Never used Amavis, so I can't comment.

All config here is done by the text-based config files.

And because it's a mail hub we're running, we use site-wide rules, no
user-specific stuff.

We've got a pretty standard Dell 2650 server, 2.4GHz processor, way too
little RAM (I'd recommend at least 2GB) so it swaps a bit too much
(we're also running squid on that box), and the load average is normally
under 5.

Cheers,

Phil
--
Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Tenfjord [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 07 June 2006 17:07
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]; Randal, Phil
> Subject: RE: Spam Virus MX forwarding firewall
> 
> Hi Phil.
> 
> Thank you for the quick reply.
> I was considering using amavis, but mailscanner looks 
> promising indeed.
> Speedwice, what do you recommend amavis versus mailscanner. 
> Also does your SA configuration support user defined settings 
> as explained 
> previously? Are you storing in sql or userfile? I am very 
> interested in 
> hearing about your configuration. 
> How high is your server load with 20k per day, and what 
> hardware do you have?
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> Paul 
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Randal, Phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date:  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 16:11:36 +0100 
> 
> >Have a look at MailScanner (http://www.mailscanner.info) along with
> >MailWatch (http://mailwatch.sf.net), mailscanner-mrtg
> >(http://mailscannermrtg.sf.net/), and Vispan
> >(http://www.while.org.uk/mailstats/).
> >
> >Add ClamAV and Bitdefender for Linux to the mix and you're 
> zapping most
> >viruses before they get anywhere near your real mail server.
> >
> >We're happily processing 20,000 emails a day on our MailScanner box.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Phil
> >
> >--
> >Phil Randal
> >Network Engineer
> >Herefordshire Council
> >Hereford, UK  
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Paul Tenfjord [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> >> Sent: 07 June 2006 15:59
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: Spam Virus MX forwarding firewall
> >> 
> >> Hello mailing list.
> >> My first post, nice to meet you all.
> >> 
> >> I'm setting up a Spam&Virus mail firewall (forwarding only).
> >> This is a MX only server, it has no pop3/imap, it's only 
> >> purpose is to clean 
> >> mail and route it to the next server which then delivers it 
> >> to imap accounts. 
> >> For this purpose I am considering Postfix, as I am 
> familiar with it.
> >> I am hoping to get some information/suggestions on how to do 
> >> this in a way 
> >> that is fast,secure, easy to add /domains users and stable. 
> >> I need the option to have user specific settings, some 
> >> domains wants to route 
> >> all spam to [EMAIL PROTECTED], specific domains want to 
> >> delete (if SA tags 
> >> the mail that is over a certain limit) and some to tag SPAM 
> >> in the subject 
> >> header. 
> >> I am very interested in storing the domains in SQL or LDAP 
> >> rather then text 
> >> files. Does somebody know the performance loss/gain on sql 
> >> versus text file 
> >> when dealing with thousands of domains with users. 
> >> Also I am interested in statistics on how many mails pass and 
> >> how many gets 
> >> tagged if this is available somewhere.
> >> 
> >> A lot of question for a first post, I am hoping for a 
> positive answer.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Kind Regards 
> >> Paul Tenfjord
> >> 
> >
> 

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