[Semi-OT] Advice on large webmail setup

[Res]

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, am.lists wrote:

> On 2/15/07, Res <res at ausics.net> wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, am.lists wrote:
>> 
>> > Another alternative that would be Linux (as opposed to somewhat
>> > proprietary HP/HP-UX implementation)
>> 
>> Most (not all but most) HP servers can run linux :)
>> 
>
> Agreed.... you're not wrong. But seeing how the OP was in South Africa
> (or at least seemed to be based on his TLD), I wanted to offer a
> solution that was more "commodity" hardware-based in nature. I don't
> know firsthand how this works internationally, but I've heard that it
> can be easier to get a stack of $5,000 USD servers through customs
> than it is to get one $50,000 USD one through.
>

Hrm, thats interesting since the South African President is apparently a 
great fan of the Internet, maybe they need write to his office if 
customs screw them around.

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Cheers
Res

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