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On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 16:20, Joost Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Friday 08 April 2011 16:06:51 Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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>> Hello again, list! |
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>> I need to deploy an MTA in the Cloud. Now, RAM is at a premium, so |
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>> between Exim and Postfix, which one is lighter on resource? |
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>> Thank you for your inputs. |
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>> Rgds, |
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> Without actually testing and seeing which can be best optimized for your usage |
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> pattern? |
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> I run postfix without problems, but then, I don't have that much of a |
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> restriction on memory so I never really looked into it. |
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> I think the memory usage also depends on the kind of filtering you use. Postfix |
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> has some additional processes that help in reducing the load by filtering |
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> connections prior to actually receiving emails. (postscreen) |
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> I don't know enough to say how Exim handles that. |
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Well, the load shouldn't be too heavy. After all, it's meant only to |
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be a (closed) mail relay server. |
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Anyways, it's a direct instruction from the BoD, and you know they |
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always want the server to be deployed yesterday... :-P |
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Rgds, |
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Pandu E Poluan |
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