Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
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> On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 09:26:04PM -0500, Alain Reguera wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm planning the installation of the school's Mail Server. This is the
>> first time I get in administration. I've been reading about postfix,
>> cyrus and the first page in the guide of HughesJR.com[2] about
>> installing postfix-cyrus, but due my low hardware resources, I ask for
>> suggestions to see If what I need can be done (and|or) stable.
>>
>> Hardware:
>> Pentium III 1.4Ghz
>> 256 RAM
>> 40 GB HD-IDE
>>
>> Soft:
>> CentOS 4.2
>> Postfix
>> Cyrus-IMAPd
>> MailScanner
>> Spanassassin
>
> First off, dump either antivirus or antispam on that machine. You
> don't have enough memory to keep both happy.
I must agree... 256 MB for a MailScanner+SA setup is rather low. What
you could do is subscribe to a service like LastSpam (www.lastspam.com)
(they are MailScanner-SA (with custom code)) to filter junk, if you
can't get better hardware (especially memory).
>
> A P3 1.4GHz is more than up to the task, so you will have no problem there.
>
> You might also want to change Cyrus-imapd to something simpler, like
> wu-imapd, since it should take less resources from the machine. Then again,
> I have very little experience with cyrus, since I either use wu or courrier.
>
> []s
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