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Originally posted by tooki: I would strongly advise against using OS X server as a mailserver for that many users. OSXS can only create full users. Do you want a list of 5000 users at login? Also, the disk space used by the creation of each user's directory (containing some default preferences, etc) would add up. I recommend using a separate mail machine that uses a mail user database separate from the OS user database. tooki |
Hold on there a sec, Tooki.
Just because you use Mac OS X Server, it doesn't mean you have to use Apple's Mail server. There are other mail server packages that will work on their own databases and not the system password list.
In any case, as originally mentioned, he plans to start with a few users and scale up, so he can start with Mac OS X Mail and migrate to another server later.
Additionally, I wouldn't use the user list at login under any circumstances. You're already giving away half of the keys to your system for anyone who happens to be looking at the screen. Use the Accounts preference pane to show username and password fields instead of a list of accounts.