On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:54:44 +1000 Noel Butler noel.butler@ausics.net articulated:
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 04:01 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
Anyone who isn't looking at mail logs or log summaries daily and taking action on any problems needing attention doesn't count as a mail OP.
That's one of the most ridiculous things I've seen todate. Do you seriously expect ISP admins that may have for instance, 16 front end SMTP servers, each processing around 1.4 million connects a day, and accepting around 900K msgs each a day, are going to seriously sift through each servers logs every day?
I don't think thats going to happen anytime soon
I agree. If the system is constructed correctly it certainly does not need that sort of attention. There is software available that can monitor the system to a high degree of satisfaction. However, Noel, I firmly believe that there are OPs (SAs ?) that greatly exaggerate the degree of difficulty of their job. I guess we all like to feel we are indispensable.
I might add that I am a strong believer in virtual users. It is easier, cleaner and removes potential security problems.
Just my 2¢.
-- Jerry ✌ Dovecot.user@seibercom.net
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