Just to say that for me, free os will win the battle, especially in small business and finaly at home, only when a comprehensive, easy to use, complete admin gui will be available for use by anyone without big knowledge. This will help a lot ...
Computers must be easy to use. The big point for windows is that it is easy to use, easy to manage/configure ... All tools are gui, all are consistent in use, ... Is there a complete managment tool for linux ? Francis > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Jeff Buehler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Envoyé : mercredi 22 juin 2005 19:36 > À : [email protected] > Objet : [xmail] Re: Help Xscanner > > > > However, ASSP (nor ClamSMTP nor ClamAV) do not run on Windows. There > are, of course, other solutions, but this combination is the > best I have > found for the price (or any price, although the high-priced > commercial > market is not really my expertise). I'm honestly trying to help Yann > come up with an ideal solution for what it sounds like his > problem may > be, not push idealogy. > > Speaking of idealogy, I think a lot of people choose Windows > because of > comfort and familiarity, which are really not the best > reasons to make > server based decisions (or arguably most reasonably complex IT > decisions), but I acknowledge that this is an opinion and not a clear > fact. I also run two Windows servers simply because I need them to > debug IT problems for clients, so I use them as test beds for > changes I > intend or need to make to client systems. I am at a loss as to why > someone would want a (very) expensive operating system for a > server when > free ones are available that perform at least as well (oh, > wait, I know, > Exchange and Active Directory - yay!). Not an argument, just > an opinion > from my experience. Bill certainly doesn't need the income. > > Thanks for the reminder not to start any wars! Certainly never my > intention - there are enough ridiculous wars around without > my help (um, > I hope that doesn't start another discussion!) > > > Jeff > > > > CLEMENT Francis wrote: > > > > > > > > >>-----Message d'origine----- > >>De : Jeff Buehler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Envoyé : mercredi 22 juin 2005 18:30 > >>À : [email protected] > >>Objet : [xmail] Re: Help Xscanner > >> > >> > >> If you have a SPAM problem, I would advise the following > >>configuration: > >> > >>1. Dump windows. Ubiquitous != good. Install Linux or FreeeBSD. > >> > >> > > > > > > > >>this may seem a bit elaborate, but in my opinion Windows is > >>really not ideal > >>(unstable, not too scaleable, not free) for running a mail > >>server. I found > >> > >> > > > >My xmail 'windows' server runs good from xmail 0.96 to xmail > 1.21 now and > >never restarted nor bugged ;-) > >(except for standard maintenance) > >I have too some FreeBSD running well too ... > >Badly configured Linux/FreeBSD/... equal badly configured > windows too .... > > > >Don't be soo partial ;-) Well configured Windows equals well > configured > >linux or others > >It's not really on these arguments that free software will win ... > > > >So don't start a war again please ... > > > > > > > >>Spam Assassin works well for anti-spam purposes, but it's a > >>little bit CPU > >>intensive relative to ASSP in my experience. I'm sorry but I > >>can't help you > >>with the doList filter, although at first look doList seems > >>to be a pretty > >>weak anti-spam solution - it's just a filter without Bayesian > >>analysis or > >>anything. > >> > >>Jeff > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >My one experience on spam battle : > >Run Xmail (one your os of choice, just configure the os > correctly ...) > >Add it Davide's excellent GLST filter > >Add it a good virus scanner (av-filter from Dario, henry.it, > with fprot or > >nai) > > > >At this time, you eliminate 99% spams without big > >cpu/software/harware/config... > >This is approximatively the result I found after 2 months with this > >configuration > >(we are hosters, with a good number of mails coming in every day) > > > >Francis > > > >- > >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > >the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
