Re: [cobalt-users] Re: Directadmin was Re: 2nd HHD in raq3? Max ram

["William E. Moore" <bmoore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:18 PM 4/17/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> On Saturday 17 April 2004 03:29 pm, William E. Moore wrote:
>
> > I have a linux box with directadmin on it,
>
> We already have lots of them <smile>.
>
> > some things I do not like when it creates the new domain,
> > it creates a catch all account for that domain automatically which
> > pulls bandwidth up like crazy,
>
> Our don't.  Ours use "FAIL" as the default catchall email behavior for a
> new domain.  And always has.  I just checked on one of my boxes, making
> sure it was updated to the latest version first.

That is what I want it to do,   they sent me a script to run 
afterwards,  but it fails every time :)
how did you set it that way ?



> It doesn't set a catchall unless I tell it to.
>
> > it uses an exim mail server,  works well.
>
> Exim is the most configurable mailserver I've ever seen, and we've been
> able to use it to create great spamblocking and spam and virus
> filtering tools.
>
> > it is a little difficult to restart just one service like
> > bind on but other wise it is a very good product.
>
> Admin | Status of Services
>
> Then just click on Stop, Start, Restart, or Reload; these are available
> for Apache, DirectAdmin server itself (be careful; you could lock
> yourself out of the Control Panel), Exim, MySQL, Named (bind), ProFTPd,
> sshd, and vm-Pop3d.
>
> Looks pretty simple to me, and works perfectly.

for some reason,  my dns does not restart when I do that,  I can only base 
it on the server I have.  I really do like the product,  it works 
great,  prob just a learning curve on my end..


> > Thier support is
> > strictly thru the web on a message board
>
> Not true at all; I don't know where you got that idea.  Official support
> is through email at their support address.  The Forum is a self-help
> group where they occasionally log on and read and help.

I have sent several email to them that way and NEVER got a response 
back.  only when I went into the forum did I get an answer.


> > and they do have an attitude
> > if you post your question in the wrong area...
>
> Yes, they move your post, tell you so you won't make the mistake again,
> and answer your questions.
>
> Sounds fair to me <smile>.
>
> We're happy with the product, the company, and the price, and we offer
> aftermarket tools and administration services for it.

Like I said,  I really do like the product,  it is very simple and works 
pretty good...
I am running it on a 2.4 ? HZ  P4 with 1 gig of ram and an 80 gig hd..

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