[CentOS] Planning Mail Server (with low resources)

[Johnny Hughes]

On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 00:53 -0200, 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.
> 
> 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.

Probably replace cyrus-imapd with dovecot
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