Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 03:07:24 +0200 From: M.Guven Mucuk <guven@berknet.net> To: henry@ammons.net, Henry Ammons <henryammons@yahoo.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windows2000 to FreeBSD encouragement needed Message-ID: <01021503114901.00639@forrestgump.freebsdturkey.org> In-Reply-To: <20010214165933.4002.qmail@web5406.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20010214165933.4002.qmail@web5406.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Henry Ammons wrote: > Hello. > > I'm a newbie to freebsd who needs some encouragement. > I currently run a Win2K Adv. Server with Exchange, and > would like to move it over to FreeBSD. A while ago I > ran it as a Linux server, but wasn't pleased with the > speed as an email server and switched it back to MS. > Most likely I had not optimized the install > (Mandrake). My desire is to run a server that > provides the following: dhcp, ip routing, mail, ftp, > web, firewall and proxy (and I want to do this > reliably and securely). I don't need gui and all the > extra packages that Mandrake loaded up by default--so > I guess my question is: am I heading the right > direction with FreeBSD? To those of you who know it > well: is it what I read (i.e. the most stable and > secure *nix)? Can I set it up and let it run with > only minimum maintenance and not have to update it > constantly (Linux)? > > Thank you for your input, > Henry > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 > a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- Under same conditions (on the same server system/hardware and connection) does win2k adv. server/EX perform better than linux as an email server? And how? :) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= M. Guven Mucuk <guven@berknet.net> UNIX System Administrator - BerkNet Internet Services www.berknet.net Bilecik - TURKEY =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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