Majordomo Hosting for EFI lists

[Mike Rolica]

Where are you from??? I'm there.  How far away from let say detroit??  How
much is an Isdn line down there?
Mike Rolica
EXT. 260
 :-)


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Frederic Breitwieser [SMTP:frederic at xephic.dynip.com]
	Sent:	Thursday, November 11, 1999 1:30 AM
	To:	orin at WOLFENET.com; sravet at arm.com; DIYEFI; GMECM
	Subject:	Majordomo Hosting for EFI lists

	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?

	-- 

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

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