Commercial Mail Server

[Mike Kercher]

Unless your budget allows, I think this is probably overkill for your needs...both current and future.  If you are using this box as
NOTHING but a SMTP/POP (and caching DNS of course) server, a dual PIII should be more than enough.  I run about 1500 emails a day
through mine along with http, mysql and a number of other services without even batting an eye.  Your mileage may vary :)  I have
Proliant Quad Xeon's available if I need them, but the load is so low on the dual PIII's there's no need to waste the hardware.

-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
Behalf Of Brandon Friedman
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 2:40 PM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: Commercial Mail Server


> Would you mind adding a comment to the "guest book" on the web
> site please?

Done!

> >I have client wanting a commercial enterprise e-mail server (to replace
> >exchange). I would also like it to use mailscanner plus sophos....
> >
> >Any recommendations:
> >
> >Server spec - 600+ users
>
> Is it going to be a pop server or imap server as well? I guess the answer
> is "yes".
> 600+ users isn't very many really. I doubt cpu or ram are likely to be a
> problem. But for reliability I would personally use either a Sun workgroup
> server, or a decent PC server from someone like Transtec or Dell/HP. Don't
> skimp on the maintenance contract, and try to get multiple redundant
> everything if you can, that's why I would use a Sun (or a Sun clone from
> Transtec).
>
> Reliability is the key for any enterprise server. "Normal" PC's
> just aren't
> good enough. You need a system that can detect a hardware failure and
> handle it itself (usually by triggering a reboot which then
> restarts the OS
> without using the dead piece of hardware). A hardware watchdog timer would
> be essential too (hardware that detects an OS hang/crash and triggers a
> reboot automatically). Don't know about PC servers, but Sun kit can
> certainly do all that (for a price).

Julian, we have speced the hardware and we are probably going for Compaq
servers (Dual Xeon with 6GB RAM)

What I am looking for is a commercial linux mail server: something linux
Suse email server or caldera...?

I was just wondering what product have been tested with mailscanner?