RE: better methods to install qmail on linux ( Redhat 6.2 or 7.0)

2001-06-07 Thread Dave Sill
Joshua Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what is the space for / what is the space for /boot what is the space for /home what is the space for /usr what is the space for /var what is the space for /swap what is the space for /tmp How 20th century... If you use Red Hat, it will try to set

Re: better methods to install qmail on linux ( Redhat 6.2 or 7.0)

2001-06-07 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
On Thursday 07 June 2001 16:00, Dave Sill wrote: /boot20MB /var 300MB min, 800MB better, more for servers /2GB or more (include /usr and /tmp) /homewhatever you need swap 500MB or more In a mail server this fails when you get a mail which is larger than the

Re: better methods to install qmail on linux ( Redhat 6.2 or 7.0)

2001-06-07 Thread Dave Sill
Kalle Kivimaa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a mail server this fails when you get a mail which is larger than the available size on /var. Thus, have AT LEAST 4GB for /var, then you SHOULD be safe. Same goes with /home if you deliver mail locally. You really have users sending multigigabyte

Re: better methods to install qmail on linux ( Redhat 6.2 or 7.0)

2001-06-07 Thread peter green
* Kalle Kivimaa [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010607 10:28]: /var 300MB min, 800MB better, more for servers In a mail server this fails when you get a mail which is larger than the available size on /var. Thus, have AT LEAST 4GB for /var, then you SHOULD be safe. Same goes with /home if you

Re: better methods to install qmail on linux ( Redhat 6.2 or 7.0)

2001-06-07 Thread David Gartner
But qmail doesn't deliver to /var/spool/mail. It delivers to users home directory as Mailbox or Maildir/new/TIMESTAMP.PID.HOSTNAME ... I thought? David Kalle Kivimaa wrote: On Thursday 07 June 2001 16:00, Dave Sill wrote: /boot20MB /var 300MB min, 800MB better, more for

RE: better methods to install qmail on linux ( Redhat 6.2 or 7.0)

2001-06-07 Thread Bill Andersen
Kalle Kivimaa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a mail server this fails when you get a mail which is larger than the available size on /var. Thus, have AT LEAST 4GB for /var, then you SHOULD be safe. Same goes with /home if you deliver mail locally. Dave Sill wrote: You really have users sending

Re: better methods to install qmail on linux ( Redhat 6.2 or 7.0)

2001-06-07 Thread Henning Brauer
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 10:57:54AM -0400, peter green wrote: If your users are filling a /var partition of 4GB, you (a) handle an extraordinary amount of high-latency e-mail, (b) are mismanaging your mail server (hint: databytes), and/or (c) you have extremely rude lusers sending MP3s and

RE: better methods to install qmail on linux ( Redhat 6.2 or 7.0)

2001-06-07 Thread Mike Peppard
Hey guys! Actually, it only takes a few msaccess databases to get to the gigabyte range, or in my case a couple of sales people travelling and not picking up mail. I'm moving to a 5X36gig system for mail from an e450, once I get the server in. Disk is cheap, why put artifical limits on the

Re: better methods to install qmail on linux ( Redhat 6.2 or 7.0)

2001-06-07 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, peter green wrote: If your users are filling a /var partition of 4GB, you (a) handle an extraordinary amount of high-latency e-mail, (b) are mismanaging your mail server (hint: databytes), and/or (c) you have extremely rude lusers sending MP3s and whatnot through the

RE: better methods to install qmail on linux ( Redhat 6.2 or 7.0)

2001-06-06 Thread Joshua Nichols
like volume wise what is the space for / what is the space for /boot what is the space for /home what is the space for /usr what is the space for /var what is the space for /swap what is the space for /tmp thanks for the help in advance If you use Red Hat, it will try to set up

RE: better methods to install qmail on linux ( Redhat 6.2 or 7.0)

2001-06-06 Thread Kirti S. Bajwa
Your question is more geared toward disk partitions than qmail. There are several books available which may help you. Send me a private email if you need some anmes. However, here is some answers: If you install qmail, /home directory is mainly you concern because that's where email are store.

better methods to install qmail on linux ( Redhat 6.2 or 7.0)

2001-06-06 Thread hari_bhr
hi all i have quick question for the all the gurus of linux and qmail experts. iam newnie for qmail and cpopmail i would like to know what is the best installation linux for only mail and http applications. like volume wise what is the space for / what is the space for /boot what is the space

Re: better methods to install qmail on linux ( Redhat 6.2 or 7.0)

2001-06-06 Thread David Gartner
Agreeably off topic, but 7.0 was the buggy/broken one. 7.1 has been running smooth here for a little over a month. The only problem I can find is the version of GTK that ships with it, but that's solved by upgrading that package. Other than that, the only thing I'd complain about is (1) redhat

Re: better methods to install qmail on linux ( Redhat 6.2 or 7.0)

2001-06-06 Thread Tom Beer
The best way is to start reading lwq. take a look at www.qmail.org where's a link. I don't understand what you mean with httpd applications , but I'm sure I'm not a guru... Tom - Original Message - From: hari_bhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: