Commercial Mail Server

[Mike Kercher]

I agree to an extent.  The base OS is the same though as are the RPM's for the packages.  A selective install should yield a
comparable server product.  I've never had a need for anything more than their standard releases.


-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
Behalf Of Brandon Friedman
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 2:45 PM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: Commercial Mail Server


I RH are pushing 8.0 more as a desktop product.

 They are trying to sell there server products I think!

--
Regards
Brandon Friedman
Cell:083 408 7840
E-mail: brandonf at bfconsult.co.za
www.bfconsult.co.za



> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> Behalf Of Mike Kercher
> Sent: 21 October 2002 21:45
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Commercial Mail Server
>
>
> I run nothing but Redhat either 7.2 or 7.3  I've tinkered with
> 8.0, but it's still too new for me to place in production.  I haven't
> been overwhelmed by Apache 2.x which comes with 8.0 either.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----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
>
>
> Sorry Mike....
>
> What linux are you running? or OS?
>
> --
> Regards
> Brandon Friedman
> Cell:083 408 7840
> E-mail: brandonf at bfconsult.co.za
> www.bfconsult.co.za
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> > Behalf Of Mike Kercher
> > Sent: 21 October 2002 21:18
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: Commercial Mail Server
> >
> >
> > I run MS on several Proliant 1850R with either dual 550's or dual
> > 600's, 1GB of RAM and SCSI RAID.  Works like a champ.  I'd stay
> > away from IDE drives if at all possible.  Naturally, the more CPU
> > and RAM you have, the better.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> > Behalf Of Brandon Friedman
> > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 2:04 PM
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Commercial Mail Server
> >
> >
> > Hi Folks
> >
> > Been using mailscanner on our linux server for a while an as we all know
> > it's great!
> >
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> > Brandon Friedman
> > Cell:083 408 7840
> > E-mail: brandonf at bfconsult.co.za
> > www.bfconsult.co.za