What anti-spam would you recommend for MS 6.2 running on Solaris x86

Hi,

Personally I would use ClamAV with messaging server. With the latest messaging patch (-58, available on sunsolve) there is a plugin now provided (libclamav.so) which allows for messaging server to use the clamd daemon directly to scan incoming emails. The big advantage is the cost (free).

I have also used the Sophos antivirus product, that seemed to work pretty well - but we had a site licence so using the software for email scanning was also free.

Basically it comes down to how much do you want to spend, and what do you already have available. Also make sure you update your signature files as often as possible.

Regards,

Shane.

shane_hjorth at 2007-7-7 3:11:46 >

Messaging Server is running in an academic environment so cost is a big issue. If SpamAssasin is free then that definitely serves up a big advantage. I've taken note of ClamAV for the same reason.

Incidentally, Symantec seem to quote Brightmail as running on Solaris on SPARC only - see http://www.symantec.com/Products/enterprise?c=sysreqs&refId=835&ln=en_U K

Both as regards ClamAV and SpamAssasin - we are talking about Solaris on x86, right?

Thanks to shane_hjorth and jay_plesset.

edepas at 2007-7-7 3:11:46 >

Hi,

Sorry about the anti-virus reply.. brain melt (been writing doco for the libclamav.so).

re: anti-SPAM product, you may want to have a look through the email archives for the higher education mailing list:

http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/hied-emailadmin.html

There have been a number of discussions on spam filtering.

SpamAssassin is a useful product but requires a fair bit of hand-holding if you want good match rates and not suck up too much performance especially if you are processing >100K messages/day. There have been discussions on this forum regarding the tuning of spamassassin rulesets.

SpamAssassin definitely works on Solaris x86.

Regards,

Shane.

shane_hjorth at 2007-7-7 3:11:46 >