Re: spamfilter

On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Robert Huff wrote:

Micah writes:

> I `ve got a spam problem and want to run a spamfilter.
> There is only a problem i don`t no witch spamfilter to choose.
> Can anyone give me a tip of a good and simple to run spamfilter???

I'm running SpamAssassin and spamass-milter. They seem to do an
okay job.

While I run (and like) this combination myself, there are at
least two caveats of which one ought to be aware:

1) spamd (part of SpamAssassin) is written in perl. This is
fine for a workstation, not so much for a high-volume mail server.

This is because SpamAssassin is CPU and memory intensive. High-volume, I wouldn't see running on anything less than a dual 2.8ghz with a bare minimum of 4gig ram (8 would be better).

2) installing spamass-milter requires rebuilding sendmail. (I
have no idea about other MTAs.) This usually sounds more
frightening than it is, but can still lead to complications.


Robert Huff

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