Would it make sense to move the virus checks to another machine ? Gmax
> Trey, > >> I am not opposed to multiple amavisd-new servers, but I'm not sure how >> that would be implemented with our setup. The messages are all >> delivered to one server, so how do you propose that we distribute the >> email among multiple servers? We cannot just do it on a per-domain >> basis, because some of our larger domains will overwhelm a single >> server doing both spam and virus scanning. Keep in mind that we have >> MANY end users that have their incoming and outgoing server set to >> this main server and it is not feasible to change those settings. > > You haven't told us how you are interfacing qmail to amavisd-new. > If this is a dual-MTA setup, and communication goes over inet socket > and speaks SMTP, then placing amavisd on a different box is not > a problem, which is what other people here are suggesting. > > If you use a Unix socket between qmail and amavisd, then you are > probably out of luck. Either switch to inet-based socket (which > would probably imply a dual-MTA setup, but maybe not, I'm not > very familiar with the qmqpqq interface). Another option would be > what you had in mind, i.e. modify amavisd to talk to spamd. > This wouldn't be a particularly efficient solution, as each mail > would have to be passed over some socket one more time. > > Mark > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > AMaViS-user mailing list > AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user > AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 > AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
