[Declude.JunkMail] Mail Pre-Processor recommendations
I believe I have seen some replies to this already, but I though I would put this out again. I am hosting about 30 domains worth of email and filtering for an additional 10 domains. My current configuration is all mail is pre-filtered through a Barracuda 400 box, then forwarded to a Smartermail 4.x server running Declude with Sniffer, Zero Hour, invURIBL. The Smartermail/Declude box is a Dual Quad Core HP server with 2 Gig of RAM. I am currently receiving about 600k email messages a day on the Barracuda box, and it is seeing performance issues. Before I purchase a 2nd Barracuda box I though I would check to see if anyone has a better solution. Declude still catches 40-60% SPAM after the Barracuda box. Thanks _ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Your are asked to notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency. Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. - _ Scott Fosseen - Systems Engineer - Prairie Lakes AEA - http://www.aea8.k12.ia.us/tech _ We live in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons. - Alfred E.Neumann MAD magazine _ --- 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.
RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Mail Pre-Processor recommendations
I use Alligate from Solid Oak Software, and I like it a lot. On my primary gateway, I received just shy of 500,000 connections in the last 24 hours, and my Declude only had to see 4% of that traffic. Yes, 4%. I'm spending less time doing clever things in Declude, because Alligate is pre-filtering so well for me. Andrew. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Fosseen Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:29 PM To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Mail Pre-Processor recommendations I believe I have seen some replies to this already, but I though I would put this out again. I am hosting about 30 domains worth of email and filtering for an additional 10 domains. My current configuration is all mail is pre-filtered through a Barracuda 400 box, then forwarded to a Smartermail 4.x server running Declude with Sniffer, Zero Hour, invURIBL. The Smartermail/Declude box is a Dual Quad Core HP server with 2 Gig of RAM. I am currently receiving about 600k email messages a day on the Barracuda box, and it is seeing performance issues. Before I purchase a 2nd Barracuda box I though I would check to see if anyone has a better solution. Declude still catches 40-60% SPAM after the Barracuda box. Thanks _ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Your are asked to notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency. Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. - _ Scott Fosseen - Systems Engineer - Prairie Lakes AEA - http://www.aea8.k12.ia.us/tech _ We live in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons. - Alfred E.Neumann MAD magazine _ --- 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.
Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Mail Pre-Processor recommendations
Scott, Alligate is a good gateway to use when you have something like Declude behind it. The only reason that I can think of that your Barracuda box is seeing that many messages would be because you might not be validating addresses. Like Andrew said, you can cut your _connection_ traffic by 95% with ease, but a large number of those connections are to bad addresses (backscatter and 'dictionary' attacks). You must validate addresses at your gateway. You can run Alligate on a single core box with 1 GB of memory and a single hard drive. Just make sure to dedicate the box to Alligate in order to avoid issues when resources are that sparse. Matt Scott Fosseen wrote: I believe I have seen some replies to this already, but I though I would put this out again. I am hosting about 30 domains worth of email and filtering for an additional 10 domains. My current configuration is all mail is pre-filtered through a Barracuda 400 box, then forwarded to a Smartermail 4.x server running Declude with Sniffer, Zero Hour, invURIBL. The Smartermail/Declude box is a Dual Quad Core HP server with 2 Gig of RAM. I am currently receiving about 600k email messages a day on the Barracuda box, and it is seeing performance issues. Before I purchase a 2nd Barracuda box I though I would check to see if anyone has a better solution. Declude still catches 40-60% SPAM after the Barracuda box. Thanks _ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Your are asked to notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency. Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. - _ Scott Fosseen - Systems Engineer - Prairie Lakes AEA - http://www.aea8.k12.ia.us/tech _ We live in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons. - Alfred E.Neumann MAD magazine _ --- 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.
RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Mail Pre-Processor recommendations
I concur with Andrew, Alligate saved our company a ton of money in upgrades to our mail server. Our mail server CPU's were peaked 24x7. When I inserted Alligate into the mix, CPU's peak at about 30-40% now. I highly recommend it. ~Dan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colbeck, Andrew Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:52 PM To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Mail Pre-Processor recommendations I use Alligate from Solid Oak Software, and I like it a lot. On my primary gateway, I received just shy of 500,000 connections in the last 24 hours, and my Declude only had to see 4% of that traffic. Yes, 4%. I'm spending less time doing clever things in Declude, because Alligate is pre-filtering so well for me. Andrew. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Fosseen Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:29 PM To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Mail Pre-Processor recommendations I believe I have seen some replies to this already, but I though I would put this out again. I am hosting about 30 domains worth of email and filtering for an additional 10 domains. My current configuration is all mail is pre-filtered through a Barracuda 400 box, then forwarded to a Smartermail 4.x server running Declude with Sniffer, Zero Hour, invURIBL. The Smartermail/Declude box is a Dual Quad Core HP server with 2 Gig of RAM. I am currently receiving about 600k email messages a day on the Barracuda box, and it is seeing performance issues. Before I purchase a 2nd Barracuda box I though I would check to see if anyone has a better solution. Declude still catches 40-60% SPAM after the Barracuda box. Thanks _ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Your are asked to notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency. Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. - _ Scott Fosseen - Systems Engineer - Prairie Lakes AEA - http://www.aea8.k12.ia.us/tech _ We live in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons. - Alfred E.Neumann MAD magazine _ --- 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. --- 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. Daniel Slentz.vcf Description: Binary data
RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Mail Pre-Processor recommendations
Same experience here Harry Vanderzand NEW ADDRESS Effective Jan 24, 2008 Intown Internet 117 Ruskview Road Kitchener, ON, N2M 4S1 519-741-1222 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Slentz Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 5:48 PM To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Mail Pre-Processor recommendations I concur with Andrew, Alligate saved our company a ton of money in upgrades to our mail server. Our mail server CPU's were peaked 24x7. When I inserted Alligate into the mix, CPU's peak at about 30-40% now. I highly recommend it. ~Dan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colbeck, Andrew Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:52 PM To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Mail Pre-Processor recommendations I use Alligate from Solid Oak Software, and I like it a lot. On my primary gateway, I received just shy of 500,000 connections in the last 24 hours, and my Declude only had to see 4% of that traffic. Yes, 4%. I'm spending less time doing clever things in Declude, because Alligate is pre-filtering so well for me. Andrew. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Fosseen Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:29 PM To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Mail Pre-Processor recommendations I believe I have seen some replies to this already, but I though I would put this out again. I am hosting about 30 domains worth of email and filtering for an additional 10 domains. My current configuration is all mail is pre-filtered through a Barracuda 400 box, then forwarded to a Smartermail 4.x server running Declude with Sniffer, Zero Hour, invURIBL. The Smartermail/Declude box is a Dual Quad Core HP server with 2 Gig of RAM. I am currently receiving about 600k email messages a day on the Barracuda box, and it is seeing performance issues. Before I purchase a 2nd Barracuda box I though I would check to see if anyone has a better solution. Declude still catches 40-60% SPAM after the Barracuda box. Thanks _ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Your are asked to notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency. Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. - _ Scott Fosseen - Systems Engineer - Prairie Lakes AEA - http://www.aea8.k12.ia.us/tech _ We live in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons. - Alfred E.Neumann MAD magazine _ --- 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. --- 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.
