On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 05:48:06AM -0400, lansyaw@??? wrote:
> i was wondering whether someone has had any experience with using
> Exim on mail servers with more than 65K users, that is, user db is
> placed someplace else (an *SQL table maybe) and not /etc/passwd
> where uid limit is at 65K something.
Yes, I do... 2.6 million users last time I looked -- freeserve in case
you don't know ;>
> any help, or pointers to some documentation greatly appreciated :-)
Now, it realy depends what you want out of your mail system. If all you
want is a usr@domain, then you have to have a database of usernames.
This however will make your system slower and even more dependent on
disk IO -- unless you do something clever like have a netapp filer as
your back end.
You could be sneaky and have users own their own domain (node.domain)
and then use POP as a way to have unlimitted amount of users
(usr@???). This is what freeserve does.
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Dr Yann Golanski Internet Systems Developer
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