[Mimedefang] Old hardware (was: Replacing SpamAssassin with DSPAM)

[Kenneth Porter]

--On Tuesday, February 24, 2004 1:52 PM -0600 "Andrew S. Johnson" 
<andy at asjohnson.com> wrote:

> I had to upgrade my server from the trusty 486 to the K6 last year just
> to support MD and SA.  Ya, I know that's not exactly bleeding edge
> hardware, but the price was right (free).  I'm trying to work with what I
> have.

I hear you. That's about the class of machine I've been running my company 
mail and file server on for the last 5 years (266, not 300, but 128 MB of 
memory, a Dell PE4200). It's done remarkably well for being a gutless 
wonder. I'm just about to retire it. Its replacement is a cast-off Compaq 
Proliant rack server.

With the dot-com implosion, a lot of defunct companies left fairly useful 
computers gathering dust. I have quite a few of those in my garage of about 
this capability. Even going concerns will pay you to take away their older 
machines instead of having to pay someone to recycle them. (After all, "the 
latest version of Windows won't run on them!")

I'm also active in online computer gaming, and gamers are frequent 
upgraders. Maybe you know one who's cast off an "old" Athlon motherboard 
because it can't play the latest game. Recycle it into an old "doorstop" 
case and you'll once again have a reasonable box for a low-end server.