so do the rules filter when accessing a mailbox? or when mail is received by the server?
-Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Heath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mark Kahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 6:23 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Rules performance hit > Reply to: Mark Kahn > Re: [IMail Forum] Rules performance hit on Wednesday 4:48:14 PM > > I have asked this question here before without answers but I can > tell you to watch out for the B~ body rule. If you have a lot of > these, they can make mail delivery last forever. We utilize a lot > of rules and we now use both Imail rules and Declude rules. From > time to time one or both fail. Sometimes Imail works where > Declude doesn't and sometimes Declude works where Imail doesn't. > Overall we see Declude rules as substantially faster and much > more versatile. I cannot imagine running Imail without Declude > any more. I think if you can get away without using the body rule > in each, it is preferable. If you can utilize the kill.lst, that > is even more preferable. > > -- > Roger Heath > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.rleeheath.com > > > ----- Copy of Original Message(s): ----- > > M> I was wondering if anyone could tell me how much of a performance hit the rules make on imail. I currently have a fairly long rules file (200 rules or so) that's filtering a lot of spam for me > M> and a few other users (1 domain, about 10 users). We're getting a lot of requests to filter spam on other domains (about 3,000 users total in roughly 50 domains) and I'm just worried that imail > M> might max the CPU if I add these rules to all the domains...any insights? > > M> Thanks, > M> -Mark > > -- > ActivatorMail(tm) ver.061902 Scanned for all viruses by > www.activatormail.com intelligent anti-virus anti-spam service > > > 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/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > 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/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
