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I'm not too sure that running it as a mail server is impossible. |
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Depending on your expected traffic level, it should be more than capable |
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enough to do it. |
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My current server is only a 1 core + 1 GB VPS, which is much more lax |
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than a pi-4. |
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Depending on what guides you follow you can definitely set it up as a |
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mail server. |
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But I am curious how you are planning to do this, unless you have a |
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static ip + reverse DNS configured? |
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Aisha |
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blog.aisha.cc |
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On 2020-02-27 10:11, Ralph Seichter wrote: |
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> * james: |
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>> I'm thinking about setting up a pair of Rasp-Pi-4 as DNS servers with |
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>> 4GB of ram. Is that enough ram for a DNS server? |
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> For running the Nameservers, yes. Compiling Gentoo packages will likely |
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> put your SD-Card under stress, but that's just how it goes. My Model B |
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> Rev 2 of 2015 runs dnsmasq as DHCP server, NGINX, Postfix, Unbound and |
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> more for a bunch of clients in a LAN. It is quite nifty as a local DNS |
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> Resolver and DHCP server, because it is usually the fastest to boot |
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> after the occasional power outage. |
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> I would not use it as an Internet-facing production Mailserver, though, |
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> because that would generate a lot of I/O, which is not a Raspberry Pi |
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> strong suit. |
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> -Ralph |
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