Ihnen, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 13 September 2000 at 08:56:39 -0700
> > Are you really sure you want the misery of running a mail server on a
> > 486 with only 8 Mb of RAM?
>
> Given that it uses so little space, I think that assuming there is swap
> space defined and you're running a minimal kernel, you could probably run 10
> to 20 remote/local delivery sessions. Sure, it may not blast mail out like
> a high end mailing list server, but it'll be more functional than, say,
> SENDMAIL. ;P The limit is probably more memory vs. swap speed rather than
> CPU power.
That's in the ballpark with what I ran successfully on my 386/25 with
8Mb, so it's probably good advice.
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