Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 18:57:25 -0400 From: "jean-paul natola" <jnatola@hotmail.com> To: hmiller@intradyn.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE INSALL Message-ID: <BAY102-F315DAAAEC868A712F0A27BBC170@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <200505171421420515.616A28D1@mail.intradyn.com>
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I'm sorry I wasnt clearer, this machine is only going to be used to scan incoming mail, the mail will then be forwarded to the Production Mail server, I read an article that this is not only feasible , but actually a good practice, as spam and virus infected messsages wont take spacee in the production server. >From: "Henry Miller" <hmiller@intradyn.com> >To: "jean-paul natola" <jnatola@hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: KDE INSALL >Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 14:21:42 -0500 > > >On 5/17/2005 at 14:38 jean-paul natola wrote: > > >Well since i'm totally new to this, I wanted some type of gui, > > > >the machine specs are 450 mhz with 256 ram > > > >so I guess I should remove the kde install?? > > > >I have verified my reverse DNS and it all checks out, and when I > >subscribed I did get the confirmation request from the list and >activated > >it, all I have been receiving delayed delivery messages,,, > >That machine is powerful enough to run KDE. However KDE does not >offer tools to setup your mail server, so if this machine is only >intended as a mail server there is no point. KDE does take a lot of >disk space though, which might be an issue with a machine that old - if >you get a lot of emails. > >I would remove KDE if this is just a server. If you want a machine for >a guest to check email on once in a while, while you are on your main >machines, than leave KDE there. Installing things like X and KDE on a >mail server isn't the best idea from a secuiry stand point, just >because you never know what could be wrong. It is your choice. > > >
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