Building new server - best practice?

[Chris Yuzik]

Hi Alex,

Alex Neuman van der Hans wrote:
> * Choice of MTA (I usually go with Sendmail)
I have decided to go with Sendmail.
> * Choice of POP3/IMAP (I usually go with dovecot)
Dovecot is up and running. :-)
> * If MTA = Sendmail, what milters (SPF, clamav, DomainKeys, greylisting)
Other than clam, I'm not familiar with these. Any idea where I can read 
up on them?
> * Pyzor
Last update to Pyzor was apparently in 2002. Is it still relevant?
> * F-Prot? BitDefender?
Going with Clamav and Bitdefender, I think.
> * Archiving
> * Rules Du Jour?
What's the consensus as to which ones are must-have rules?

Thanks,
Chris