This is precisely what we do, although not to the tune of 150k messages a day. Imail and Declude make an AWESOME gateway mail server. Only when external contact is required ( in or out ) do we actually have to touch the Imail/declude box. Our internal Exchange server isn't bothered with all the external contact and I don't have to worry about filters on internal memo's and email. Security is better as well since nothing now has direct contact to an interal server.
I've set up several business clients ( I should be getting a commission from Scott ! ) and this works very well. Two clients are running their systems on Pentium III 450's with 256 megs of RAM ! Also, since nothing is actually stored on the Imaial/Declude box, if it gets burned to the ground, it only takes an hour or so to reload from our backups and images. Hell, it even runs on an old license of NT 4.0 ! Karl Drugge, Systems Network Engineer -----Original Message----- From: David Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Wish list reminder... :-) Does anyone that doesn't agree with Bill have any suggestions? We've got an Imail server on a Dell box (2650 2.2 Xeon, RAID 1/5, etc) doing about 150,000 messages a day at roughly 45% utilization and climbing. Looking at all the headaches of managing another box along with duplicate purchases of Imail Unl., Declude JM Pro/Virus Pro, Hijack, Sniffer, Win2k Server, etc is just not a prospect we want to consider. I believe that the Sniffer guys have now offered an OEM version of their product that would allow us to load the rulebase in memory and drastically cut down on the content scanning cycles needed. Any thoughts at better optimizing Declude products? Bill's point is very valid. He wants to get more productivity out of his system and knows that he doesn't need to scan all of his interally generated messages. Here's my suggestion: Bill, what if you setup the new free Imail version on another box somewhere that's not doing much, keep it's port 25 closed to the outside and send all your internal notices, etc to that domain? -David --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
