Marcelo Maraboli wrote: > Hello > > I have Sendmail 8.12.11 + MimeDefang -2.40 running the > perl version of SpamAssassin 2.63 and my CPU is at 98%, > so I want to change to Spamd/Spamc, but I cannot find > the exact install procedure... > > Is Spamd supported by MimeDefang ?? should I use > milter-spamc/0.25 (beta) instead ??
First, I'd suggest upgrading to 2.64 or higher before going much further. SA 2.63 is vulnerable to a DOS attack by messages with specially malformed mime sections. Do not run versions 2.50-2.63 on a production server due to the potential for DoS. Second, converting to spamc/spamd would be SLOWER for a MimeDefang setup, not faster. MimeDefang calls the SpamAssassin perl API's directly, a method that is faster than using spamc/spamd, but is only usable by tools written in perl. spamc/spamd is faster than calling the "spamassassin" command-line script, but not faster than directly loading the API's.
