Have to go with Len on this one. 1. smtp gateways (more than one is suggested) 2. dedicated AV box (more than one is good) 3. mailbox server (more than one is possible)
I wouldn't use IMail for #1 or #2 sorry IMail guys, but, IMail doesn't come close to touching postfix in the MTA world (probably not even sendmail). IMail on #3 is a possibility for sure. Especially if you want a win32 environment. If you are not required to be in a win32 environment then obviously there are other choices (courier, cyrus, etc etc), however, from a management and support standpoint perhaps they are not right for you. IMail is probably one of the best win32 mail server products around. On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:31:24 -0600, you wrote: > >>I hope this doesnt end in a conflict, but i think i need some help here... > >nah, we only start conflicts here. > >>If you were hired to install an ISP SMTP-POP3 system, for about 10.000 >>users at first, with services like ANTI-SPAM , ANTI-VIRUS, LDAP, WEBMAIL, >>etc...etc... > >As Scott said, number of users isn't important, it's number of msgs/day. > >Next item is whether it's only/predominantly webmail (worst case) or mostly >POP (best case). > >But 10K is getting to be pretty serious, pretty easy to hit 10K msgs >outbound (one per user per day) and 80K msgs inbound (8:1 is a reasonable >estimate), so your Subject: is wrong, try: > >Best Server_s_ Configuration > >1. MX boxes > >(2. maybe ded AV box) > >3. mailbox server > >Len > > >To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
