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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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