Alex, you may also wish to look at Exim and the Exiscan-ACL patch. It integrates spam and virus scanning directly in Exim's message path, and allows you to bounce infected/spam e-mails during the SMTP session with a 55x error. Thus, you can safely send bounce notifications in the event that a legitimate user is sending a spammy message. The only downside of this setup is no per-user settings. Since you're running SpamAssassin at SMTP time, the incoming message can have multiple recipients. However, to me the benefit of properly rejecting mail I don't want outweighs the need for per-user settings. Our environment really isn't diverse enough to call for them, anyhow.
I also agree with Paul. Just because you can pay for support doesn't mean it's worth it. The SpamAssassin mailing list is fantastic, I'm on it daily. Same goes for the Exim and Exiscan lists. My Linux/Exim/SpamAssassin/ClamAV server is like a black box. I set it up properly and just forgot about it. IpMonitor will alert me if something fails, and weekly checks of the logs are about all I do to maintain it. I don't use postfix or mailscanner, but they're equally worth products with a long history of high quality and security. Many people tend to prefer amavisd-new over mailscanner for postfix setups, but again, I have no real experience with either. Steven --- Steven Dickenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -----Original Message----- From: Alex Alborzfard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 12:30 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: "IhateSpam" Server That was my recommendation too, but my boss has an issue with lack of paid support with open source solutions such as SpamAssassin and MailScanner. I have convinced him to let us test MailScanner & IHS side-by-side, but unless MailScanner blows IHS out of water, I think he would go with IHS. --Alex -----Original Message----- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 10:52 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: "IhateSpam" Server I'd try the open source route first, postfix & spamassassin work very well for us and you have nothing to lose if it's not suitable for your needs. regards, Paul -- Paul Hutchings Network Administrator, MIRA Ltd. Tel: 44 (0)24 7635 5378, Fax: 44 (0)24 7635 8378 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Alborzfard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 March 2004 18:04 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: "IhateSpam" Server > > > > Is anyone running Sunbelt's "IhateSpam" server or gateway edition for > Exchange? > If so, how's its performance, reliability and vendor support? > Would you recommend it over open-source solutions such as > SpamAssassin or > MailScanner and why? > > Thanks > > --Alex Alborzfard > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t ext_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
