On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Administrator wrote:
> On 1/10/06 4:31 PM, "Bob Keyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > First, register for SpamCop as a system administrator. Sign up for alerts > on spam reported or trapped from your IP addresses/netblock. This will help > queue you in as to the *when* its happening. Once you know when, then you > can figure it out logically. Their reports are hour-by-hour, so the best > you'll do is limit it to an hour or two. Considering the huge about of spam that hits here (about one per second) I wonder if that's going to work too well. > If your server is heavily trafficked, then you'll need an intern or other > lackey to parse through the logs. If not, then it shouldn't be too painful. > Just tedious. No lackeys are available. Damn, I should start charging people time or money for accounts. > > > > I am starting to agree with you about the non-maintainability of qmail. > > In the past I have dismissed postfix because of the attitude of its author > > towards my reported security problems many years ago. Perhaps it is time > > to see if the problem has been fixed, and if so, bury my pride and > > reconsider postfix. > > Yes, Wietse can be rather blunt at times. He's also one of the "real" > security experts out there -- he knows his shit better than anyone. I know he's been around forever. I used to read his posts on the Zardoz and Core mailing lists (even though I wasn't *officially* on them) back in the 80's. Yes, he lacks tact just like RMS and Theo DeRaadt. I call this the "proud graduate of the MIT School of Charm". > I'd suggest you bury the pride. After doing some benchmarking and > significant testing, I can say honestly that Postfix outperforms all other > comers. The ease of use/configuration is a big plus. > > I'd be happy to help/advise on a changeover to Postfix. OK, I may take you up on this. I am building a new server and this might be the right time to do the move away from qmail. _____________________________________________ tmda-users mailing list (tmda-users@tmda.net) http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users
