I was using Webshield awhile back on my mailserver. It hogged so much of the processor that it crashed the server to the point where I had to take it off, permanently.
I am now using Declude and Netshield and am extremely happy. Sharyn Schmidt Network Specialist Florida Distillers Company (863) 956-1116 x139 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Orin R. Wells Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 11:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Is Webshield safe? Last night I finally fully activated Webshield on our new server. I added only one content filter which only caught two test messages. By 7:30 this morning webshield aka mailscan was consuming 70% to 88% of our processor resources. In addition when I looked at the webshield statistics it showed we had passed 128 thousand messages in two hours which I find very difficult to believe. In fact when I restarted webshield it jumped immediately to over 200 messages processed. I am not sure I am confident it is ONLY counting messages. I will examine the logs to see what the truth was later. It appears the load is inflicted totally on the virus scan function of Webshield. Has anyone else seen this kind of behaviour? We have about 54 domains all of which I had to tediously enter into Webshield along with the "domain.com." aliases. Some of these NEVER receive e-mail. But I CAN see that there WERE about 1500 messages received in a two minute span at 7:50 AM which I find astonishing. But from the Webshield mail log they look legitimate. Is there an easy way to take a count of messages received by each iMail account on a daily basis? Until I figure out how to run webshield without bringing our server to its knees, I have disabled it again. Orin R. Wells AWASCO, Inc. P. O. Box 5427 Kent, WA 98064-5427 (253) 630-5296 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ We are the worldwide producer and marketer of the award winning Cruzan Single Barrel Rum, judged "Best in the World" at the annual San Francisco Wine and Spirits Championships, and the artisan tequilas of Porfidio 100% Agave Tequilas, judged "Best Tequila" four years running by the Wine Enthusiast magazine. For more information, please click (go to) <html><a href="http://www.cruzanrums.com";>http://</a><a href="http://www.cruzanrums";>www.cruzanrums.com</a></html> Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
