SickBoy wrote: > mouss wrote: > >>Chris a écrit : >> >> >>>Can a mail server just be Postfix, ClamAV, and SA without the need for >>>Mailscanner or Amavis? >>> >>>If so - I would like to see a how-to is someone has one. >>> >>> >> >>yes, but why? you can use clamsmtp[d] for clamav. but if you're using >>SA, then amavisd-new is recommended. It will run SA code directly, >>without forking a spamassassin/spamc for every mail. >> >>there's not much justification for removing amavisd-new unless you also >>want to remove SA. >> >>if you want per-user SA, then just run SA from an MDA (maildrop, >>procmail, ...). >> > > > Howdy Gents ;) > > Unfortunatelly for Mouss I have to disagree. > I was a "happy" user of postfix+amavisd-new+sa. > My system runs on dual [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 256 megs o' ram smoothly > powered by > carefully crafted gentoo .. > > This combination worked fine for a couple (30 or so) users inside my net. > > The problem started to emerge when me, and a bunch of my fellow > net-citizen set up fetchmail to d/l all the msgs from different mail > accounts we have. > > The system started to choke seriosuly , consuming lot of memory, making > swap to "grow" bigger and bigger. > > It is true, that amavisd-new preloads some of the SA code, but it is > also true, that this invocation of SA is more like using the spamassasin > commandline, meaning very,very resource-hungy. > > After carefull studyin this doc : > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.1/spamd/README , > I've realised that's just the thing I need. Running SA as daemon, like > clamd.
While I agree with most of what you outlined (I too experiance tons of issues with the nes SA/Amavisd combo) - My mailsystem won't work (at least I don't think so) under this config. Mainly - it's a mailsever that is a relay for an exchange server. That means, there isnt any local users. so to me the injection of procmail etc, would be needlessly wasting time to implement. Even with a gig a ram, I need to trim back the amount of rules I use. In addition, I alwasy though the idea of a second smtp engine (as in Amavis) is silly. I considered Mailscanner, I like the idea of NOT introducing another smtp engine however, I don't like the idea of HOLDing the mail either. And as of late, Amaivs has been more like deailing with a 4 year old in a toy store. So for now, I'm still looking and open to ideas. -- Best regards, Chris Consultants are mystical people who ask a company for a number and then give it back to them.
