On 9/21/07, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Like I said, you need lots of I/O and lots of CPU.. :-) >
True. Boards nowadays will always have more than enough cpu. So you need to have more boards to handle the load. > As for spam... you have to plan for TEN TIMES the projected load. > That's how severe spam can get. > Its easy to reach a point of diminishing returns. The best way is for smtp hosts to start talking to each other. A single smtp host can only do so much. Its also important to scan for outgoing spam. > If you don't... well what will happen is that everytime some Viagra > pill peddler decides to Joe Job or dictionary-spam your domain, all > your users will suffer from delayed emails. > > How I know that.. from painful experience. > > The IronPort boxes are great, AOL and Yahoo use them. But they are > sold as a managed service (the box is free, but you pay around > $6/month/user). > well these actually do more than scan for spam and viruses. it also tries to prevent information leaks. -- Lay low and nourish in obscurity _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
