>> On Fri, 15 May 1998 15:55:41 +0800, Peter Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> said:
PC> Currently our ISP's Solaris server is hosting all the 4000+
PC> email accounts for our staff and clients. Recently the
PC> management wants to move all the email accounts in-house for
PC> better control and confidentiality, but doesn't want to pay a
PC> Sun Enterprise Server, so they are thinking of running NT and
PC> Exchange Server 5.5. But I manage to persuade the management
PC> to use Red Hat Linux 5.5 instead.
PC> - Now am I too ambitious?
No, but you'd better use FreeBSD for such a task. While Linux may be
nicer for a personal workstation, as a serious server FreeBSD offers
more performance and stability.
E.g. ftp.cdrom.com, one of the biggest FTP sites on the Internet with
1GB RAM and 224GB disk runs FreeBSD. Not much else on Intel could
handle it:
Name (ftp.cdrom.com:plm): ftp
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password:
230-Welcome to wcarchive - home FTP site for Walnut Creek CDROM.
230-There are currently 3199 users out of 3200 possible.
230-
230-Most of the files in this area are also available on CDROM. You can send
230-email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information or to order, or visit our Web
230-site at http://www.cdrom.com. For tech support about our products, please
230-email [EMAIL PROTECTED] You may also call our toll-free number:
230-1-800-786-9907 or +1-510-674-0783. Please keep in mind that we only offer
230-technical support for our CDROM products and not for the files on our
230-FTP server.
230-
230-This machine is a P6/200 with 1GB of memory & 224GB of disk online.
230-The operating system is FreeBSD. Should you wish to get your own copy of
230-FreeBSD, see the pub/FreeBSD directory, visit http://www.freebsd.org, or
230-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information. FreeBSD on CDROM can be
230-ordered using the WEB at http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/freebsd.htm or by
230-sending email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hotmail also uses FreeBSD (even after Microsoft bought it: they tried
to switch to NT but failed miserably).
Good luck,
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