Re: [exim] OT: General question about dmz and email gateways

gdub wrote:
> W B Hacker wrote:
>>
>> But with Exim's capability set, and on any decent modern hardware, the
>> single-server is NOT all that risky, is far easier to set up, control,
>> and troubleshoot, and should be rather lightly loaded with 4,500
>> users, let alone 450.
>
> Heh. One of the first mail server opinion
> articles I ever read made the statement
> that Exim was a poor choice for scaling.
> Good thing I was using it already.
>
>
> -=dub
>

Well *any* MTA has benefited from CPU and storage that have grown cheaper/faster
than 'last mile' bandwidth has (since the dot-bomb bubble burst, anyway)

But I don't believe Exim ever really was at 'real world' disadvantage.

Long before you put a gadzillion accounts on one server it makes sense to split
them up. No MTA can guarantee there will never be a PS, System Board, or HDD
failure - let alone a need for maintenance.

Bill