GFI MailDefense Suite System Requirements
System Requirements GFI MailEssentials: Hardware
Processor
•Minimum: Intel Pentium or compatible 1 GHz 32-bit processor
•Recommended: x64 architecture-based server with Intel 64 architecture or AMD64 platform.
Memory
•Minimum: 1GB
•Recommended: 2GB RAM
Physical Storage
•Minimum: 500MB for installation, 2GB for execution.
•Recommended: 500MB for installation, 4GB for execution
System Requirements GFI MailEssentials: Software
Supported operating systems
•Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64
•Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise (x86 or x64)
•Microsoft Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server (SP1 or higher)
•Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 (SP2) / 2003 (SP1)
Mail Servers
•Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 (SP1)
•Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 (SP2)
•Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 with the following roles: Edge Server role, Hub Transport role, Hub Transport role and Mailbox server role
•Lotus Domino 6 or higher
•Any SMTP compliant email server
NOTE: when installing on a Lotus Domino server or an SMTP server, the IIS SMTP and WWW services are required to enable communication between GFI MailEssentials and the mail server.
Other components
•Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
•Microsoft XML core services: This is required by the GFI MailEssentials reporter to enable anti spam report generation. For UK/US English OS this is installed automatically by GFI MailEssentials. For other languages, this can be downloaded from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3144B72B-B4F2-46DA-B4B6-C5D7485F2B42&displaylang=en
•Microsoft Virtual Server cluster group resource with a physical disc cluster. This is required ONLY for environments running Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 clusters.
•(OPTIONAL) Microsoft Message Queuing Services: This is required ONLY if list servers are used. MSMQ is used by GFI
MailEssentials to ensure the reliable running of distributions lists on list servers. For more information on list servers refer to 'List servers' section in the Administration and Configuration manual.
System Requirements GFI MailSecurity: Hardware
The hardware requirements for GFI MailSecurity are:
•Pentium 4 (or equivalent) - 2Ghz
•512MB RAM
•1.5 GB of physical disk space
System Requirements GFI MailSecurity: 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.
