Aaron Wolfe wrote:
>> Even given a server that has these things, I'm surprised they
>> have invented technology that can analyze a postfix install to
>> the degree needed for correct installation of their product with
>> no more than a single click. With tech like that, I can't
>> believe they haven't taken the world by storm. Maybe they're
>> still working on single click world domination technology.
rich...@buzzhost.co.uk wrote:
> I have to totally agree. Postfix is *so* configurable that a single
> point & click installer is just nonsense. I don't think Postfix
> 'installation' as it is could be any easier than Debian: apt-get
> install postfix. That's the easy bit. It's the configuration that
> takes the skill.
I disagree.
This depends on the product's nature. I believe MailChannels Traffic
Control does exactly that. The "one-click" would be an RPM/DEB
package (or an actual GUI installer like BitRock) for Windows-style
sysadmins who need a GUI while other sysadmins would be able to
install with rpm or dpkg (or an included install binary/script) with a
single command. All Traffic Control does is sit in front of the mail
server and act as a discriminating proxy.
Having not read any of MagicSpam's documentation, I can only assume
that their product acts somewhat similarly, directly intercepting
incoming mail as if it were the server, then doing some kind of
hand-off to the real mail server. For 90+% of the users out there, no
configuration options would be needed, and for a good number of the
rest, a few menus could handle the bits that can't be resolved themselves.
Traffic Control's selective tarpits are enough to stop almost all
incoming spam, and the rest can be handled by a filter-based program
like SpamAssassin. MagicSpam might do something similar.
Milter-greylist (which is outgrowing its name -- it now supports SPF,
DKIM, SpamAssassin, ...) currently has tarpitting in development.
> Fair play to Linuxmagic if they can offer the support - which is
> what corporates want. Selling cobbled together open source is
> nothing new.
Of course, the key to any of this is good support. I suspect
MagicSpam uses their own ("patented") technology too, but that really
has nothing to do with this since it's quite clear that a supported
F/OSS spam-fighting bundle is itself quite profitable.
--
Adam Katz
khopesh on irc://irc.freenode.net/#spamassassin
http://khopesh.com/Anti-spam
