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) > > thanks, > I don't know if you have done it yet, but Fort System's new offering, BarricadeMX, could help you cut spam. http://www.fsl.com/barricademx.html It is closed-source, but FSL gives a lot to open-source communities, especially MailScanner's. Ugo