Mailman and MailScanner

[Julian Field]

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One more thing: use more than 1 virus scanner. A total failure in your
incoming scanning will distribute viruses to your list subscribers. You
should use 2 or 3 scanners so that they don't fail together.

Stephen Swaney wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
>>Behalf Of Doc Schneider
>>Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:43 AM
>>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>Subject: Mailman and MailScanner
>>
>>I run a lot of mailing lists here--using Mailman 2.1.4--and am seriously
>>thinking of adding MailScanner to the box that hosts them.
>>
>>Anyone else doing this and any "gotchas" you can pass along?
>>
>>Also going to be using the new Spamassassin 3.0.3 w/SQL bayes on it. Am
>>running 2.64 currently and doing some procmail magic to keep the spam
>>down to a minimum.
>>
>>TIA,
>>
>>-Doc
>>
>>
>
>
>We have a setup exactly like you are proposing. It works well with no real
>issues.
>
>My only concern would be capacity / loading but that is more of a Mailman
>issue. Our list server is a system mostly dedicated to running Mailman. It
>has no real mailboxes so the only email is junk and email destined for
>Mailman. This is a pretty light load for MailScanner and SpamAssassin.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Steve
>
>Steve Swaney
>President
>Fortress Systems Ltd.
>Phone: 202 338-1670
>Cell: 202 352-3262
>www.fsl.com
>steve.swaney at fsl.com
>
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