On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:35:15 +1030 David Purton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 01:43:57AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 00:26 -0700, s. keeling wrote: > > > Incoming from Steven Jones: > > > > > > > > I want to build a hi-speed sendmail/postfix gateway with > > > > clamav if I > > > > > > That's an interesting point. Long ago and far away, it used > > > to be a given that any old x86 box with a big enough disk > > > would be more than enough to handle just about anything a > > > mailserver needed to do. > > > > > > Today, however, what with iptables, Spamassassin, clamav, high > > > speed connectivity, %60 - %85 of traffic being Spam, etc., > > > etc., yadayada, what does it take to handle mail nowadays? > > > Assume a small to small++ operation (to 150 users). > > > > What's the mail volume? > > > > Also, spamc 3.0 can be kinda slow (or mine isn't tuned that > > well). Especially with Baysean filters turned on. > > > > Oh yeah - we are only very small - 8 users and We are using a PII > 233 with 64MB RAM. > > It was coping ok with spamassassin 2.6, but 3.0 completely killed > it - scan times of over a minute, which can be a problem at smtp > time... moving spamc to a more beasty box is workng great. Scan > times drop back to less than a second on a P4 2.6 Gig, 1 Gig RAM > machine. Much nicer. > > cheers > > dc > That's interesting. I run ClamAV and SA 3.0 with Sendmail, on a PII400 with 640MB RAM. Average message analysis time: 5.03 seconds I think that the answer is not the processor, but the amount of memory in the box. -- Raquel ============================================================ Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage. --Ralph Waldo Emerson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
