[gentoo-user] [OT] Simple and lightweight SMTP server

[gentoo-user] [OT] Simple and lightweight SMTP server

[Alexander Skwar]

Hi.

I'm looking for a very lightweight SMTP server. It
should (in order):

- Support TLS or SSL for outgoing/incoming connections
- Be VERY light on CPU usage
- Store mails in Maildir format (or hand it off to an
  MDA like procmail/maildrop, for them to store the
  mails)
- Relay mail to only one smart host

It is important, that the system isn't too heavy on
the CPU, as I've only got a MIPSel MIPS 4Kc V0.10.

What can you recommend?

On normal systems, I always use Postfix, but that's
not really "lightweight" :)

Thanks,

Alexander Skwar
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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Simple and lightweight SMTP server

[Mauro Faccenda]

On Monday 07 November 2005 13:38, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'm looking for a very lightweight SMTP server. It
> should (in order):
>
> - Support TLS or SSL for outgoing/incoming connections
> - Be VERY light on CPU usage
> - Store mails in Maildir format (or hand it off to an
>   MDA like procmail/maildrop, for them to store the
>   mails)
> - Relay mail to only one smart host
>
> It is important, that the system isn't too heavy on
> the CPU, as I've only got a MIPSel MIPS 4Kc V0.10.
>
> What can you recommend?
>
> On normal systems, I always use Postfix, but that's
> not really "lightweight" :)

qmail

[]'s
	Mauro
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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Simple and lightweight SMTP server

[kashani]

Mauro Faccenda wrote:
> On Monday 07 November 2005 13:38, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> 
>>On normal systems, I always use Postfix, but that's
>>not really "lightweight" :)
>  
> qmail

	six of one, half a dozen of the other in my mind as neither are 
monolithic binaries. qmail uses ucspi-tcp to start thing as needed and 
Postfix has its master process which basically does the same thing. I'd 
probably test both anyway just to be sure, but if there is no drastic 
difference I'd choose the one you're more familiar with.

kashani
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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Simple and lightweight SMTP server

[kashani]

Alexander Skwar wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm looking for a very lightweight SMTP server. It
> should (in order):
> 
> - Support TLS or SSL for outgoing/incoming connections
> - Be VERY light on CPU usage
> - Store mails in Maildir format (or hand it off to an
>   MDA like procmail/maildrop, for them to store the
>   mails)
> - Relay mail to only one smart host
> 
> It is important, that the system isn't too heavy on
> the CPU, as I've only got a MIPSel MIPS 4Kc V0.10.
> 
> What can you recommend?
> 
> On normal systems, I always use Postfix, but that's
> not really "lightweight" :)

	Unfortunately it's as light as you're going to find for the features 
you want. And I suspect TLS and SSL to use far more of the CPU than the 
MTA itself.

kashani
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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Simple and lightweight SMTP server

[Rumen Yotov]

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On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 17:38 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm looking for a very lightweight SMTP server. It
> should (in order):
> 
> - Support TLS or SSL for outgoing/incoming connections
> - Be VERY light on CPU usage
> - Store mails in Maildir format (or hand it off to an
>   MDA like procmail/maildrop, for them to store the
>   mails)
> - Relay mail to only one smart host
> 
> It is important, that the system isn't too heavy on
> the CPU, as I've only got a MIPSel MIPS 4Kc V0.10.
> 
> What can you recommend?
> 
> On normal systems, I always use Postfix, but that's
> not really "lightweight" :)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alexander Skwar
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Hi,
Another vote for "qmail", IMO most CPU power goes to filter spam|virus
(if used with perl or other interpreted lang).
Rumen

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Simple and lightweight SMTP server

[Bryan Whitehead]

Postfix.

On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Alexander Skwar wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I'm looking for a very lightweight SMTP server. It
> should (in order):
>
> - Support TLS or SSL for outgoing/incoming connections
> - Be VERY light on CPU usage
> - Store mails in Maildir format (or hand it off to an
>  MDA like procmail/maildrop, for them to store the
>  mails)
> - Relay mail to only one smart host
>
> It is important, that the system isn't too heavy on
> the CPU, as I've only got a MIPSel MIPS 4Kc V0.10.
>
> What can you recommend?
>
> On normal systems, I always use Postfix, but that's
> not really "lightweight" :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alexander Skwar
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Simple and lightweight SMTP server

[Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC]

> On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Alexander Skwar wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I'm looking for a very lightweight SMTP server. It
>> should (in order):
>>
>> - Support TLS or SSL for outgoing/incoming connections
>> - Be VERY light on CPU usage
>> - Store mails in Maildir format (or hand it off to an
>>  MDA like procmail/maildrop, for them to store the
>>  mails)
>> - Relay mail to only one smart host
>>
>> It is important, that the system isn't too heavy on
>> the CPU, as I've only got a MIPSel MIPS 4Kc V0.10.
>>
>> What can you recommend?
>>
>> On normal systems, I always use Postfix, but that's
>> not really "lightweight" :)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alexander Skwar
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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Simple and lightweight SMTP server

[Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC]

On Nov 11, 2005, at 10:15 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:

>
>> On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Alexander Skwar wrote:
>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a very lightweight SMTP server. It
>>> should (in order):
>>>
>>> - Support TLS or SSL for outgoing/incoming connections
>>> - Be VERY light on CPU usage
>>> - Store mails in Maildir format (or hand it off to an
>>>  MDA like procmail/maildrop, for them to store the
>>>  mails)
>>> - Relay mail to only one smart host
>>>
>>> It is important, that the system isn't too heavy on
>>> the CPU, as I've only got a MIPSel MIPS 4Kc V0.10.
>>>
>>> What can you recommend?
>>>
>>> On normal systems, I always use Postfix, but that's
>>> not really "lightweight" :)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Alexander Skwar
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> Your Web App and Email hosting provider
> chad@shire.net
>

Sorry, I had typed in a complete reply but guess my fat fingers hit  
some key combo by accident that got rid of my text entry.

My answer would be exim with an appropriate configuration (run time  
and build time). It is simple to run and configure and does not  
launch all sorts of various extra processes.

Chad

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