On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Marc Balmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> back in time (but not to long ago), I served 3000 email accounts for > a Swiss multinational insurance company on a P133 with 32MB RAM. > > That is no big deal, however. sendmail and any Unix like system > can handle that without problem. Until a few years back, all the emails for one of the most widely recognized global brands went through 3 gateway servers (think 250k employees, and a whole bunch of automatic notification emails) that were freebsd, sendmail, and either dual ppro 200mhz or dual P2-400mhz. softdep really helped them out :) -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1G-3laJJP0&feature=related