Using 32 bit Linux and the PAE kernel, 4gb - 8gb will run a Surgemail 
operation that can handle hundreds of thousands of SMTP/POP3 emails  per 
day easily but don't forget the CPU's !!

Note also that Linux scales CPU's / cores far more efficiently than win 
does.  A pair of dual core XeonsHIDDEN@z will provide way more than 
enough cycles and plenty of reserve.

Surgemail is also pretty memory efficient on Linux which is rather amazing.

--Ed

On 07/12/2012 12:08 PM, Eric Vey wrote:
> Doesn't it depend on how busy the server is? My surgemail only handles
> about 1,000 messages a day and 1GB works fine for me.
>
> On 7/12/2012 12:01 PM, JDL wrote:
>> It works just fine, but I consider 4GB to be the bare minimum for most
>> servers these days.
>
>
>
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