From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 1 19:03:34 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DC0A16A41C for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 19:03:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BFFB43D48 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 19:03:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j51J3UhG068107; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 21:03:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BA72C650B; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 21:03:30 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 21:03:30 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Jean-Paul Natola Message-ID: <20050601190330.GA26639@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Jean-Paul Natola , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9414EF5@fci-ex.FCI> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9414EF5@fci-ex.FCI> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mailscanner PC requirements X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 19:03:34 -0000 --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 01:38:04PM -0400, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > Oh the Ironies of life, I actually redid my install because someone on t= he > list told me that there was no reason (point) to even install KDE since I > was going to use it only for Mailscanner.. >=20 > Should I go ahead and reinstall it? Installing X on a server is overkill, unless you plan on staring at the monitor all day. OTOH, FreeBSD also makes for a nice desktop system. Better activate sshd (Secure Shell daemon) and log into the machine from your desktop, e.g. with 'putty'. That way you can run commands like 'systat -vmstat' remotely. You can also view the logfiles by logging in remotely. If you are logged in you can also modify syslog.conf to have the system write you a message whenever certain types of error occur. You could even have the system e-mail you the error messages (unless the e-mail isn't working :-) Roland --=20 R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCngaCEnfvsMMhpyURAvBAAJ9U/oZW7U6Sll2CQ4LaOD5mMgv3pgCfbnXP iNjYv6ucbb6JG1hgB6Z5BbE= =CRkR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5--