At this point I'm leaning toward leaving Untangle just in charge of my corporate network (Exchange Server spam and content management) while I put Spamdyke in charge of the qmailtoaster servers that house mail for my clients.
I have had very good results for the Untangle Anti-spam (spam counts went from the thousands per day for just a handful of aacounts to near zero), but the more research I've done today, coupled with what I've seen here, I'm thinking that it won't be a good match with QMT. If any one has more to add (for or against), I'm all ears. Thank you, Patrick M. Ring P. Ring Technologies Louisiana Web Host, LLC. 985-868-4200 -----Original Message----- From: Eric Shubert [mailto:e...@shubes.net] Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 10:49 PM To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com Subject: [qmailtoaster] Re: Does anyone on QMT use Untangle? If you choose to use Untangle, that's what I would recommend. Great minds think alike. :) -- -Eric 'shubes' Amit Dalia wrote: > I'm using Untangle in my network but I prefer not to use Anti-Spam > feature of the same. Instead I use SPAMDYKE on my QMT server. > > Regards, > > Amit > > At Monday, 02-08-2010 on 4:15 Patrick Ring wrote: > > I have often felt Untangle needed a bit more cpu than most appliances > should, but I've been pleased with it on my office-only network which is > why I asked what some here may think. > > I guess this confirms my feelings that Untangle is best suited for a > small-med business firewall and content control appliance than just a > dedicated SPAM/virus filter. > > As for Spamdyke, I figured it would be best suited to function directly > on the permimeter of the mail network (because of what it does). Would > you suggest putting Spamdyke on a dedicated box that relays mail in, or > just run it on my QMT boxes directly? > > I'm not familiar with IPCop at all. I'll have to look at what it does. > > Thanks, > Patrick M. Ring > P. Ring Technologies > Louisiana Web Host, LLC. > 985-868-4200 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Shubert [mailto:e...@shubes.net] > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 4:47 PM > To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com > Subject: [qmailtoaster] Re: Does anyone on QMT use Untangle? > > Patrick Ring wrote: > > I'm needing to tighten my gateways . In particular against SPAM. > > > > I know there has been a lot of talk here about the Spamdyke > software, > > but I'm also looking at the virus protection side too (even though > > Clam is in QMT). > > > > Since I successfully run Untangle infront of my M$ Exchange boxes, I > > was considering it for QMT. > > Does anyone here have experience with QMT behind an Untangle server? > > Is there anything I should be aware of? > > > > Thank you, > > Patrick M. Ring > > P. Ring Technologies > > Louisiana Web Host, LLC. > > 985-868-4200 > > > > I took a look at untangle a year or two ago. It's flashy and has a slick > interface, which unfortunately causes it to require more hardware to run > on than is generally needed for a router. I also don't think that > anti-spam software in general is suited to a router host/appliance. I > prefer running IPCop in front of QMT, which I do regularly. > > I expect that spamdyke with QMT (and spamassassin) will catch every bit > as much and probably more spam than untangle or even postini would. > > If you want to beef up virus detection, I would suggest augmenting or > replacing clamav with a commercial AV offering such as ESET or > Kaspersky. I believe that ESET can be easily integrated with QMT during > the delivery phase. I'm not sure about Kaspersky or others. > > You should realize that spamdyke is only effective when it's "on the > edge", communicating directly with the sending server. Putting a device > which handles the smtp session from the sender in front of spamdyke will > defeat most of spamdyke's effectiveness. > > HTH. > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group > (www.vickersconsulting.com) > Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and > installations. > If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and > packages. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com > For additional commands, e-mail: > qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------- > Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group > (www.vickersconsulting.com) > Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and installations. > If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------- > Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and > packages. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com > For additional commands, e-mail: > qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------- Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group (www.vickersconsulting.com) Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and installations. 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