GFI MailSecurity System Requirements

System Requirements: Hardware

The hardware requirements for GFI MailSecurity are:

Pentium 4 (or equivalent) - 2Ghz
512MB RAM
1.5 GB of physical disk space

System Requirements: Software

To install GFI MailSecurity you need:

Windows Server 2008/2003 (x32 or x64 Edition) or Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server (Service Pack 1 or higher)

NOTE 1: Since the version of Internet Information Services (IIS) included in Windows XP is limited to serving only 10 simultaneous client connections, installing GFI MailSecurity on a machine running Windows XP could affect its performance.

NOTE 2: When installing on Windows Server 2008, the following pre-requisites are required:

Web Server (IIS) role
ASP.NET
Windows Authentication Services
Microsoft SMTP Services

For more information refer to:
http://kbase.gfi.com/showarticle.asp?id=KBID001596

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, 2003, 2000 (SP1), 5.5, 5, 4, or Lotus Notes 4.5 and up, or any SMTP/POP3 mail server

NOTE 1: If you are installing on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, you need to have either an Edge Server Role, Hub Transport Role or Mailbox Server Role and Hub Transport Server Role installed. GFI MailSecurity cannot be installed on a Microsoft Exchange 2007 machine with only Mailbox Server Role installed.

NOTE 2: When using Small Business Server, ensure you have installed Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2000 and Service Pack 1 for Exchange Server 2003.

Microsoft .Net framework 2.0
MSMQ – Microsoft Messaging Queuing Service
Internet Information Services (IIS) (x32 or x64 Edition) – SMTP service and World Wide Web service

NOTE: If installing on a Microsoft Exchange 2007 machine, the IIS SMTP service is not required, since it has its own built in SMTP server.

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8

IMPORTANT: Disable anti-virus software from scanning the GFI MailSecurity directories. Anti-virus products are known to both interfere with normal operation as well as slow down any software that requires file access. In fact, Microsoft does not recommend running file-based anti-virus software on the mail server. For more information, please refer to http://kbase.gfi.com/showarticle.asp?id=KBID001559.

IMPORTANT: GFI MailSecurity directories should never be backed up using backup software.