Majordomo Hosting for EFI lists

[Frederic Breitwieser]

Orin/Steve/et al, I might have some bandwith left on my poor wimpy
modems for a list or two, but I'd need some "rough" bandwith
calculations to really determine if its doable here, with my
configuration "as-is", mearly adding a list or two.  My server is a
dial-up server with a dedicated IP address, utilizing two 56K modems in
parallel, using somethign called multilink, which in a nutshell, means
the two modems appear on the internet as one modem, sharing an IP
address, combining the bandwith for a pitiful 112K max baud.  I
currently use NT for my firewall, my exchange server, my web and ftp,
and my linux majordomo box quietly hides behind the exchange server,
using exchange as a relay (from the inside only), so it doesn't need DNS
information.  It assumes the exchange box can figure it out.

Anyway, I did some preliminary testing of performance this evening, and
found that Linux, with its magical ability to have the OS/programs talk
directly to the hardware, can offer 30% gain in ability to use bandwith
over NT 4.0 with any service pack release.  Exact hardware.

So if Orin & Steve run out of options, or cannot find a service that
will host the list(s) for a reasonable amount of money, maybe we can do
it here at Xephic.  Hardware is clearly not the problem.  Even though
most of the boxes are not new spiffy pentiums 400's (they are actually
much older clunkers), I do have tons of disk space available, have a
tape library system for proper backups, several CDROM towers, UPS power,
and "data center" like floor mounted racks mounted in an airconditioned
basement that could be used as necessary.  I can even configure
majordomo, however what kills me is the ipchains/ipfwadm firewalling,
sendmail, dns, and other configurations, which would be necessary for
"My" stuff to remain in place.  I can do this all in NT exchange/proxy
with my eyes closed, but not in Linux, at least not in a very short
period of time.

I can offer the hardware, hosting, storage space, but I'd need a few
hands helping me set all this stuff up properly, and reliably.  Anyone
up for a Beer/BBQ party one weekend before the end of the year?

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Frederic Breitwieser
Xephic Technology
769 Sylvan Ave #9
Bridgeport CT 06606

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