Some things in this scenario just don't ring true and I'm thinking this is just a big hoax.
Firstly, you expressed concern in one of your original posts that your job was likely to be at risk if the problem wasn't solved quickly with little or no additional expenditure. Then we discover that "your boss" has bought this gee whiz bang SMP PC and insists this must be used for as the mailserver. And then you divulge that it has to handle 10,000 mail users. This, in itself isn't a particularly large mailserver, but does suggest you are in a rather large organization. Now, correct me where I'm wrong here, but I'm assuming your boss knows "diddly squat" about IT. Which would suggest you are in charge of the IT Department? You are prepared to run production servers with inadequate testing of the hardware/software/OS combination with little thought for appropriate redundancy on machines that would not be out of place on a gamer's desktop and may well have been won in competition. If this is the case, you probably should lose your job. An organization of the size you suggest, would certainly have an IT Department size and budget sufficient for the task, even if it is not "extravagant". And you head up this group of people? It seems to me it is time you sought vocational guidance to find a calling in life for which you are qualified and suited. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Juszczak Sent: Wednesday, 29 June 2005 5:28 AM To: Matt Rowley Cc: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: Honesty needed... > According to > http://www.freebsd.org/security/ > the current estimated EOL for 4.11 is January 31, 2007 > > That said, since you think IPF is causing problems, have your tried disabling > IPF and running either ipfilter or PF (or doing the filtering on a dedicated > firewall box)? > > --Matt Yep, I will try that. Anyway, I appreciate all of your help, I think this discussion has veered off from my original intentions and I think it should be taken off list since it is now considered O.T. Again, I'm appreciate all your input and I'm going to continue my research and see where it goes. Regards, Matt
