=?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=FCri_Kaljundi?= wrote:
Sun, 1 Sep 1996 paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk wrote:
I don`t know what the response to this will be, I need approximately=20 5000 UK pounds to set up such an operation (Yes, a leased line really=20 does cost that much in the UK) and then a monthly income of around=20 3000 UK pounds.
I remember the load on anon.penet.fi was something like 7500 messages daily. As for connection, you will need 64kbps line or even less in case you compress the messages. The machine could be either an older Sun Sparc or a PC running free Unix (Linux/FreeBSD/...)
A couple of notes: 7500 messages/day is not the accurate measure of the load of anon.penet.fi. Remember that each messages had to 1) come in 2) be processed 3) be sent out 4) trigger a confirmation sent to the submitter It is not the same as a user simply receiving 7500 messages/day. If we suppose that each message creates 10KB of IP traffic, it gives us 75MB/day. 75mb/day is less than 1KB per second. It can be handled by a simple 28.8KBPS PPP connection which will still half the capacity to grow twice. A second dedicated phone line and a second modem can be added later. I suspect that UUCP as opposed to IP connection will work better, because UUCP gives us a unidirectional flow of data, which is much more efficient than modems switching direction of the transport for almost each IP packet. I suggest the following configuration: a IBM 486 PC with 16MB of RAM and 28.8 modem, running qmail instead of sendmail and Linux, on a dedicated 28.8 PPP line. The cheapest used VGA display from the nearby waste dump will work just fine. Estimated cost: $700-1000 for the system, $50-100/month for the connection, and 3 hours per day to deal with mailbombing from disgruntled usenet kooks like the right reverend colin james iii (puke). - Igor.