can I just use SMTP instead of qmail?

[weenleen]

I have disabled qmail server from my vps because it consumes lot of resources, but I need to be able to send notification from my vps for "fail2ban" ,  how can I make qmail to use gmail or yahoo smtp ?
 is there any lightweight alternative for qmail??

[MRatWork]

In Kloxo-MR 7, you can set 'SMTP Relay' but need enable qmail. For minimize resource for qmail, set 'Max SMTP Instances' to lower and don't use/enable clamav.

[weenleen]

it is still resources hungry even in idle !
but thank you so much for your help. I think i will try msmtp and see.

[MRatWork]

Where you see 'resource hungry'?.

[weenleen]

I can see it is using lot of processes  when it is enabled

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15008 ? 1202.68 varnish /usr/sbin/varnishd -P /var/run/varnish.pid -a :80 -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl -T 127.0.0.1:6082 -t 1
1244 ? 434.41 mysql /usr/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --plugin-dir=/usr/lib/mysql/plugin --use
14996 ? 85.36 root /usr/sbin/varnishd -P /var/run/varnish.pid -a :80 -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl -T 127.0.0.1:6082 -t 1
19979 ? 76.12 admin php-fpm: pool admin
19981 ? 69.13 root php-fpm: pool root
15164 ? 64.88 root /opt/php53s/usr/bin/php -c /opt/php53s/custom/php53s.ini /usr/local/lxlabs/kloxo/sbin/kloxo.php mast
19980 ? 64.34 admin php-fpm: pool admin
15079 ? 58.94 nginx nginx: worker process
15078 ? 58.94 nginx nginx: worker process
15080 ? 58.94 nginx nginx: worker process
15171 ? 55.42 root php-fpm: master process (/usr/local/lxlabs/kloxo/init/kloxo-php-fpm.conf)
15081 ? 54.71 nginx nginx: cache manager process
5655 ? 54.7 root nginx: master process /usr/sbin/nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
15082 ? 52.09 root php-fpm: master process (/etc/php-fpm.conf)
607 ? 36.13 root /sbin/rsyslogd -i /var/run/syslogd.pid -c 5
15194 ? 36.02 lxlabs /usr/local/lxlabs/kloxo/init/kloxo-hiawatha -c /usr/local/lxlabs/kloxo/init
629 ? 16.21 haldaemon hald
17787 ? 11.77 root sshd: root@pts/0
18343 ? 10.74 root /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond
18345 ? 10.74 root /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond
18346 ? 10.74 root /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond
18280 ? 10.74 root /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond
18342 ? 10.74 root /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond
18344 ? 10.74 root /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond
18340 ? 10.74 root /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond
18336 ? 10.74 root /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond
18337 ? 10.74 root /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond
18338 ? 10.74 root /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond
18339 ? 10.74 root /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond
18341 ? 10.74 root /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond
18347 ? 10.74 root /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond
18348 ? 10.74 root /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond
18350 ? 10.74 root /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond
18349 ? 10.74 root /usr/libexec/courier-authlib/authdaemond
677 ? 8.79 root /usr/sbin/sshd
17789 ? 6.25 root -bash
630 ? 3.95 root hald-runner
1419 ? 3.89 root crond
18247 ? 3.2 root xinetd -stayalive -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid
619 ? 3.08 dbus dbus-daemon --system
722 ? 2.97 root /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --pid-file=
1 ? 2.83 root init
136 ? 2.4 root /sbin/udevd -d
18297 ? 2.23 qmails qmail-send
18301 ? 1.98 root /usr/bin/tcpserver -v -R -H -l vps.freearabic.org 0 993 /usr/bin/couriertls -server -tcpd /usr/sbin/
18296 ? 1.98 root /usr/bin/tcpserver -v -R -c 200 0 110 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup vps.freearabic.org /home/vpopmail/b
18333 ? 1.98 root qmail-lspawn ./Maildir/
18303 ? 1.98 qmaild /usr/bin/tcpserver -v -R -H -l vps.fre**.org -x /etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp.cdb -c 5 -u 7791 -g 21
18289 ? 1.98 qmaild /usr/bin/tcpserver -v -R -H -l vps.free**.org -x /etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp.cdb -c 5 -u 7791 -g 21
18291 ? 1.98 qmaild /usr/bin/tcpserver -v -R -H -l vps.fre**org -x /etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp.cdb -c 5 -u 7791 -g 21
18266 ? 1.98 root svscan
18295 ? 1.98 root /usr/bin/tcpserver -v -R -H -l vps.fre**.org 0 995 /usr/bin/couriertls -server -tcpd /usr/sbin/
18293 ? 1.98 root /usr/bin/tcpserver -v -R -H -l vps.freea**.org 0 143 /usr/sbin/imaplogin /usr/bin/imapd Maildir
18334 ? 1.97 qmailr qmail-rspawn
18288 ? 1.96 qmaill /var/qmail/bin/splogger imap4
1456 ? 1.96 root /sbin/mingetty tty2
18281 ? 1.96 qmaill /var/qmail/bin/splogger authlib
1455 ? 1.96 root /sbin/mingetty console
18290 ? 1.96 qmaill /var/qmail/bin/splogger smtp
18299 ? 1.96 qmaill /var/qmail/bin/splogger pop3-ssl
18298 ? 1.96 qmaill /var/qmail/bin/splogger pop3
18300 ? 1.96 qmaill /var/qmail/bin/splogger send
18294 ? 1.96 qmaill /var/qmail/bin/splogger imap4-ssl
18302 ? 1.96 qmaill /var/qmail/bin/splogger submission
18292 ? 1.96 qmaill /var/qmail/bin/splogger smtp-ssl
18335 ? 1.95 qmailq qmail-clean
18273 ? 1.83 root supervise log
18272 ? 1.83 root supervise imap4
18271 ? 1.83 root supervise log
18268 ? 1.83 root supervise authlib
18274 ? 1.83 root supervise smtp
18269 ? 1.83 root supervise log
18270 ? 1.83 root supervise submission
18283 ? 1.83 root supervise log
18284 ? 1.83 root supervise pop3
18285 ? 1.83 root supervise log
18286 ? 1.83 root supervise send
18287 ? 1.83 root supervise log
18282 ? 1.83 root supervise pop3-ssl
18279 ? 1.83 root supervise log
18276 ? 1.83 root supervise smtp-ssl
18277 ? 1.83 root supervise log
18278 ? 1.83 root supervise imap4-ssl
18275 ? 1.83 root supervise log



when I disable it the process page become much smaller.

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15008 ? 1203.68 varnish /usr/sbin/varnishd -P /var/run/varnish.pid -a :80 -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl -T 127.0.0.1:6082 -t 1
1244 ? 434.41 mysql /usr/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --plugin-dir=/usr/lib/mysql/plugin --use
14996 ? 85.36 root /usr/sbin/varnishd -P /var/run/varnish.pid -a :80 -f /etc/varnish/default.vcl -T 127.0.0.1:6082 -t 1
20038 ? 69.11 root php-fpm: pool root
15164 ? 64.88 root /opt/php53s/usr/bin/php -c /opt/php53s/custom/php53s.ini /usr/local/lxlabs/kloxo/sbin/kloxo.php mast
15080 ? 58.94 nginx nginx: worker process
15079 ? 58.94 nginx nginx: worker process
15078 ? 58.94 nginx nginx: worker process
15171 ? 55.42 root php-fpm: master process (/usr/local/lxlabs/kloxo/init/kloxo-php-fpm.conf)
15081 ? 54.71 nginx nginx: cache manager process
5655 ? 54.7 root nginx: master process /usr/sbin/nginx -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
15082 ? 52.09 root php-fpm: master process (/etc/php-fpm.conf)
607 ? 36.13 root /sbin/rsyslogd -i /var/run/syslogd.pid -c 5
15194 ? 36.12 lxlabs /usr/local/lxlabs/kloxo/init/kloxo-hiawatha -c /usr/local/lxlabs/kloxo/init
629 ? 16.21 haldaemon hald
17787 ? 11.77 root sshd: root@pts/0
677 ? 8.79 root /usr/sbin/sshd
17789 ? 6.25 root -bash
630 ? 3.95 root hald-runner
1419 ? 3.89 root crond
18247 ? 3.2 root xinetd -stayalive -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid
619 ? 3.08 dbus dbus-daemon --system
722 ? 2.97 root /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --pid-file=
1 ? 2.83 root init
136 ? 2.4 root /sbin/udevd -d
1455 ? 1.96 root /sbin/mingetty console
1456 ? 1.96 root /sbin/mingetty tty2



[MRatWork]

No problem with qmail processes. Just need small RAM and CPU usage.