> Johnny Hughes wrote: > >>On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 11:35 -0600, Mike Kercher wrote: >> >> >>>I think you'd be more than pleased with MailScanner >>>(http://www.mailscanner.info) I run it on MANY mail servers and don't >>> know >>>how I lived without it! >>> >>>Mike >>> >>> >>> >>I have a guide to install a PostFix mailserver (with MailScanner, >>ClamAV, SquirrelMail, and SpamAssassin) here: >> >>http://www.hughesjr.com/content/view/9/30/Guides >> >>But amavisd-new is available as a package via yum from Dag's >>repository ... so I might be easier to install: >> >>http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/ >> >> > I tried to use the amavisd-new from Dag's site. I ended up removing > it. I couldn't verify whether or not it was actually using > SpamAssassin. The log file said that amavis was finding SA, but I > wasn't finding any of the SA headers in the email I was passing through > the server. I couldn't figure out how to troubleshoot the problem, and > was running out of time. Also, I couldn't be sure, but it seemed like > it was calling SA cold for each email and eating the resources > accordingly. I haven't used amavisd-new so I can't comment on that aspect. I do use MailScanner with SA and clamav on several servers and I haven't had any issues. > > I ended up using spamd (the Spam Assassin daemon) and calling spamc from > a procmail script. Then I installed clamd (the clamav daemon) and > clamassassin (a procmail interface for clamdscan) and call that with a > procmail script as well. I'm happy with the performance, and I can > monitor what clamav and spamassassin are doing, which I like. At this > point I'm considering adding another virus scanner for redundancy, but > the clamav folks seem to respond to new virii pretty quickly. > > My old email server used Mailscanner with SA and f-prot. The only > complaint I had with it was that you have to install postfix twice, and > sometimes email would get hung up. > > My $0.02 US. :) > > Ben I haven't had any e-mail get caught up in between the directories for the two instances of postfix, but I guess it is possible if something happens. It really is only 2 directories for postfix config files (at least for MailScanner), two e-mail spool/delivery locations and 2 instances of postfix running...but it is confusing and more resource intensive. Johnny Hughes <http://www.HughesJR.com>