you probably won't >need that. That shall be sufficient for me to start. What is "address rewritting" ? Thanks in advance. B.R. Stephen >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen Liu >Sent: Friday, 9 November 2001 3:33 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [expert] Mail server > > >Hi All, > >Kindly advise ; > >1) What will be the advantage and disadvantage of Postfix and Sendmail ? > >2) Which ranks on top ? > >3) Which components should be installed for each of them to upgrade a Linux >box to a mail server ? > >4) What shall be the minimum capacity of a hard disc serving 50 clients ? > >Thanks in advance. > >B.R. >Stephen Liu
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