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