Personally, I prefer to keep ALL the load off of IMail except the actual pop3/imap function. All my postfix boxes handle everything else, spam, antivirus, etc etc...
I don't even let my IMail box talk to the outside world, it will only accept mail from my postfix boxes and sends all of its mail to the postfix boxes. You can build a nice redundant system for not very much money that way as well. I think you are going the right direction below, just my .02 On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 22:35:36 -0500, you wrote: >Thanks to all who responded on this topic. > >I think I'm going to give IMGATE a try if I can struggle my way through the >learning curve of FreeBSD, Postfix, and the dreadful "vi" editor. >(Following the instructions on Len's web site, I've gotten BSD and Posfix >installed, but I still have to tackle the configuration.) > >I like the idea of saving the Imail machine from doing all the work. >Although I've only got two users configured so far, I've seen the machine >bog down at 100% CPU several times. The culprit is IMAPd432.exe. The >machine is admittedly underpowered, but this CPU thing concerns me. > >I might add Declude later if it seems warranted. > >Thanks again for all the input. > >Sincerely, >Michael Keen >http://www.inksite.com To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
