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Date:      Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:51:50 +0000 (WET)
From:      Duane Hill <d.hill@yournetplus.com>
To:        Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: spamfilter
Message-ID:  <20060801114923.F90694@cgate.yournetplus.com>
In-Reply-To: <17615.14574.739939.247118@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
References:  <20060731173633.V15966@justnosweat.net> <44CED510.4070000@ywave.com> <17615.14574.739939.247118@jerusalem.litteratus.org>

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On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Robert Huff wrote:

> Micah writes:
>
>> > I `ve got a spam problem and want to run a spamfilter.
>> > There is only a problem i don`t no witch spamfilter to choose.
>> > Can anyone give me a tip of a good and simple to run spamfilter???
>>
>>  I'm running SpamAssassin and spamass-milter. They seem to do an
>>  okay job.
>
> 	While I run (and like) this combination myself, there are at
> least two caveats of which one ought to be aware:
>
> 	1) spamd (part of SpamAssassin) is written in perl.  This is
> fine for a workstation, not so much for a high-volume mail server.

This is because SpamAssassin is CPU and memory intensive. High-volume, I 
wouldn't see running on anything less than a dual 2.8ghz with a bare 
minimum of 4gig ram (8 would be better).

> 	2) installing spamass-milter requires rebuilding sendmail.  (I
> have no idea about other MTAs.)  This usually sounds more
> frightening than it is, but can still lead to complications.
>
>
> 					Robert Huff
>
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