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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!news-in2.uu.net!news-in.iadfw.net!usenet From: bob@texana.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Dedicated mail server Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 18:28:20 GMT Organization: Texana Communications Lines: 22 Message-ID: <52uc9h$ug4@library.airnews.net> Reply-To: bob@texana.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.97.144.101 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 I am a novice in the process of setting purchasing a PC-based FreeBSD unix dedicated mail server which will be maintained by an ISP on a T1. I am trying to find out what type of system would be best. This server will be used to forward mail to 2,000-3,000 aliases and will host about 1,000 POP mail accounts. Since this is a stop-gap plan that will be used only for a year or so, we do not want to invest too heavily in this server. I would appreciate any recommendations on what type of system, hard drive, controller card, memory, network card and other elements I should consider. What should I concentrate on, and what should I try to avoid in setting up this system? Any help would be appreciated. bob@texana.com