Erick Perez wrote: > I have no idea as to how to size an email server. I was approached by > a customer that wanted a single server with RAID 1 disks to handle > about 5 million emails a day. > In general terms, what parameters should I take into account to size > the hardware specs when the average email is about 10kb, the smalles > email is 2kb and the largest email is about 5meg (with attachment) > you need to define what you mean by 'handle' email. that could mean anything from a sending 1000s of copies of the same message over and over to a email hosting server at a corporation with 5000 busy users with sox requirements.