Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Jim Wildman
On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, John R Pierce wrote: > > for $500, you could get a low end desktop computer. or a HP microserver. > Or lots of used servers to choose from on ebay that are much beefier than the one Russ mentioned. -- Jim W

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread 夜神 岩男
On 08/04/2011 03:20 AM, Todd wrote: > Hi John, > > what are you doing with this email when you recieve it, beyond just > saving it? > > > I plan to analysis the mail to group into e-mails on the same topic and > create a comprehensive answer to the topics. Along the lines of a FAQ > for top

[CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread R P Herrold
On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Always Learning wrote: > On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 11:03 -0700, Todd wrote: > >> indeed no, but I want to work on some pattern matching, analysis for a >> piece of software I have wanted to write for years.. > > Lots of success and good luck. Do let us know how it goes. umm -- hig

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: > On 8/3/2011 1:34 PM, Always Learning wrote: >> On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 14:29 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Not this one ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivore_%28software%29 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NarusInsight ? >> >>> Yup, that's what I was thinking of

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Les Mikesell
On 8/3/2011 1:34 PM, Always Learning wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 14:29 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >>> Not this one ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivore_%28software%29 >>> and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NarusInsight ? > >> Yup, that's what I was thinking of. Missed the replacement,

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Les Mikesell
On 8/3/2011 1:20 PM, Todd wrote: > Hi John, > > what are you doing with this email when you recieve it, beyond just > saving it? > > > I plan to analysis the mail to group into e-mails on the same topic and > create a comprehensive answer to the topics. Along the lines of a FAQ > for topics

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Todd
> > > >> I am going to try an experiment with e-mail aggregation where I > > >> expect to receive over 1 million e-mails a day from public lists. > > > > > > You're surely not going to read all of them ;-) > > > He's got a copy of carnivore to read them? > > Not this one ? http://en.wikipedia.org/

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Always Learning
On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 14:29 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > > Not this one ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivore_%28software%29 > > and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NarusInsight ? > Yup, that's what I was thinking of. Missed the replacement, and it's > been a year or three since news came ou

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Les Mikesell
On 8/3/2011 1:13 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > > the HP DL180G6 is a nice box for those requirements. 2U server that > can be configured with up to 2x6 core Xeon 5600 series processors, and > up to 96GB ram without using really expensive memory (has 12 memory > slots, 6 per CPU socket, so 6x8gb gets

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread m . roth
Always Learning wrote: > On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 14:05 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Always Learning wrote: >> > On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 10:53 -0700, Todd wrote: >> > >> >> I am going to try an experiment with e-mail aggregation where I >> >> expect to receive over 1 million e-mails a day from pub

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread John R Pierce
On 08/03/11 11:20 AM, Todd wrote: > Hi John, > > what are you doing with this email when you recieve it, beyond just > saving it? > > > I plan to analysis the mail to group into e-mails on the same topic > and create a comprehensive answer to the topics. Along the lines of a > FAQ for top

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Todd
Hi John, what are you doing with this email when you recieve it, beyond just > saving it? I plan to analysis the mail to group into e-mails on the same topic and create a comprehensive answer to the topics. Along the lines of a FAQ for topics that are continually being asked over and over as wel

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Always Learning
On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 14:05 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Always Learning wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 10:53 -0700, Todd wrote: > > > >> I am going to try an experiment with e-mail aggregation where I > >> expect to receive over 1 million e-mails a day from public lists. > > > > You'r

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread John Hinton
On 8/3/2011 1:59 PM, Always Learning wrote: > On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 10:53 -0700, Todd wrote: > >> I am going to try an experiment with e-mail aggregation where I >> expect to receive over 1 million e-mails a day from public lists. > You're surely not going to read all of them ;-) > > That might ev

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread John R Pierce
On 08/03/11 10:53 AM, Todd wrote: > I am looking to buy a low end box, but that can hold lots of RAM and > accomodate a fair number of HD's to store the e-mail while I try my > experiments. the HP DL180G6 is a nice box for those requirements. 2U server that can be configured with up to 2x6 co

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Always Learning
On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 11:03 -0700, Todd wrote: > indeed no, but I want to work on some pattern matching, analysis for a > piece of software I have wanted to write for years.. Lots of success and good luck. Do let us know how it goes. -- With best regards, Paul. England, EU. _

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Jim Wildman
Google is your friend, but things to think about 1) distribution of receipt. Don't make the mistake of 1,000,000/(24*60) to spec your network and i/o capacity. Depending on your taste, a distributed file system using iscsi or one of the cluster filesystems may be a good idea... 2) size of emails

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread m . roth
Always Learning wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 10:53 -0700, Todd wrote: > >> I am going to try an experiment with e-mail aggregation where I >> expect to receive over 1 million e-mails a day from public lists. > > You're surely not going to read all of them ;-) He's got a copy of carnivore to r

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Todd
indeed no, but I want to work on some pattern matching, analysis for a piece of software I have wanted to write for years.. On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Always Learning wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 10:53 -0700, Todd wrote: > > > I am going to try an experiment with e-mail aggregation wh

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Always Learning
On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 10:53 -0700, Todd wrote: > I am going to try an experiment with e-mail aggregation where I > expect to receive over 1 million e-mails a day from public lists. You're surely not going to read all of them ;-) -- With best regards, Paul. England, EU. ___

[CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Todd
I am going to try an experiment with e-mail aggregation where I expect to receive over 1 million e-mails a day from public lists. Can anyone shed some light on hard disk space (to retain this e-mail for long periods) and system specs to be able to handle the load? I am looking to buy a low end b

Re: [CentOS] E-Mail Serving Options

2009-04-28 Thread Ryan Pugatch
Les Mikesell wrote: > Ryan Pugatch wrote: >> Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> Les Mikesell wrote: Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle wrote: > Hi All, > > What are my e-mail serving options? I need to host POP, IMAP and SMTP. > I must admit that non-windows e-mail hosting has always

Re: [CentOS] E-Mail Serving Options

2009-04-28 Thread Les Mikesell
Ryan Pugatch wrote: > Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> Les Mikesell wrote: >>> Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle wrote: >>> Hi All, What are my e-mail serving options? I need to host POP, IMAP and SMTP. I must admit that non-windows e-mail hosting has always been a chore for me. I

Re: [CentOS] E-Mail Serving Options

2009-04-28 Thread Ryan Pugatch
Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: >> Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> What are my e-mail serving options? I need to host POP, IMAP and SMTP. >>> I must admit that non-windows e-mail hosting has always been a chore >>> for me. I remember QMail and QPopper IIR

Re: [CentOS] E-Mail Serving Options

2009-04-28 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Les Mikesell wrote: > Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> What are my e-mail serving options? I need to host POP, IMAP and SMTP. >> I must admit that non-windows e-mail hosting has always been a chore >> for me. I remember QMail and QPopper IIRC. >> >> > > For some reason

Re: [CentOS] E-Mail Serving Options

2009-04-27 Thread David M Lemcoe Jr.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle wrote: > Hi All, > > What are my e-mail serving options? I need to host POP, IMAP and > SMTP. I must admit that non-windows e-mail hosting has always been > a chore for me. I remember QMail and QPopper IIRC. > > -Jason

Re: [CentOS] E-Mail Serving Options

2009-04-27 Thread John R Pierce
Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle wrote: > Hi All, > > What are my e-mail serving options? I need to host POP, IMAP and SMTP. > I must admit that non-windows e-mail hosting has always been a chore > for me. I remember QMail and QPopper IIRC. > 'nix systems seperate email into two seperate functions,

Re: [CentOS] E-Mail Serving Options

2009-04-27 Thread Les Mikesell
Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle wrote: > Hi All, > > What are my e-mail serving options? I need to host POP, IMAP and SMTP. > I must admit that non-windows e-mail hosting has always been a chore > for me. I remember QMail and QPopper IIRC. > For some reasonably small number of users you might like

Re: [CentOS] E-Mail Serving Options

2009-04-27 Thread Toby Bluhm
Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle wrote: > Hi All, > > What are my e-mail serving options? I need to host POP, IMAP and SMTP. > I must admit that non-windows e-mail hosting has always been a chore > for me. I remember QMail and QPopper IIRC. > The wiki has a nice setup: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos

Re: [CentOS] E-Mail Serving Options

2009-04-27 Thread Ned Slider
dnk wrote: > > > > > On 27-Apr-09, at 8:41 AM, Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> What are my e-mail serving options? I need to host POP, IMAP and SMTP. >> I must admit that non-windows e-mail hosting has always been a chore >> for me. I remember QMail and QPopper IIRC. >> >> -

Re: [CentOS] E-Mail Serving Options

2009-04-27 Thread dnk
On 27-Apr-09, at 8:41 AM, Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle wrote: > Hi All, > > What are my e-mail serving options? I need to host POP, IMAP and SMTP. > I must admit that non-windows e-mail hosting has always been a chore > for me. I remember QMail and QPopper IIRC. > > -Jason postfix is out of the b

[CentOS] E-Mail Serving Options

2009-04-27 Thread Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle
Hi All, What are my e-mail serving options? I need to host POP, IMAP and SMTP. I must admit that non-windows e-mail hosting has always been a chore for me. I remember QMail and QPopper IIRC. -Jason ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://li