>----- Original Message ----- >From: Andy Tripp > >those of you who are running ASSP for SPAM, >do you run it on the same box as Imail??
I have been on our test system, and plan to on our production system. Both have low # of emails compared to most of the other list members. 200 per day on test system - winXpPro, 1.6ghz p4 256ram running imail express & assp & web/ftp server & new version of our database server software. :o) It's one overworked test-bed but seems to handle it well even though I use it as my workstation at the same time. Our production email server only sees about 2500 incoming(50% or more of this is spam) and 500 out. It's on a 3yr old dual 700mhz Zeon with 512ram running win2k server. It is running Interscan Viruswall on port 25 and then Imail downstream. It also handles our incoming VPN connections and is our FTP server to the world(very low FTP usage). With the current usage, it runs anywhere from 0 to 10% cpu with occasional runs up to nearly 100% for a few moments when someone sends a huge attachment intersystem. We've had three cases when we have been hit by a new virus(netsky & mydoom being the worst) before Trend had a solution for them so we are taking steps to reduce our exposure with attachment blocking using ASSP. We plan on placing ASSP between Interscan and Imail. Interscan will kill all viruses it knows of and ASSP will be configured to block known dangerous attachments(not .zip tho) that get through. The spam management in ASSP is a bonus and it catches 98%+ of the spam on the test machine where Imail only catches ~75%, without the DNSBL function and has so many false positives as to be useless without major time spent tuning the phrase and url blacklists. These numbers are very rough no hard numbers to back it up, just using what I remember ottomh. So far, very happy with Imail, somewhat happy with Interscan(no tunability without many $ for plugins but has been a solid program), and very happy with ASSP(too soon to tell too much yet). If I had it to do all over again, would go with Imail, Declude, and Fprot. I'd save some $ and get better interoperability(�50 word alert) and more control. Douglas Traylor MIS Department Harbison-Fischer Mfg Co. (817)297-2211 x210 To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
