----- Original Message ----- From: "David Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 6:22 AM 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? Let's see, I currently support 2 IMail servers, 4 Post.Office servers, 2 Postfix servers, 3 Siemens E-Mail encryption servers, and an Exchange server--nah, I don't need to setup anymore mail servers. ;-) Actually, our hosted healthcare customers are the ones hosted on our IMail/Declude server, and these are the customers that we deliver lab, radiology, eligibility, and claims reports to. These are private and confidential patient healthcare data, thus these messages are not currently distributed across the Internet. These are the customers that we monitor systems for, and who get system notifications from us, and who get bounce notifications from our gateways, all of which are currently virus scanned and spam filtered unnecessarily. If you check, you will find that even outbound messages from the hosted IMail customers get sent through the Declude filter engine, even if you have opted to not scan outbound messages. I am just looking for ways to run this server more efficiently, and if Declude were to make a couple of process configuration changes, I think we could all benefit. Scott, I'm just wondering what your thoughts are on these proposed changes? Bill --- [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.
