Matt Mouser ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi,
: I was wondering how small could I get Qmail down in file size? I am only
: talking about the binaries and config files. All the user mail boxes and
: stuff won't be a problem. The reason I ask is because I run a different
: linux distro that stores all my os and daemons in a ramdisk. This is great.
: Right now everything boots off a floppy (exim and qpopper) and then loads in
: ram, and I have all my user files stored on hard drives. I wish to do the
: same thing with qmail. All the current packages I use are just tarred
: gzipped files. How small can I get qmail's binaries and config files down
: to? I would love to use Qmail as it has tons more vhosting features than
: other mailservers and is way more scaleable. Thanks for your help.
: Matt
You could install a qmail tarball on the ramdisk, copy it to real
disk after fsck, delete the tarball from ram, and run from normal
disk. I don't know if djb would approve of this "binary
distribution" though.
-harold
