suggested size of /var/mail

[Jerry McAllister]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 01:56:39PM +0800, FreeBSD Daemon wrote:

> Dear list,
> 
> I am currently setting up a server which should include email service.
> 
> Are there any smart ways to decide how to size /var/mail.
> I plan to put it on a seperate partition ... or shouldn't I?

It depends totally on how many users you will have and how much mail they
are receiving and keeping in their inboxes.    I have never created a 
separate file system for /var/mail on any server.   But, I have moved
it in to my large file system where home directories are made - which
has usually been '/home' and make a symlink to it so it can grow fairly
freely and can also easily have user quotas put on it - actually on
total usage per user and still just have quotas turned on in one
filesystem.

////jerry


> 
> TIA for any related tips!
> 
> Zheyu
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