[nycbug-talk] spamd

[pete wright]

On 5/20/05, michael <lists at genoverly.net> wrote:
> Before I post to misc, I wanted to check with NYCBUG.
> 
> I am updating a mail gateway that runs with tools added to fight spam:
> amavisd-clamav-spamassassin-etc. I have been pretty satisfied with the
> results.  Now, I am going to add spamd(8) to the mix and wanted
> opinions.  Do I really need to run all that extra stuff?
> 
> I know "more layers" is "more protection" but that is a LOT of perl
> modules.  This would also require a lot of extra packages, some are
> required to be built from source due to licencing issues.  All that
> would have to be maintained...
> 
> That extra stuff also means extra cycles and extra time during EVERY
> SMTP conversation; ultimately slowing down the gateway.
> 
> I suppose I could just do spamd and measure the results myself, but I
> was wondering if someone else has been there / done that.
> 
> Thoughts?
> Michael
> 

As an aside michael,
    if you run the other spamd (spam assassin's daemonized version)
this may help you with the overall load of running the perl scripts. 
While it takes a different approach than OBSD's spamd, they may work
together nicely.  And because it is loaded as a daemon, and apperently
is more efficient in filtering under load from what i have read, it
may allow to run both options without too much perfomance degradation.


-p

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