RE: [cobalt-users] A few questions!

["Dan" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Various questions regarding the RAQ3. I'd class myself as a
> newbie, so if these questions are a bit stupid please excuse
> me.
>
> 1. As you will know there is a limit of 225 sites per IP
>    base, IE max 225 sites on one IP. In reality however how
>    many sites do you suggest there should be on a RAQ3 with
>    the following spec: 64MB RAM, 10GB HDD (with RAID). I'd
>    like to host around 100 sites (domains) on the RAQ, so
>    would I need more RAM or would 64MB be sufficent?

Depends on the sites and how many hits, transfer, file sizes, email, etc. It
all boils down to how busy the sites are. One site getting thousands of hits
with a busy CGI based bulletin board could grind the server to a halt.

>
> 4. On the email side I will have to relay email from many
>    different ISP's, so is there an easy way to do this
>    without being subceptable to spamming? I know that
>    accepting all email from .com etc. is not recommended,
>    but is it possible?

Best to install POP before SMTP as you'll find in other threads on this.
Putting anything like aol.com in your allowed field will probably soon find
your IP listed in the RSS or the ORBS database and your users email
bouncing.

>
> 5. Can the personal control panel be customised with my own
>    colour scheme, logo etc? Can the default page for new
>    virtual sites be customised?

The templates are in there and can be edited.

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Dan Kriwitsky