This is correct. They used to run on FreeBSD. When MS bought hotmail they tried switching them to NT4, but it fell over horribly under the load. Apparently Win2k is actually an improvement over NT4, as according to recent Netcraft surveys they were actually able to switch from BSD to 2k. Unfortunately I was not able to locate the story on netcraft.com during a quick search while writing this message.
noah On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 09:41:13PM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: > As far as I remember they run on *BSD-boxes mostly but are migrating > their stuff to Win??(Enterforaprize|Dataloss)Server or whatever it´s > called. Search on slashdot&friends along the last security-debacles > there, that´s where I got it. > > cheers, > &rw > > On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:07:51 MST, user list writes: > >I have just heard a rumor that the hoemail mail servers are not MS exchange > >se > >rvers but, rather, linux mail servers. Is this true? If so, is this well > >known > >? we are fighting a guerrilla action over this where I work. I'm on a unix > >ser > >ver that never has problems while the rest of the institution runs on > >exchange > > servers that are about as reliable as power in California. > > > -- > / Ing. Robert Waldner | Network Engineer | T: +43 1 89933 F: x533 \ > \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | KPNQwest/AT | Diefenbachg. 35, A-1150 / > > > -- _______________________________________________________ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html
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