Re: [cobalt-users] Novice with 2 questions before starting with raq3

[Kris Dahl <krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 4/30/00 5:10 PM, Propfast@xxxxxxx at Propfast@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Q1. I have read that there is a likely limit of 200 customer accounts that
> can be hosted on a raq3. Is this correct or can it be exceeded and if so what
> has anybody acheived ?

It is not a hard limit.  As a newbie to the list: there is a link at the
bottom of each email to the list archives.  This topic (and pretty much all
newbie topics) have been covered already at one point or another.  List
etiquette dictates that you should check the archives before posting.  I'm
not trying to be inflammatory or anything, just let you know that that
ability exists on the list.


> Q2. The prospects of 200 or more customers IP or domain details being added
> to the email relay config settings scares me to death as far as spam goes -
> is there _any_ way to overcome this ?

Well, no-one should be relaying mail through your server.  This is typically
considered the responsibility of the customer's ISP, and you are responsible
for POP/IMAP only.  It makes much more sense to have email sent from an
on-site SMTP server or an immediately upstream one, rather than going all
over the place on the internet, and then sending from your web servers.

However, I do understand that some clients are, for lack of a better term,
'wingnuts'. :)  They just don't understand that the server to send mail and
the server to receive can be two completely different servers in two
completely different countries if need be.

In that case, using POP before SMTP for authentication may be a good idea.
This topic is well-covered in the knowledge base and list archives.

-k