Keep in mind though, that (freebsd.org) is so heavily modified by David
Greene, that is doesn't even classify as the same thing you get on the
FreeBSD cdrom.
- Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Mutsaers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Peter Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: Advice for 4000 mail users on a Red Hat 5.0 box
>>> On Fri, 15 May 1998 15:55:41 +0800, Peter Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> said:
>
> PC> Currently our ISP's Solaris server is hosting all the 4000+
> PC> email accounts for our staff and clients. Recently the
> PC> management wants to move all the email accounts in-house for
> PC> better control and confidentiality, but doesn't want to pay a
> PC> Sun Enterprise Server, so they are thinking of running NT and
> PC> Exchange Server 5.5. But I manage to persuade the management
> PC> to use Red Hat Linux 5.5 instead.
>
> PC> - Now am I too ambitious?
>
>No, but you'd better use FreeBSD for such a task. While Linux may be
>nicer for a personal workstation, as a serious server FreeBSD offers
>more performance and stability.
>
>E.g. ftp.cdrom.com, one of the biggest FTP sites on the Internet with
>1GB RAM and 224GB disk runs FreeBSD. Not much else on Intel could
>handle it:
>
>Name (ftp.cdrom.com:plm): ftp
>331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
>Password:
>230-Welcome to wcarchive - home FTP site for Walnut Creek CDROM.
>230-There are currently 3199 users out of 3200 possible.
>230-
>230-Most of the files in this area are also available on CDROM. You can
send
>230-email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information or to order, or visit our
Web
>230-site at http://www.cdrom.com. For tech support about our products,
please
>230-email [EMAIL PROTECTED] You may also call our toll-free number:
>230-1-800-786-9907 or +1-510-674-0783. Please keep in mind that we only
offer
>230-technical support for our CDROM products and not for the files on our
>230-FTP server.
>230-
>230-This machine is a P6/200 with 1GB of memory & 224GB of disk online.
>230-The operating system is FreeBSD. Should you wish to get your own copy
of
>230-FreeBSD, see the pub/FreeBSD directory, visit http://www.freebsd.org,
or
>230-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information. FreeBSD on CDROM can be
>230-ordered using the WEB at http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/freebsd.htm or
by
>230-sending email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Hotmail also uses FreeBSD (even after Microsoft bought it: they tried
>to switch to NT but failed miserably).
>
>Good luck,
>
>--
> /\_/\
>( o.o ) Peter Mutsaers | Abcoude (Utrecht), | Trust me, I know
> ) ^ ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] | the Netherlands | what I'm doing.
>
>
>--
> PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
>http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists
> To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
> "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
>
--
PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists
To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
"unsubscribe" as the Subject.
