If you are going to purchase SmarterMail, you may want to wait a little as they are about to release a new version. 5.x is currently in beta.
http://www.smartertools.com/forums/38.aspx -------- Original Message -------- > From: "Hirthe, Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:59 AM > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: AW: [Declude.JunkMail] Hardware upgrade -Software Crossgrade? > > Hi, > > > Ø Alexander, you are really citing two problems with your scale and > performance. > That's true, and I'm sure I will install IMail 8 on the new server to get an > easier migration. (and to be sure, to work on just one case) > That's the thing I must do, exchange the hardware. To small disks, to slow > CPU. RAM would be ok. > The second part (Update the Software) would be nice, even if there will be > more support calls after upgrading. > > > Ø My suggestion is that both problems would be relieved by introducing a > mail gateway in front of your mailboxes. In the Windows world, Alligate and > XWall are popular with Declude/Sniffer users on this list and the Sniffer > support list. With either one, I think you will find that the gateway will > take the brunt of the antispam effort, leaving the back-end server to service > mailbox connections and requests. > We use NoSpamToday as a front end server, and this lowers the incoming spam > very well. > > The "problem" is, we are getting more and more customers :-) and they all > want a good working email system. > > > Ø If your existing hardware is old, you could replace the fans and disks and > have it become your new gateway, while you purchase some new hardware for > your back-end, which will scale much higher than before once the back-end has > to do less antispam processing. > We bought a new piece of hardware for the frontend Antispamserver..... > > > Ø p.s. Did you have a third problem? Were you implying that the feature-set > of IMail is no longer to your liking? > Is there anyone really using IMail 9? Especially if you had Imail 8 before? > > I'm paying about 1000$ every year, and I haven't seen a really good working > version of IMail since 8.22. > I tried it on my testserver, put some domains on it, and it didn't worked > like it should. > I called support, mailed support and it was not getting better. > So I put it away and tried it some month later again. IMail 9 was (is) > getting better and better, but still it's not as stable as I want it. > > Today I installed Smartermail and it's nice, easy to handle, has a nice > webinterface, and it's *cheap*. > I thought about dumping the IMail SA and buy Smartermail for that price :) > > That's the reason for the Mail. IMail 8 is working, but it's old. > And I think, there could be a better software than IMail 8 :-) > > Alex > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hirthe, > Alexander > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 1:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Hardware upgrade -Software Crossgrade? > Hello, > > we are going to move to an new hardware. > > At the moment we are running Imail 8, Declude, Sniffer. It works, but Spam > detection is not perfect and overall system performance is getting worse. > > Should we > > - wait for IMail 10? > > - use IMail 9? > > - stay with Imail 8? > > - move to Smartermail? > > We host about 200 domains, with about 2000 Mailboxes. > > Alex > > ________________________________ > > Siller AG, Wannenaeckerstrasse 43, 74078 Heilbronn > Vorstand: Prof. H.-F. Siller (Vorsitzender), Joern Buelow, Ralf Michi > Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Armin Sohler > Reg. Gericht Stuttgart, HRB 107707, Ust-Id Nr. DE145782955 > > --- > 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 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. > > ________________________________ > > Siller AG, Wannenaeckerstrasse 43, 74078 Heilbronn > Vorstand: Prof. H.-F. Siller (Vorsitzender), Joern Buelow, Ralf Michi > Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Armin Sohler > Reg. Gericht Stuttgart, HRB 107707, Ust-Id Nr. DE145782955 > > > --- > 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 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.
