> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Erick Perez > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:59 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] How to size an email server to handle 5 > millionemailsperday > > On 8/23/07, Feizhou <feizhou at graffiti.net> wrote: > > Mike Kercher wrote: > > > Well, of the 5M, how many would be real emails? I handle > over 1M on a > > > quad xeon, but only a fraction of those are good. > > > > Heh. Yeah, I count emails as stuff that will be delivered, > stuff that > > will hit the queue. I guess my definitions have got in the > way of this one. > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > Right, actually the box will run an AV engine with antispam then > delivered to a ms exchange 2003 server (local lan), so no local > mailbox is being used. > > The barracuda spam firewall 400 appliance handles my specs but i > cannot get info on what hardware they run, it's a 1u raid1, linux > hardened presentation but no idea of the cpu or ram. > > And no, it won't be used for marketing, it's inbound only. I wouldn't try to do it. 5 mil on a single box is too much with AV and SA going. Look into getting a cluster of spam appliances, say Ironports going, or using a MX service to do it for you. -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.