Re: [AMaViS-user] amavis w/qmail
Rainer Link wrote: > On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Bill Parker wrote: > > > I am working on installing amavis for scanning inbound/outbound emails with > > NAI's Virus Scan engine. I have a question, in running the ./configure for > > amavis, > > it says it needs reformime (which is a part of the maildrop package). If I > > compile > > and install maildrop, does it interfere at all with qmail, or is there a > > way to only > > compile and install the reformime binary from the maildrop package? > > I don't think it will interfere. Best solution: after "make" simply copy > the binary reformime (we don't need the other maildrop stuff at all) to > /usr/local/bin/ (and do not do a "make install"). It will not interfere. Maildrop is just another mail delivery agent. You have to specifically tell qmail to use it. I use maildrop for all of my standard users. In ".qmail" you can put a line like, |/usr/bin/maildrop /home/users/johndoe/.mailfilter or with qmail-ldap, place the following in "deliveryprogrampath" /usr/bin/maildrop /home/users/johndoe/.mailfilter or you can globally use maildrop... Then, you can use maildrop's structured filter language to do server side filtering for the user or just deliver the message to the Maildir without filtering. It has many nice features that you might be interested in. Later, -- S. Clint Bullock Network Administrator University of Georgia Office of the Vice President for Research 626 Boyd GSRC Athens, GA 30602-7411 (706) 542-5936 (706) 542-3837 FAX
Re: questions about performance and setup
"Hubbard, David" wrote: > know what you're getting into on the Dell boxes if you choose > to run linux. I've got a Dell PE2400 dual that runs linux > and you're going to be at the mercy of Dell and Adaptec on > when you upgrade your kernel because they have some sorry > proprietary drivers for their RAID controllers that are > tailored to a specific kernel version and redhat sub-revision. > If you can put up with that, then Redhat Linux/Qmail on a > Dell runs very fast, I'm happy with mine. But at the same Just for the record, it depends on the RAID controller that you purchase from Dell. The PERC 2/DC and 2/SC (Dual Channel and Single Channel) are just AMI MegaRAID controllers with open source drivers included in the standard kernels. The PERC 3/Si (and maybe the PERC 2/Si?) are the Adaptec RAIDPort controllers with closed-source drivers. You have to wait for Adaptec/Dell to release new precompiled modules that can only be used with specific kernels that Redhat releases. But, the PERC 3/Si is much cheaper than the 2/DC if you are on a budget, need RAID, and don't care about having the latest kernel. You can probably get a better DPT card for around the same price, though. (Note: Adaptec now owns DPT) I have a Dell 2450 with PERC 2/DC controller and 18GB mirrored disks running linux with Qmail. Compiled latest standard kernel with no problem, and the machine runs like a champ. Later ;) -- S. Clint Bullock Network Administrator University of Georgia Office of the Vice President for Research 626 Boyd GSRC Athens, GA 30602-7411 (706) 542-5936 (706) 542-5638 FAX begin:vcard n:Bullock;Clint tel;fax:(706) 542-5946 tel;work:(706) 542-5936 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.ovpr.uga.edu org:University of Georgia;Office of the Vice President for Research adr:;;626 Boyd GSRC;Athens;GA;30602-7411;USA version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Network Administrator fn:Clint Bullock end:vcard
Re: load testing...
Brian Sweeney wrote: > hello all- > > I've just recently completed an install of a new mailserver running qmail. > I've got some other linux boxes laying around, and I would like to load test > the mailserver over the weekend. Does anyone have suggestions for software > or scripts, perhaps using perl or expect, that will connect to the smtp port > remotely, send some mail to x users, wait a bit, and connect to the pop > port, check the mail for those users, and then delete it? I coded some > perl/expect hybrid script to do it, but it doesn't work right (I used > autoexpect, so I'm not surprised). Any suggestions? Last time I did this I > ended up just perl scripting a call to qmail-inject for 4 different users, > and setting up a normal pop client to check mail every 1 minute. The client > crashed and the sends didn't actually use the smtp port though so it wasn't > a real test. > > Thanks in advance, > Brian Hey Brian, I did a web search and finally found some source code written in C by the guys at Stalker Software (Communigate Pro) used to test smtp and pop loads... I compiled it on a linux box and used the programs to test a linux/Qmail server before I dropped it into a production environment a few months ago. This should be exactly what you are looking for... Here's their webpage: http://www.stalker.com/MailTests/ Hope this helps ;) -- S. Clint Bullock Network Administrator University of Georgia Office of the Vice President for Research 626 Boyd GSRC Athens, GA 30602-7411 (706) 542-5936 (706) 542-5638 FAX begin:vcard n:Bullock;Clint tel;fax:(706) 542-5946 tel;work:(706) 542-5936 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.ovpr.uga.edu org:University of Georgia;Office of the Vice President for Research adr:;;626 Boyd GSRC;Athens;GA;30602-7411;USA version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Network Administrator fn:Clint Bullock end:vcard
