wow.
thanks to everyone who weighed in on this, my tough decision to
finally put my SIMS box out to pasture.
to answer some of the questions:
the box is my mail server, and hosts about 50 accounts for myself and
clients, with numerous other aliases and redirects.
i have been overall *very* satisfied with SIMS since moving to it
from EIMS many years ago, and continue to have a good success rate at
blocking spam (see http://www.option8.com/hosting/ for statistics),
despite SIMS' lack of up-to-date SPAM filtering. myself, i only get
2-3 spams a day to my publicly visible addresses.
however, the problem has become more frequent freezes on the machine
itself, where it must be rebooted to regain connectivity. i haven't
been able to ascertain the problem as SIMS or OS9 or some failing
hardware.
i'm leaning toward one of two things: repurpose one of my many beige
boxes as a linux server - and spend exactly $0 to replace the server
i spent $0 to build in the first place more than 5 years ago. *or*
spend ~$500 on a used or refurbed Mac Mini and $500 on OS X server.
i've had experience managing both types of installations - i run
fedora at home and on my web server, and, aside from some experiments
with netatalk that brought my home server to its knees, have had few
problems and little or no unplanned downtime. i also have installed
and managed OS X server as a file server more than once. however,
i've never set up either for mail.
... and i'm a litle hesitant to spend $1000 on something when the
alternative is free, especially since the software i'll be serving
with is essentially the same - the added value of Apple's server
admin apps notwithstanding. and then there's the fact that leopard is
right around the corner, with leopard server right behind it, and
another $500 to keep current.
sigh. i'm torn.
right now, i'm feeling like i should compromise and get a low-end
mini and put plain ol' tiger on it, and run some of the postfix
"enabler" things on it. with remote desktop and SSH, i can do almost
any admin function i need from home.
thanks again for all the advice.
Charles Mangin
Option8: Making Macs happy since 1999.
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