RE: [cobalt-users] Mail Server Overload Problems

["Phil Beynon" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Tuesday 09 March 2004 03:43 am, Hong Gao Qiang wrote:
>
> > Anyone has a better solution? I would like to know about it too...
>
> Seriously...
>
> 1) don't use a RaQ in today's spam-heavy environment; they're simply
> underpowered.
>
> 2) if you're getting a lot of spam don't use spamassassin; spamassassin
> can overload a system all by itself.
>
> 3) don't use sendmail if you can help it; this might require you build a
> separate email server or use an outsource company.
>
> We've built servers just to handle email, and use them as primary and
> secondary mx for our clients' domains; then forward the "cleaned-up"
> email to the client at a non-advertised address (on RaQs and other
> servers).
>
> Jeff
> --
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> Professional Internet Services & Support / Consulting / Colocation
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This is the route we are migrating towards, our isp that runs the co-lo has
provided 3 big dedicated mailservers for us, and other co-lo customers, to
route mail through - albeit optionally and this just relays the filtered
de-virused mail to the raq. We'll still be running mailscanner as a belt and
braces approach, but it should result in an actual fall in the server load
since we won't be processing either so much spam or detecting so many
viruses.
This then gives us a main mx record plus 2 backups against what we had
before which was just the single mx on the raq.
Nice thing about it as well is they are doing it as a free service included
within what we already pay!

Phil


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