Hi Matt & thanks for your answer! Matt Sergeant wrote:
>> I'm currently running a somewhat patched version of qmail-smtpd for my >> setup, under tcpserver, started in /etc/init.d/qmail. I was thinking of >> applying the SPAMCONTROL patch to my servers' qmail setups, but qpsmtpd >> *looks* more configurable and flexible. So here come the questions :-) >> >> I'm primarily interested in spam-blocking features, such as: (...) > > I'm not sure about the customer 5xx error messages, but most of this stuff > already works. Certainly patching the plugins to give custom error > messages is trivial. I'd guess so. :) I'm fairly fluent in Perl, so I think I'd be able to customize this for my use. My main worry is downtime and lost mail due to configuration imcompatbilities. Speaking about that, what about SMTP AUTH? I absolutely need SMTP AUTH with authentication via vpopmail/vchkpw. My qmail/control looks like this currently: alias backups badmailfrom badmailfrom.d badmailto box+old checkpassword defaultdelivery defaultdomain doublebouncehost doublebounceto locals locals.lock me morercpthosts morercpthosts.cdb morercpthosts.lock plusdomain rcpthosts rcpthosts.lock signatures smtpgreeting update_badmailfrom users virtualdomains virtualdomains.lock >> How stable is the basic qpsmtpd setup, and how stable and useable are the >> plugins / extensions I'd need? How much of a "plug-in" replacement would >> qpsmtpd be for me (minimum downtime)? What about performance (I read >> about PPerl, which seems to be a bit unstable, and speedycgi)? > > PPerl seems to be one of those things that works for some people and not > for others. I have no idea why, sadly. There's a remote chance that this > might fix things for those with problems, but it's remote: I'll try it without PPerl etc. first, and see how it affects performance. Are there any statistics on how much mail can be easily (read: low CPU) detected as junk and refused at SMTP level, compared to a bare qmail setup? -- Jens Benecke (jens at spamfreemail.de) http://www.hitchhikers.de - Europaweite kostenlose Mitfahrzentrale http://www.spamfreemail.de - 100% saubere Postf�cher - garantiert! http://www.rb-hosting.de - PHP ab 9? - SSH ab 19? - g�nstiger Traffic . Please DO NOT CC: me, I read the lists and newsgroups I post in!
