[tech] new moray

[Nick Bannon]

On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 04:47:57PM +0800, Ian McKellar wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 04:43:41PM +0800, Duncan Sargeant wrote:
> > I'd disagree, sendmail really is a dog.  My opinion is that we should
> > replace sendmail/mailman with postfix/*burp* and keep moray going as a

Well, we've never had _performance_ problems with sendmail - and even
if it's hard to configure it's fully featured, well documented and
proven. (A proven cause of root-level security holes mind you, but not
recently. ::-) )

postfix does sound worth a shot, as Ian's said.

> > 486.  A pentium will find other uses ... a 486 won't!
> 
> Well, once we've got a replacement moray "system" (where system includes
> hardware and software) we can see how it runs and consider transplanting its
> harddrive back into moray's original hardware.

It ought to be possible... but since the new box also has twice the RAM,
(up to) twice the CPU and better serial ports, it's probably happier
where it is.

Nick.

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