Daniel Mayer [COUGA.net] wrote: > Hi, > > we are working on evolving our amavisd-new setup from one to two machines. > Box 1 providing the final delivery to the mailbox and box 2 performing spam > and virus filtering guided by amavisd-new. > > The question is where to point the MX's of the domains to? Box 1 could accept > the mail and forward it to amavis and then get it reinjected for final > delivery. Another option would be to install postfix also on box 2, accept > mail there in the first place, scan it and then forward it to box 1 for > delivery. > > Do you have any recommendations? Which is the best-practice for this? >
I prefer the second approach: - box2 is a mail gateway (mx and filtering) - box 1 is mail store (pop/imap/...) This role separation is more natural. you can add/replace the gateway box without having to deal with user access (imap/pop), and conversely, you can add/replace mail stores without disturbing the mx and filters. this also saves one trip. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
