Re: [Exim] Exim vs sendmail vs PostFix vs Qmail

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Author: Malcolm Beattie
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To: Vladimir Ivaschenko
CC: Jeremy C. Reed, mAnu, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Exim vs sendmail vs PostFix vs Qmail
Vladimir Ivaschenko writes:
> Jeremy C. Reed wrote about "Re: [Exim] Exim vs sendmail vs PostFix vs Qmail":
>
> > On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, mAnu wrote:
> >
> > > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 01:59:18PM +0200, mAnu quothed:
> > > > >     What are the main advantages and disadvantages of exim compared
> > > > > with others products?

> >
> > >     I only need that it support over 1'5 or 2 million users, easy to
> > > configure and secure.

> >
> > If you plan on supporting that many users, then it is probably not a bad
> > idea to spend a few days installing, configuring and using sendmail, Exim,
> > postfix, and qmail to figure out which one seems to match your needs (and
> > experience). (Personally, I find exim easy to use and configure.)
>
> Or even better - install a test cluster. I doubt it is possible to support
> 1.5 mln users on a single node.


Based on a Linux/390 system I've been testing for the last 6 weeks or
so, back-of-the-envelope calculations lead me to believe you can
probably support between 300000 and 3 million users on a single z900
system.

--Malcolm

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Malcolm Beattie <mbeattie@???>
Unix Systems Programmer
Oxford University Computing Services