> Another email I read recently here talked about the low processor cycle > hit > his "specially built" box took, but I don't want to risk swamping our mail > server, if you know what I mean.
He who? Your term "low processor cycle hit" sounds like you are saying it had a minor impact on CPU performance. But then you mention you "don't want to risk swamping our mail server" so it seems you are worried about the performance impact. One of the advantages of ASSP and any recipient validating gateway is that emails to invalid recipients are simply rejected at the connection with very little CPU. This tends to actually reduce the load on the CPU overall. Another feature that is very helpful is greylisting or delaying(ASSP) the email from new, unknown to your gateway, IP's attempting an SMTP connection. This makes almost all virus laden emails disappear and blocks a crapload of spam too. (1 crapload = 0.1 shitloads or 0.1-0.4 tons of bovine excrement) > Which is why I asked about the Ipswitch > product... My thinking is that the software must be written to accommodate > the spam-hunting requirement, as well as the mail-serving requirement. Um, yeah. Well written perhaps, but then Imail is still handling the brunt of all the email. Your CPU usage may well go up from this. > However, in the interest and pursuit of knowledge, I am very curious to > learn more about ASSP as a feature that runs alongside Imail Server on the > same box. Any suggestions you might offer (or links that acknowledge a > same-box-install) would be tremendous. Follow the links I sent in my other email. Join the ASSP mailing list. Lots of info for you to absorb. The main advantage of ASSP over other solutions I have found is, being free, you can have it installed and operational tonight if you are familiar with SMTP and Perl. A bit of a learning curve is there if you are not. Good luck, Doug Traylor To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
