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  1. Distribute the load on Monster Bandwidth for a Month? · · Score: 1

    How about scaling to multiple systems? Sign up for inexpensive hosting plans from a variety of vendors.
    -If it is a media file for download
    >use a simple cgi/php/asp/j2ee/jsp/whatever to rotate users to each of the sites round-robin style. I'm sure there's pre-made ones on the net or on freshmeat
    -If it is text/images
    >host the primary HTML on the main site and reference the images or accessory HTML/CSS on the other sites
    -If content is dynamicly generated
    > that's another discussion entirely

  2. Re:25000 users on NT? good luck. on Ask Slashdot: Building a Large Email Service · · Score: 1

    Exchange works fine if you configure it correctly. It's not so hard after you get past a couple of gotcha's (Like installing the Internet Mail Connector for example) I have seen it work in 22,000 user environments without problems, but keep users per server 3-4K. But I still prefer Postfix...

  3. PostFix on Ask Slashdot: Building a Large Email Service · · Score: 1

    Sendmail can do it but it's fairly inefficient. You may want to look into PostFix. Qmail is also popular. I believe you can use db or dbm files with to route mail to other servers in at least the first two cases.