Rodrigo Barbosa wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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 > > - -- > Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org> > "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" > "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDlP0bpdyWzQ5b5ckRAvp2AJ0ftuexQJkNE9qcbfxe2rxbBQ2GGgCeL6HO > egorOgW0i5B6iwSeYidQK5I= > =5+y2 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ugo -> Please don't send a copy of your reply by e-mail. I read the list. -> Please avoid top-posting, long signatures and HTML, and cut the irrelevant parts in your replies.