+[[chapter_deployment]]
Planning for Deployment
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In this sample configuration, your e-mail traffic (SMTP) arrives on
the firewall and will be directly forwarded to your e-mail server.
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+image::images/2018_IT_infrastructure_without_Proxmox_Mail_Gateway_final_1024.png[]
By using the {pmg}, all your e-mail traffic is forwarded to the
Proxmox Mail Gateway, which filters the whole e-mail traffic and
removes unwanted e-mails. You can manage incoming and outgoing mail
traffic.
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+image::images/2018_IT_infrastructure_with_Proxmox_Mail_Gateway_final_1024.png[]
Filtering outgoing e-mails
To enable outgoing e-mail filtering you just need to send all outgoing
e-mails through your {png} (usually by specifying Proxmox as
-"smarthost" on your e-mail server - see
-xref:mail_server_config[Example mail server configuration].
-
+"smarthost" on your e-mail server.
+[[firewall_settings]]
Firewall settings
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* CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64)
-* 1 GB RAM
+* 2 GB RAM
* bootable CD-ROM-drive or USB boot support