MailScanenr based relay server

[Martin Hepworth]

Ronnie

I'm running a 800mhz celeron with 512MB ram and it handles 12,000
messages a day no problem.

if you buy a new box it should handle 10,000 no problem.

Also upgrading to the latest SA, ClamAV, and MS will give you lots more
protection against spam and malware...see all the change logs for details.

If you want any direct help email me direct - note I'm in the UK so
watch the timezone's..

--
Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300


Ronnie Regev wrote:
> Thanks for the reply,
> Here is my scenario:
>
> I am running Ensim Webpplaince Pro 3.5.20-9 on red hat 7.3, Sendmail v
> 8.11.6, mailscanner 4.14, ClamAV 0.54, SpmAssassin 2.53 on a P4 1.8, 1 GB
> DDR, IDE hardware raid1 w/ 2x 80gb 7200 rpm hd.
>
> I am hosting 170 sites, with 52 MySQL database driven websites, the rest are
> static html.
> This server has an average daily mail load of 10000 messages, 52% of which
> is SPAM, another 3% are viruses
>
> I would like to stay within red hat 7.3 if possible, as im most familiar
> with that. As per my Linux experience, I can get by, and I have some good
> friends.
>
> Im looking forward to getting some more info, as this could be an
> interesting and very effective solution.
> Let me know what else to fill.
> Thanks.
>
> Ronnie Regev
> System Administrator
> Microsoft Certified Professional MCP
> Daslweb Inc.
> 514-874-9809
> ronnie at daslweb.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
> Of Peter Bonivart
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 1:36 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: [MAILSCANNER] MailScanenr based relay server
>
> Ronnie Regev wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>I am interested in setting up a mail relay server to act as a spam
>
> filtering
>
>>only mail server.
>>My goal is to offload MailScanner from my mail server, set it up on a
>>secondary server, which will scan all incoming messages, filter out the
>
> junk
>
>>and viruses, and forward the proper messages to my real mail server.
>>I have found this document,
>>http://www.geocities.com/scottlhenderson/spamfilter.html, which uses
>>Postfix, and only spmassassin.
>>Does anybody know of any documentation or howto's on this subject. Perhaps
>>some advice.
>
>
> Depends on what OS and MTA you like. The most common combo here is
> probably Red Hat/Fedora and Sendmail. Depending on your Unix experience
> it might be of importance to have many friends. ;-)
>
> Give us a little more info on what hardware and software you want to use
> and an estimation of how many mail you will process a day and we can
> guide you better from there.
>
> --
> /Peter Bonivart
>
> --Unix lovers do it in the Sun
>
> Sun Fire V210, Solaris 9, Sendmail 8.12.10, MailScanner 4.29.7,
> SpamAssassin 2.63 + DCC 1.2.39, ClamAV 0.70 + GMP 4.1.2, Vispan 1.3

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