On Tue, May 01, 2007 12:02:34 PM -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor (dkg-sourceforge.net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > To reduce resources consumed and the risks of vulnerabilities, make > sure that you disable as many modules as possible. In debian's > apache2, you can see which modules are enabled by looking in > /etc/apache2/mods-enabled. You can enable and disable modules with > a2enmod and a2dismod, respectively. must this be done at every boot, or is this for playing with modules without restarting the whole server? Can't modules be turned off for good in the configuration file? > Consider also how many php library extensions you have available and > enabled in your php.ini (or followon configs). I understand the suggestion, thanks. Lazyness, er, awe for Squirrelmail gurus, still prompts me to ask if there is a ready list of all and only the extensions actually needed by squirrelmail and where. The paragraph http://squirrelmail.org/docs/admin/admin.html#toc1.1 doesn't go into so much detail... > I'm sure you've seen other writeups about how to optimize apache, but > i figure it's worth listing a few: > > http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/188 > http://emergent.urbanpug.com/?p=60 > http://www.debuntu.org/simple-apache-optimization-tips These are all useful resources, also because I see very little which is distro specific, thanks. My only doubt is, in the second, the paragraph "Don't Use .htaccess". I have the feeling this could interfere with Squirrelmail (it would create problems to some Drupal configurations, for sure). What do you think? Thanks again, Marco -- The best way to make everybody love Free Standards and Free Software: http://digifreedom.net/node/73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users