Is anyone sure about the fate of RAV Anti-Virus yet? I haven't seen anything that says definitely that there will be no more versions of RAV for non-MS products. Many of the articles I have read about it seem to infer that MS has just licensed the technology, not bought the company. We've got a current support contract for RAV on Linux/Qmail right now, and we haven't received anything saying that the products will be EOLed.
-Tim On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 12:08, Dustin Puryear wrote: > At 07:12 AM 7/19/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >Anyway, I would like to start using Linux a bit more as a server platform > >at work. I have been using it on some workstations, but the bulk of my > >servers are Solaris. This is mainly due to Linux's poor support of > >NIS+. Since I am moving to LDAP, it opens the door for me. > > Go Linux.. > > >One of the first things I want to move over is my MTA. I am presetnly > >using Sun's supplied Sendmail as the MTA. I have been looking into Exim, > >Qmail, and Postfix as replacements since they all seem to have a wide > >following in the Linux community. > >So, who is using what, and what are their experiences with each? I know > >John Hebert is using Qmail (I think anyway). RedHat comes with Posfix and > >Sendmail by default. Which MTAs have better support for virus/spam > >filters? Which ones are easier to configure? Also, since M$ bought RAV > >antivirus, I am in the market for a replacement for that also. > > I am happy with Postfix or qmail. I have Postfix at some sites, and qmail > at others. Both are very easy to configure, and you can plug just about > anything into them. I would have immediately suggested qmail since RAV > anti-virus plugs right into it, but well, you know the future of that > product.. Anyway, of the two you can really go on which one you think you > will enjoy managing the most. They are both the same really when it comes > to security and ease of administration. > > One patch you should consider if using qmail is qmail-ldap, which lets you > drive qmail using an LDAP back-end. I do this at one site to push qmail and > a contact management system > (http://www.puryear-it.com/images/mail_ss2.jpg). At another site we drive > Postfix and Courier-MTA with MySQL, and use another custom web app to > manage it all. > > So with Postfix or qmail you can: > > 1. ensure a minimum level of security > 2. build a nice interface to manage the service > 3. centrally store the user information > 4. use Maildir instead of mbox > > With qmail you can also centrally store the MTA configuration so that you > can drive n qmail-based mail servers quite easily. > > Be sure to use Maildir and not mbox when you make the change. Not sure what > you are using now.. > > > --- > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Puryear Information Technology, LLC <http://www.puryear-it.com> > Providing expertise in the management, integration, and > security of Windows and UNIX systems, networks, and applications. > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
