Uh, huh? Maybe if you're dealing with fewer than 100 mailboxes or so, then, sure. But SpamAssassin has to be about the poorest performing spam filtering software I've ever used.
regards, Dairenn Lombard Unix Systems Administrator BroadSpire 617 West 7th Street, Suite 601, LA, CA 90017 Phone: 213.986.1051 | Fax: 213.688.7791 | NOC: 888.262.6161x2 Web Ecosystem Marketing www.BroadSpire.com -----Original Message----- From: Josh Hopkins [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 1:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Re: [qmailtoaster] Barracuda I really do agree with Eric. I cannot tell you how many barracuda appliances that I have returned for customers once they realize that they did not need them. Not much of a need for a barracuda if you have a qmailtoaster. Just my 2 cents. -Josh -----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Shubert Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 2:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] Barracuda Sysadmin wrote: > I had Non-related problems with my Barracuda today, their Tech suggested > setting qmail to send smtp through the barracuda: > Here`s what they said: > > The Barracuda Spam Firewall can be configured to fully process either > incoming or outgoing mail, but an inbound Barracuda may also be > configured to relay outgoing mail simultaneously. The Barracuda still > scans outgoing mail, but not as thoroughly as incoming mail. Outbound, > relayed mail is scanned for everything except Recipient Verification, > Spam Scoring, Bayesian, Attachment Filtering and the Tag/Quarantine > regular expressions. This means outbound, relayed mail IS scanned for > RBL checks, Rate control, Whitelist/Blacklist, Intent, Virus scanning, > Fingerprinting (in firmware 3.4 and above), and Block regular > expressions. As such, using an inbound Barracuda with Outbound Relay > will increase the load on the Barracuda. > > > Thanks > > > Dave MacDonald > Oh. I think I'd lose the barracuda. ;) -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
