Re: Backup instructions

[Peter Haase <haase@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi, I have to agree here. I have absolutely zero problems with PO. It 
just runs and does its job. Very stable and excellent performance. I 
have a low end Xserve that PO is dedicated on and other than IMAP 
being rather slow and buggy (so I dont use it) the POP/SMTP and 
Listserv performance has been excellent. We are processing ~ 2000 
messages per day and SPAM filtering ~100 or so messages a day, 
Listserv has a few lists with ~1000 users on each one and again real 
fast and zero problems.

--Pete

On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 12:46 PM, Sue Chester wrote:

> On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 04:21 AM, Rick Roberts wrote:
>
> > Thanks to all of you who responded with excellent instructions. 
> > I'll work on a CRON job for backups today.
> >
> > Futzing around with this kind of thing is fun when the usual tech 
> > demands aren't weighing on me; it stimulates my gray matter. But in 
> > a time crunch, I don't have time to seek Unix help. Tenon, we need 
> > a GUI for ALL of it, including reading the log files. I know about 
> > Logmaster and other utilities, but again, in a time crunch . . . I 
> > need to know there a problems before my end users do.
> >
> > My company thought it was hiring an expert when they got me, and 
> > they did . . . with MACS! It doesn't give them much faith to see me 
> > constantly having to turn to Tenon or the wider UNIX community to 
> > work out the seemingly endless string of voodoo with our mail 
> > server. Give us check boxes, drop down menus, pop up alerts, email 
> > alerts.
> >
> > Tenon, please! When I read that ISPs ran on Post.Office, and you 
> > guys told me an iMac was more than adequate for a workgroup of 20, 
> > I thought, "Man, this is the server for me." Instead, I have become 
> > a babysitter, and to make it worse, the business types in my 
> > company are asking, "Duh, why don't we just get an Exchange server?"
>
> In my personal opinion, you are experiencing problems that I have 
> not seen in my several years of experience in supporting 
> Post.Office.  For so many customers, setting up Post.Office is about 
> the last they have to think about the product.  Normally, 
> Post.Office simply runs.  It's a very stable product.
> We would like to get to the bottom of the problem that you're having 
> with Post.Office.  Since I haven't isolated the problem yet, it's 
> hard for me to tell you what is causing it.    I have faith that I 
> can find out, however, and it can be resolved.  If so, you wouldn't 
> need to use many UNIX skills and you wouldn't need to babysit the 
> product.
> I apologize that you are having these problems, and I am trying to 
> isolate the cause.
>
>
> > Venting here. I simply wanted a UNIX-strength little mail server 
> > that would just sit and run and run and run. Instead, I have 
> > repeatedly dealt with the following:
> >
> > SMTP that mysteriously stops
> > Webedge installer that changed my hostconfig file, removing 
> > references to Post.Office.
> > IMAP and POP before SMTP can't coexist
> > Tracking down why we couldn't send mail through Webedge
> > Relay denied when sending to multiple recipients
> > SPAM! And using filters slows the server to a crawl.
> > Being used as a relay by spammers. Still not sure that it's fixed.
> > Never got a secondary server to work. NEVER worked. Sue looked at 
> > it, too. NEVER worked! Why?
>
>   Can we re-visit this?
>
> Sue
>
> > Sue has been in and out of my machine on numerous occasions and 
> > assures me there is nothing goofy about my setup. I followed 
> > install instructions to the letter and sought Tenon guidance all 
> > along the way. Now I'm so frustrated. I swear if I have another 
> > problem, I will be forced against my will to get a new mail server. 
> > This all makes me look like Dumb and Dumber Does Mail to the folks 
> > who hired me only 4 months ago.
> > Rick Roberts
> > Atlanta, GA
> >
> > On Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at 07:36  PM, Marc Kaiwi wrote:
> >
> > > Hahah .... My sentiments exactly! : c)
> > >
> > > On Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at 02:53  PM, Rick Roberts wrote:
> > >
> > > > ...I'm a Mac guy. What does "Back up the following items making 
> > > > sure to maintain permissions and links" mean exactly? What's 
> > > > wrong with including the syntax?! Argh.
> > > >
> > > > Rick Roberts
> > > > Atlanta, GA
> > >
> > > Signed: Marc Kaiwi
> > >
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