> The server is a PIII 650. It used to have 256K mem, but we
> increased it to 512K because people were spamming from our servers
> and all the smtp processes would use up remaining memory and crash
> the server.
Setup IMGate and ofload all your outgoing mail to this box. For the price of
2 128 meg sticks you could probably buy a second-hand pentium/64megs of
memory. Plus you would get better protection against the spammers.
Andrew P. Kaplan, CNE, MCSE+Internet, MCT, CCNA, CCDA
CyberShore, Inc. -- Premium Internet Services -- http://www.cshore.com
The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never
been sufficient reason to remain ashore.... Intrepid spirits seek victory
over those things that seem impossible...to meet the shadowy future without
fear and conquer the unknown.
-- Ferdinand Magellan, Explorer
(c.1520)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Perry
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 11:21 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Should IMail have its own server?
>
>
> > The server is a PIII 650. It used to have 256K mem, but we
> > increased it to 512K because people were spamming from our servers
> > and all the smtp processes would use up remaining memory and crash
> > the server.
>
> Wow! A lot of people offer free E-mail service to spammers,
> while charging their good customers (they run an open relay).
> But it's unusual to find a company willing to buy new hardware
> for their free spammer clients.
>
> I'd suggest that you use the IMail "Relay for Addresses" option,
> along with SMTP AUTH for anyone that won't come from a known safe
> IP address.
>
> > In general, should IMail have its own dedicated server, with
> > minimal other processes running on it?
>
> I would strongly recommend it, especially if you are going to
> have a number of mailing lists. Although technically there
> shouldn't be a problem running many programs on one machine, in
> reality the chances of problems increase for every extra program
> running on the server.
>
>
> --
> -Scott
>
> Declude: Anti-virus and Anti-spam solutions for IMail.
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