>Webmail prolly won't run well on your target hardware, but if go with
>something newer, there are several choices for qmail; and with an older
>version of ColdFusion (4.5) you could set up webmail no matter what MTA...
>This combo will run fine on a Pentium 133 (almost on topic...) -- and
>there's always www.mail2web.com as backup...
I can also run a 2nd machine to handle the actual web mail processing if
need be. And web mail isn't a deal breaker anyway. I just happen to have
two or three users that keep asking me about it, so I figured as long as
I'm upgrading, now would be a good time to try to add it.
>If you want "It's gotta support the latest, kewlest schtuff" qmail isn't
>for you
I don't care about the latest bells and whistles per se... however, since
my goal is to reject known spam and viri, that ebs into the relm. But, it
sounds like you are having no problems on that end of things anyway.
In fact, like you point out, since I want to run on old hardware, I may
be better off going with something that isn't going to expect me to
constantly add to it... that way once it is running, I can just leave it
running and not have to worry about regular updates (probably the single
biggest reason why I won't run Windows based internet servers... they
expect you to do updates too often, I don't have the time/desire to jerk
around with that).
>I was supporting 2500 mailboxen on a Cyrix 6x86 w/single 4.5M Micropolis
>SCSI HD - if it weren't for spam & viruses, we might still be running that
>ol' box... :-O
I'm not looking at anywhere NEAR that number of boxes. I'm looking at
around 50 spread among a dozen domains (most of the domains are Unified
accounts anyway, so one box covers all possible addresses for the
domain). The server only gets in the range of 2000 messages a day (most
being to me anyway). So it is a fairly light duty server.
>I haven't run Sendmail in aeons;
I've heard enough horror stories about Sendmail to know that I probably
don't want to use it. From what I gather, its great, IF you know how to
use it... but if you are new to it, be prepared to move the sacrificial
lambs off the SCSI god alter and onto the Sendmail god alter.
(Ironically, Sendmail is the only *nix mailer I have used already... I'm
running it on both my web servers for handling emails created by web
forms... but I didn't really have to do much to get it up and running,
just a little tweaking to lock it down from the outside)
>Anyway, that's my story, and if you want any (kinda ;-) unbiased info about
>qmail, feel free to ask away. I'd be more than happy to help!
Thanks
-chris
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