[Mimedefang] 40K+ emails a day and choking

[Champ Clark [Vistech]]

On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 01:26:20PM -0800, Stephen Ford wrote:
> hitting a max number of files open ceiling......  I'd
> say 90% of our email is spam (we are a small college
> with ~3000 email accounts) with scores averaging 20
> and above :-/
> 
> I'm going to add a local dns (even though the dns
> doesn't appear to be the bottle neck) and perhaps host
> a dcc server.....  I can also setup another box and
> round robin them but I shouldn't *have to* should I?

	That'd help.  One thing that greatly help us, 
which isnt mimedefang/spamassassin involved so much is,
using "pre-greet" and RBL checks at the MTA level.  

	That way,  you stop a lot of the mail before it
even hits mimedefang/spaassassin.   Just a thought :)


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