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Looking for open source email archiving solution

We need to archive more than 150 email accounts from different domains, so far we have found these free apps mailpiler , mailarchiva . our main aim is to search and archive emails , is there any other...

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Troubleshooting dovecot/postfix with maildir - mails not being detected by...

Hi all,Fairly new to mailservers, have been playing around with it for personal project. I've been trying to set up Postfix/Dovecot and I want to store mail in a non-home directory. I just want a...

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Server with a lot of streaming content. All apache pids go defunct...

The server has very high IO wait when it's busy. I already know that's a problem. I have used a combination of iostat, iotop, ps and strace to determine that the io wait is from streaming video...

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Apache vs Nginx explained

APACHE VS NGINX IS A FALSE DICHOTOMYThis argument is stupid, because it is comparing web-servers in a vacuum, you DO NOT do comparison that way. Here goes explanation of the my point.THREAD PER...

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Linux admin stuck with Exchange email

So...we are stuck with M$ Exchange for email for at least another 2 years.The last real sticking point that keeps me glued to my MacBook Air and prevents 100% migration to a Linux Desktop (well,...

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Interview prep help!

So I have an interview this week for a sys admin role. The experience required is:Ubuntu and the LAMP stack Ubuntu and Debian Linux servers PBX systems administrating MySQL administrating Apache...

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Can someone explain apt repository's to me, and how I can create one to...

Hello,I have been searching google for some time now on this, but can't really find a good explanation on it.Here is what i want: - Create a debian repository - Deploy my own program (written in C, and...

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Postfix: Sending to External Users on Same Domain

One of the systems I manage runs RANCID and when we recently changed the method of procedure as far as who the system notifies for device diffs, I stumbled onto a problem I've yet to fix the right...

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Options for keeping things separate?

I am working on a project where I have multiple clients connecting to my ssh server. I would prefer to have some segregation of what one client can see and what the other can.So far, from my research,...

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squid does not work on windows xp client (mtu problem??)

I setup squid proxy with auth using this guide: http://www.debianhelp.org/node/1713. It works fine on linux, but not on windows xp. When on windows, I cant even get to proxy. No windows ip address show...

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managing cpu/memory resources on multi-user systems

I manage several RHEL-based research computing systems which are accessed by many users over SSH/VNC. We have one HPC cluster in which resources are managed by a job scheduler and some other standalone...

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Signing a contract with an inexperienced headhunter (for a good try-to-buy...

I got an offer from a company, great job, great perks, but it is try to buy. They use a recruiter for the first 6 months, then hire full time if all goes well. They like me so much, that they want to...

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Halp! iostat shows 100% util, can't find rogue process

Background: I'm running VMWARE converter stand alone to copy over a server.Problem: Transfer rate = very low 1xxKB/s to around 5MB/s. This is causing the transfer time to be very long, around 15 hours...

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RHCSA fastrack

Hi guysI have been a Windows sysadmin for the past 6 years and about 5 months ago got a new job as sysadmin and network admin. Since I've started I have worked with Linux much more than before. We have...

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Protecting NTPd against Amplification attacks

Hey everyone,I'm running an public NTP-server on a Debian-VPS as a contribution to the pool.ntp.org network I use a lot. But my provider complained repeatedly that my NTP server has been part of...

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Phone System Suggestions

I know very little about this, so bear with me, but I really want to learn.I want to have a phone system server. I want to put a card with analog phone line inputs on it. I want to be able to do...

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What are the advantages of using bsdgroups mount option?

What are the advantages of using bsdgroups mount option? Should I use it despite the advantages? submitted by Oflameo [link][3 comments]

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Beating my head trying to figure this out: how to I make an mdraid1 to...

I knew how to do it in CentOS 6, but I just cannot figure out how to setup mdadm to install / on to. Thanks for any helps/links, my google-fu has failed.edit: Figured it out, however I can't seem to...

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Adding a physical processor after OS installation

I have a new server sitting on my desk that is waiting on a second processor to be delivered from HP. I wouldn't mind getting a jump on installing CentOS 6.5 and Postgres so it is ready to throw into a...

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Benefits for buying into a linux distro? (SUSE or RedHat) A requirement for...

I've been a Linux user for some time. I've built numerous servers for work, mostly ubuntu (free), and all my home desktops and servers now are just plain debian.I've started a new job where if I want a...

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