> -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Lomonte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 3:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Qmail-scanner-general]performance issue > > > Like so many others, with the recent flood of SoBig spam > coming through our server, I decided to turn on qmail-scanner. > > Our box handles about 300,000 incoming messages per day to > around 10k users. As soon as I enabled the scanner it > basically brought our server to it's knees, using every last > bit of available CPU. The box is a poweredge 1Ghz with 512mb > ram. Lowering the number of concurrent SMTP connections > isn't a viable option, it causes too much mail to be delayed. > Is there anything else I can go? Would moving SMTP to a > seperate box help any? > >
apply this patch http://www.qmail.org/qmail-smtpd-viruscan-1.1.patch and let qmail handle it for you... you'll have basically no overhead from it. users should not send executable content via email anyhow. zip/tar em up dallas ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general
