Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-20 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 12:08, Brian Ashe wrote: > On Thursday January 16, 2003 02:33, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > The problem is largely in that sendmail uses mbox files, and a couple of > > users leave mail on the server though they're told not to, and they eat > > all of the disk bandwidth (every ma

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-20 Thread Mike McMullen
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 8:50 AM > Subject: Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner > > > > Roger Schmeits wrote: > > > > >How much horsepower do I need for scanning 5000 emails a day? > > >Using sendmail & m

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-20 Thread Mike McMullen
On a similar topic. What do people recommend for mail scanning s/w under linux? Thanks, Mike - Original Message - From: "Bart Schelstraete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 8:50 AM Subject: Re: sizing server for

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from Gordon Messmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:13:22 -0800 > On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 12:36, Jack Bowling wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 11:33:29AM -0800, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > > > > > The whole thing takes less than a day to set up. NFS is available on

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Mike McMullen
Thanks to all who replied. I got a lot of useful info out this! Mike - Original Message - From: "Gerry Doris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 4:46 PM Subject: Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner > On Th

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Gerry Doris
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Mike McMullen wrote: > On a similar topic. What do people recommend for mail scanning > s/w under linux? > > Thanks, > > Mike Install F-Prot + MailScanner for virii. Install SpamAssassin + Vipul's Razor + MailScanner for spam. Put them all in for both virus and spam sca

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 12:36, Jack Bowling wrote: > On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 11:33:29AM -0800, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > > > The whole thing takes less than a day to set up. NFS is available on a > > standard Server install of RHL, but I use this kickstart file instead: > > http://rh-install.progne

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 11:43, David Busby wrote: > Reading this response reminds me why (one of the reasons) I started using > Postfix, I don't really know what you mean by that, but every workload will be different. My server is set up in an enterprise environment, where email is a critical funct

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 12:17, Roger Schmeits wrote: > > > right now, (peak hours) the load on the box is 1.19 > > What this 1.19, .7, .8 figures that everyone is using. Can I assume > that is messages per second? The load is the average number of processes during a given time (/proc/loadavg l

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread David Busby
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:17 Subject: Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner > > > right now, (peak hours) the load on the box is 1.19 > > What this 1.19, .7, .8 figures that everyone is using. Can I assume > that is message

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Roger Schmeits
> right now, (peak hours) the load on the box is 1.19 What this 1.19, .7, .8 figures that everyone is using. Can I assume that is messages per second? - -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Jack Bowling
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 11:33:29AM -0800, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > The whole thing takes less than a day to set up. NFS is available on a > standard Server install of RHL, but I use this kickstart file instead: > http://rh-install.prognet.com/kickstart/ks-73-default.cfg > Set up the NFS share an

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Brian Ashe
Gordon Messmer, On Thursday January 16, 2003 02:33, Gordon Messmer wrote: > Well, we are supporting only about 1000 users with sendmail and > spamassassin (run via spamc) alone (no virus scanning, that is) on a > dual 1Ghz P3 system with 2GB of RAM. Performance is awful, and the load > is around

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread David Busby
ursday, January 16, 2003 11:33 Subject: Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner > On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 08:25, Roger Schmeits wrote: > > How much horsepower do I need for scanning 5000 emails a day? > > Using sendmail & mailscanner. > > On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 09

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 08:25, Roger Schmeits wrote: > How much horsepower do I need for scanning 5000 emails a day? > Using sendmail & mailscanner. On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 09:35, Roger Schmeits wrote: > We have about 150 faculty members with 600 student accounts and are > looking to and 3000 alumni m

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Anand Buddhdev
> On a similar topic. What do people recommend for mail scanning > s/w under linux? I'm very happy with RAV anti-virus. Works on linux (i386 and sparc), freebsd, solaris, and supports sendmail, qmail, exim, postfix and courier out of the box. Very easy to install. The configuration is perhaps not

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Mike McMullen
On a similar topic. What do people recommend for mail scanning s/w under linux? Thanks, Mike Mike McMullen CIO - Baton, Inc. 7637 Fair Oaks Blvd Suite #2 Carmichael, CA 95608 Tel: 1-866-515-4421 or 916-944-7790 ext. 2 Fax: 1-866-843-8795 or 916-944-8422 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Mike McMullen
Irwin, Thanks. I'll check them out. Mike - Original Message - From: "irwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 9:54 AM Subject: Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner > On Thursday 16 January 2003 09:

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread irwin
On Thursday 16 January 2003 09:40 am, you wrote: > On a similar topic. What do people recommend for mail scanning > s/w under linux? > > Thanks, > > Mike Installed MailScanner and Spamassassin this week. Working great. Irwin -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?s

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Roger Schmeits
On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 10:50, Bart Schelstraete wrote: > Roger Schmeits wrote: > > >How much horsepower do I need for scanning 5000 emails a day? > >Using sendmail & mailscanner. > > > > > > For sendmail you don't need a lot of resources, but it depends on your > mailscanner. > What kind of mai

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Mike Burger
Only 5000? Not a whole heck of a lot. On 16 Jan 2003, Roger Schmeits wrote: > How much horsepower do I need for scanning 5000 emails a day? > Using sendmail & mailscanner. > > Thanks. > > > > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Roger Schmeits
> For sendmail you don't need a lot of resources, but it depends on your > mailscanner. > What kind of mailscanner do you want to use? We use mcaffee here but are looking for another one (sophos?). Will include this cost into the next budget year. > > For a good performance with scanning e-mail

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Roger Schmeits
> Unless you mean emails for 5000 users a day. Then I would say > big fat piles of machine. We have about 150 faculty members with 600 student accounts and are looking to and 3000 alumni members accounts in the spring (eeek!). Always considered myself a small time admin -- nothing like this. Kin

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Bart Schelstraete
Roger Schmeits wrote: How much horsepower do I need for scanning 5000 emails a day? Using sendmail & mailscanner. For sendmail you don't need a lot of resources, but it depends on your mailscanner. What kind of mailscanner do you want to use? For a good performance with scanning e-mails for

Re: sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Ivan Roseland
Roger Schmeits wrote: How much horsepower do I need for scanning 5000 emails a day? Using sendmail & mailscanner. Thanks. not much. Unless you mean emails for 5000 users a day. Then I would say big fat piles of machine. I am running sendmail + mailscanner + sophos on a p2/500 with 1/

sizing server for sendmail & mailscanner

2003-01-16 Thread Roger Schmeits
How much horsepower do I need for scanning 5000 emails a day? Using sendmail & mailscanner. Thanks. -- ** Roger Schmeits System Analyst Clarkson College http://www.clarksoncollege.edu Omaha, NE USA 1-800-647-5500 x22542 * --