> >Eventually we are
> >going to have to move to a more distributed system,
>
> An easy trick is to use Imail only for the inbound msgs, and
> use cheapo
> FreeBSD Intel machines running something like PostFix
> configured only as a
> relayer.
>
> Set your DNS to send incoming mail to Imail, have your users
> go to that
> machine for POP and web msging, but then have them all set their mail
> clients to send through the SMTP server(s) of the FreeBSD
> machines doing
> the nasty hard slogging of outgoing mail delivery. You could
> stay with
> Imail a long time!
Great tip, Len. We've been VERY happy with our Cobalt RaQ 3 Linux
server... only 1U high on the rack, around $1400, and pre-loaded with
Bind8 and SendMail (among other apps). True plug and play... just give
it an IP number. And recently we tested its performance as a relay
machine for SMTP sending from our ColdFusion apps... wow. It relays a
message in around 85 ms, vs. IMail's 280 ms. Over 3X faster. We'll be
sending all our mail through it from now on. The anti-spam security
features are also better than IMail's, allowing any combination of
users, domains and IP numbers in the FROM field. And I'd recommend the
freeware WebMin (available at https://www.tucows.com) as a great
web-based administration tool for all the apps on Linux boxes, much
better than Cobalt's pre-installed admin interface.
IMail still makes the better POP and web-based e-mail server, though. :)
HTH,
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