Re: [Assp-user] New installation

2009-03-01 Thread hisham
"GrayHat" wrote: > >> 1- We have around 100K users and 380 hosted email >>domains, >> is one ASSP server enough to handle the load for these >> accounts to both filter SPAM and Virus infected emails >>?. >> A suggestion for server specs would be great ! > > I'd better be using a c

Re: [Assp-user] New installation

2009-02-27 Thread Jeroen van Aart
GrayHat wrote: > will face some issues, like addresses being whitelisted on one ASSP > and NOT whitelisted on another one, delaying not properly working due > to the fact that a given message was delayed by an ASSP and when > a second one sees the *same* message, it will delay it again.. and > some

Re: [Assp-user] New installation

2009-02-27 Thread GrayHat
> LDAP is used to check for valid local mailboxes, but the MTA already > does that and sends a 5xx error to the sending MTA if it is invalid (at > least a proper MTA like exim does), so this functionality is already > present. sure it does, but having a single point to check for valid recipients

Re: [Assp-user] New installation

2009-02-26 Thread Jeroen van Aart
his...@sf.batelco.com.bh wrote: > Do you mean by the (local SMTP) is the same box running ASSP ?. I mean can > ASSP act as local SMTP too right ?. No, assp can only act as a proxy to an smtp server, aka MTA. But this MTA can be present on the same server as assp, in fact that would be a good id

Re: [Assp-user] New installation

2009-02-26 Thread Jeroen van Aart
his...@sf.batelco.com.bh wrote: > In regard to having MySql box or LDAP installed to validate users, is that a > mandatory requirement for the setup to work properly ?. Not at all. You don't need either. Both will add complexity and additional points of failure and it may only deem useful with a

Re: [Assp-user] New installation

2009-02-26 Thread hisham
Thanks a lot Grayhat for your detailed explanation. In regard to having MySql box or LDAP installed to validate users, is that a mandatory requirement for the setup to work properly ?. In my test setup so far i added the required local domain under on the ASSP box and its working fine so far in

Re: [Assp-user] New installation

2009-02-26 Thread GrayHat
> I'd better be using a couple of ASSP 2.0 sharing a common rethinking at the setup... let me make an example with one domain; let's say we have the example.com domain; now, we will setup four ASSP boxes at IPs 1.2.3.25, 2.3.4.25, 5.6.7.25, 6.7.8.25 and the public example.com DNS zone will rea

Re: [Assp-user] New installation

2009-02-25 Thread GrayHat
> 1- We have around 100K users and 380 hosted email domains, > is one ASSP server enough to handle the load for these > accounts to both filter SPAM and Virus infected emails ?. > A suggestion for server specs would be great ! I'd better be using a couple of ASSP 2.0 sharing a common backend

[Assp-user] New installation

2009-02-25 Thread hisham
Hi, I was so excited to test the first ASSP server!. We have a communigate pro mail server and would like to have the ASSP box run on a seperate box to filter all inbound/outbound SPAM. I configered the basic setup fine where it accepts messages for one email domain on our SMTP server. I wou