You could setup cyrus imap/pop. (No idea what you're using now.)
http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/imapd/
From the cyrus readme:
The server makes an attempt to do single instance store where possible
when an email message is addressed to multiple recipients.
changes:
* Implemented single-instance store: deliver, when using LMTP, will
only store one copy of a message per partition, and hard link it
among multiple users. Sites with a large number of partitions could
see a performance decrease.
So, in a best case scenerio, that message may only take up 1MB on the disk. Something to consider.
Bryce
On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 13:07:27 -0400
"Joseph Kezar" <jkezar@???> wrote:
> We have 1400 users happily using exim. We've implemented it about 8 months
> ago. Currently we are having issues with our email servers capacity. There
> is 30+GB of mail stored there. Here is a scenerio: One user has a humerous
> picture and decides to email it to all-staff@???. The picture
> is 1MB in size. The disk usage has just increased on our mailserver 1.4GB
> because of that one picture (1MB x 1400 users = 1.4GB). Is there anyway
> around this nightmere?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated,
> Joe Kezar
> Linux Systems Administrator
> Vermont Department of Corrections
> (802)241-2314
>
>
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