From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 1 22:18:06 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 044C516A417 for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2007 22:18:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4B1B13C465 for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2007 22:18:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B41665DC4 for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2007 18:18:04 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id SaKOt596uOtk for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2007 18:18:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [199.103.21.238] (pan.codefab.com [199.103.21.238]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 329AB5C95 for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2007 18:18:02 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <20071001155353.F1106@bravo.pjkh.com> References: <4700052A.7050008@gracenpeace.net> <6.0.0.22.2.20070930152732.02576438@mail.computinginnovations.com> <200709302038.03763.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> <72cf361e0709302221h1a272d0fgfccfe176ff9f67da@mail.gmail.com> <20071001155353.F1106@bravo.pjkh.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 18:18:00 -0400 To: freeBSD Questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Subject: Re: best spam filter port(s) for postfix? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:18:06 -0000 On Oct 1, 2007, at 6:54 PM, Philip Hallstrom wrote: >> By far the best anti-spam tool I've used with Postfix is policyd- >> weight. >> mail/postfix-policyd-weight > > Agreed. +1. Me too. Seconded (or thirded :). policyd-weight is much smaller than amavisd-new or SpamAssassin (it tends to run a couple of ~7 MB RSIZE processes, rather than a bunch of 45 - 80MB RSIZE), and it's caching of RBL/DNSBL lookups means it can handle and offload a bunch of queries that the others would do. -- -Chuck