Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Server Recommendation

[Matt]

Isaias, NTVDM would also be kicked off if you were using the 16-bit version of AVG (avg.exe), in which case using the 32-bit version, avgscan.exe is now possible with version 7. Regarding the filters, Scott made many large improvements since 1.75 to the efficiency of the filtering.  The SKIPIFWEIGHT, MAXWEIGHT, MINWEIGHT and END functionality reduced the body searches substantially with these filters, and likewise reduced the processing power required.  I haven't been maintaining the older types of filters listed on my site because I'm using the beta's now and the way that you write a filter is different enough that I didn't much care to keep updating the old format.  The filters that are compatible with Declude JunkMail Pro v1.78 and above can be found at the following location:     http://www.mailpure.com/software/decludefilters/beta/ I believe there is a discussion of each filter in the archives if the comments in the file are inadequate.  I have definitely been very concerned about performance myself, and made many adjustments specifically along those lines, and I'm sure that more will come over time.  With a tight system and a reasonable SKIPIFWEIGHT setting, I've found that many filters now hardly ever get tripped, only about 1/5th as often as before the new functionality.  Out of the group above, the ZOMBIE, DYNAMIC, GIBBERISH, FOREIGN, ANTI-AV and BADCOUNTRYNOREVDNS filters get hit the most often on my system (in that order) with SKIPIFWEIGHT set to 250% of my hold weight. It's important to note though that filters like @LINKED for instance, while they hit much less frequently, are much less likely to false positive and are scored fairly high, so there is some utility in having such a thing if this stuff gets through your system.  BASE64SUB is another such filter that has similar properties. It's a good idea to familiarize yourself with what the filters do before using them, especially if you see a lot of non-North American traffic as some are targeted specifically at international mail traffic, though they can be adjusted for your needs. Just to reiterate in the interest of avoiding confusion, these filters only work with Declude JunkMail Pro, and only in the 1.78 beta and interim releases. Matt TC Online Support wrote: We currently send and receive about 40,000 to 50,000 e-mails daily. The processes that are taking up the most CPU are multiple instances of declude.exe and NTVDM.exe. We tried to comment out some of our SPAM test to see if it would help and it has freed up some CPU. The SPAM test that were commented out were the ones provided by mailpure.com (Gibberish, Y!directed, etc). Are these tests really worth having to test for SPAM or can they be removed? Isaias Hernandez Internet Tech Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] We are currently looking to upgrade our mail server. Lately the processing of the CPU has causing the SMTP to be working real slow, causing a lot of timeouts. We currently we are running a P3 1.133GHz with 512MB RAM. We are looking to upgrade to a dual processor. How many E-mails do you send/receive per day? When you use Task Manager and sort the processes by CPU usage, which one(s) are using the most CPU? -Scott --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [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. -- ===================================================== MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. http://www.mailpure.com/software/ =====================================================