New to mailscanner

[Alex Neuman]

Amavis iirc is serial in nature, ms scales better, and is more  
flexible/configurable. Plus the creator is a swell guy, too!

On the downside if you use postfix it can cause swapping. ;-)

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On Jul 1, 2008, at 1:39 PM, "JC Putter" <jcputter at centerweb.co.za>  
wrote:

> Hi Again
>
> Thank for the quick answer, i have a another question:
>
> if you compare mailscanner to amavis-new which is better catching  
> spam? both uses DCC,Razor,Pyzor and Spamassassin?
>
> i am busy building a mailgateway with ubuntu, mailscanner and  
> postfix...for the first time
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info on behalf of  
> Randal, Phil
> Sent: Tue 2008/07/01 05:35 PM
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: RE: New to mailscanner
>
>
> It can do, but there are a few good reasons why it shouldn't.
>
> First off, there's not much point in replacing incoming spam emails  
> by emails from MailScanner.  You might as well just deliver it all  
> and let the user decide.
>
> Secondly, a lot of the subject lines in spam are deeply offensive to  
> various people, so even telling end users the email subject lines  
> could be troublesome.
>
> MailWatch can be configured to send users summary reports of what's  
> been blocked, but see above.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Phil
> -- 
> Phil Randal
> Networks Engineer
> Herefordshire Council
> Hereford, UK
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info 
> ] On Behalf Of JC Putter
> Sent: 01 July 2008 15:47
> To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> Subject: New to mailscanner
>
>
>
> Hi
>
>
>
> Does mailscanner send out an email to users says they have email in  
> they're quarantine ?
>
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