[IMGate] Suggestions
I stopped using my IMgate box about 2 years ago because I wanted something that would do weighted tests. I am using Declude on my Imail box along with Declude virus and F-Prot. The declude virus no longer catches zip viruses which are a large majority. I'm thinking of putting an IMgate back in front of my Imail server to catch the most obvious SPAM and catch viruses. Is anyone here doing something like this? What virus programs are you using. Any suggestions would be great along with IMgate configs. Thanks, Steve Cobb, A+, MCSE Computer Geeks [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Do you know that if you died right now, you would go to Heaven? Find out how you can know! http://www.kingscrossroads.org/heaven1.htm
[IMGate] Re: Suggestions
Not trying to start a flame war, but is FreeBSD still the best thing to run Imgate on? Steve Cobb, A+, MCSE Computer Geeks [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Do you know that if you died right now, you would go to Heaven? Find out how you can know! http://www.kingscrossroads.org/heaven1.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Horne Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 11:02 AM To: IMGate@mgw2.MEIway.com Subject: [IMGate] Re: Suggestions FYI, you can use a weighting system with IMGate (or rather, with Postfix, since it wouldn't be IMGate if you changed it). You can check out http://www.policyd-weight.org/. It is my opinion (so take it for what its worth) that postfix and friends do a much better job of spam/virus filtering than does Declude/Imail. And it can do it on much slower/older hardware and is around 100% less expensive. I use postfix as a gateway with amavisd-new running clam-av, and I'm also using spamassassin (also uses a weighting system). I don't use the policyd-weight, but I'm considering changing things up. Mail that passes through these currently pass onto an Imail box running Declude Junkmail/Virus. From the logs, I have seen that Declude Virus/Fprot is now catching NO VIRUSES (only the questionable vulnerabilities). I don't have good metrics for Junkmail because it is still running all its own tests plus tagging on the SpamAssassin headers and I don't have the time to try to come up with stats like Declude caught this many spam messages that spamassassin passed or anything like that. I am, though, going to be removing all the other Declude tests and just start filtering on the spamassassin headers. That should speed up my Imail box. Just my opinion, and it probably stinks like the rest... -DH =20 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Cobb Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 10:46 AM To: IMGate@mgw2.MEIway.com Subject: [IMGate] Suggestions I stopped using my IMgate box about 2 years ago because I wanted something that would do weighted tests. I am using Declude on my Imail box along with Declude virus and F-Prot. The declude virus no longer catches zip viruses which are a large majority. I'm thinking of putting an IMgate back in front of my Imail server to catch the most obvious SPAM and catch viruses. Is anyone here doing something like this? What virus programs are you using. Any suggestions would be great along with IMgate configs. =20 Thanks, =20 Steve Cobb, A+, MCSE Computer Geeks [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Do you know that if you died right now, you would go to Heaven? Find out how you can know! http://www.kingscrossroads.org/heaven1.htm=20 =20 =20 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of = the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged = information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is = prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the = sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. =20 SPAM-FREE 1.0(2476)
[IMGate] Re: Suggestions
That's what mine is on. IMGate was my first experience with FreeBSD (or any BSD), but since then it it my primary choice of OS for every *nix-like server I build. Using the ports system, I'll never again have to enter dependency hell. But, again, just my opinion, and opinions are like a-holes... --DH=20 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Cobb Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 11:12 AM To: IMGate@mgw2.MEIway.com Subject: [IMGate] Re: Suggestions Not trying to start a flame war, but is FreeBSD still the best thing to run Imgate on?=20 Steve Cobb, A+, MCSE Computer Geeks [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Do you know that if you died right now, you would go to Heaven? Find out how you can know! http://www.kingscrossroads.org/heaven1.htm=20 =20 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of = the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged = information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is = prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the = sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. =20 SPAM-FREE 1.0(2476)
[IMGate] Re: Suggestions
Not trying to start a flame war, but is FreeBSD still the best thing to run Imgate on? IMGate runs wherever postfix runs. The OS isn't important. Len
[IMGate] Re: Suggestions
I run IMGate (Len's Advanced version) on FreeBSD 5 (DELL server with a 3.0Gz P4, 1Gb RAM, dual hard drives nonRAID) with ClamAV via ClamSMTP http://memberwebs.com/nielsen/software/clamsmtp/ ... My Imail server now stops about 4 to 10 spams a day via the Imail premium filter and 1 to 3 viruses a month with the Imail antivirus. I'm very happy :) 230 Users on the web interface 5 Users via POP3 and SMTP 200 Users on the IM client 50 forwarders to outside email systems Last few days stats: eMails blocked with .xx attachment 115 Rejected 6840 Scanned by ClamAVSMTPd 11196 PS: It's been very quite over the past few weeks for my mail server ... knocking on wood. Christopher Checca Packard Transport, Inc. IT Department 24021 South Municipal Dr PO Box 380 Channahon, IL. 60410 815 467 9260 815 467 6939 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.packardtransport.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Cobb Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 9:46 AM To: IMGate@mgw2.MEIway.com Subject: [IMGate] Suggestions I stopped using my IMgate box about 2 years ago because I wanted something that would do weighted tests. I am using Declude on my Imail box along with Declude virus and F-Prot. The declude virus no longer catches zip viruses which are a large majority. I'm thinking of putting an IMgate back in front of my Imail server to catch the most obvious SPAM and catch viruses. Is anyone here doing something like this? What virus programs are you using. Any suggestions would be great along with IMgate configs. Thanks, Steve Cobb, A+, MCSE Computer Geeks [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Do you know that if you died right now, you would go to Heaven? Find out how you can know! http://www.kingscrossroads.org/heaven1.htm
[IMGate] Re: Suggestions
I have used policyd-weight and policyd-sf (greylisting) for about four months with excellent results. I would recommend changing the Reject Level for policyd-weight to 4 or 5 instead of 1. Only had one false positive so far. Craig -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Horne Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 10:02 AM To: IMGate@mgw2.MEIway.com Subject: [IMGate] Re: Suggestions FYI, you can use a weighting system with IMGate (or rather, with Postfix, since it wouldn't be IMGate if you changed it). You can check out http://www.policyd-weight.org/. It is my opinion (so take it for what its worth) that postfix and friends do a much better job of spam/virus filtering than does Declude/Imail. And it can do it on much slower/older hardware and is around 100% less expensive. I use postfix as a gateway with amavisd-new running clam-av, and I'm also using spamassassin (also uses a weighting system). I don't use the policyd-weight, but I'm considering changing things up. Mail that passes through these currently pass onto an Imail box running Declude Junkmail/Virus. From the logs, I have seen that Declude Virus/Fprot is now catching NO VIRUSES (only the questionable vulnerabilities). I don't have good metrics for Junkmail because it is still running all its own tests plus tagging on the SpamAssassin headers and I don't have the time to try to come up with stats like Declude caught this many spam messages that spamassassin passed or anything like that. I am, though, going to be removing all the other Declude tests and just start filtering on the spamassassin headers. That should speed up my Imail box. Just my opinion, and it probably stinks like the rest... -DH =20 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Cobb Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 10:46 AM To: IMGate@mgw2.MEIway.com Subject: [IMGate] Suggestions I stopped using my IMgate box about 2 years ago because I wanted something that would do weighted tests. I am using Declude on my Imail box along with Declude virus and F-Prot. The declude virus no longer catches zip viruses which are a large majority. I'm thinking of putting an IMgate back in front of my Imail server to catch the most obvious SPAM and catch viruses. Is anyone here doing something like this? What virus programs are you using. Any suggestions would be great along with IMgate configs. =20 Thanks, =20 Steve Cobb, A+, MCSE Computer Geeks [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Do you know that if you died right now, you would go to Heaven? Find out how you can know! http://www.kingscrossroads.org/heaven1.htm=20 =20 =20 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of = the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged = information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is = prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the = sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. =20 SPAM-FREE 1.0(2476)
