> On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 05:01 -0700, Nybbles2Byte wrote: >> Hello , >> Well, I finally got the whole email setup working. The system >> comprises of: >> OpenSuSE 11.0 >> Cyrus-Imap >> Cyrus-SASL >> Postfix >> MySQL >> Amavis >> SpamAssassin >> ClamAV >> setup up to work with multiple domains. >> I am sure that there are a bunch of little tricks that would make this >> system sing that an experienced administrator would know, and that >> would take me months to find out. So, is there someone there, knowing >> that all the initial setup has been done and works, that could/would >> shell into my server and just tweak whatever he can with his >> experience. > > I don't know what I'd do unless there was a specific problem or issue. > Of the cuff my thoughts are: > > 1.) Make sure you are using Skiplist and not Berkley DB for databases > that default to Berkeley. > 2.) Enable delayed expunge and configure a cyr_expunge job > 3.) Disable, shoot, and burn SpamAssassin; that slow bloated buggy cow > isn't worth the resource and maintenance cost for the very small > improvement in SPAM prevention it offers over just RBLs, good MTA > configuration, and greylisting. All of which are simple and low > [resource] cost. Absolutely nothing else will do more to improve > performance. That's getting a bit OT but - why exactly is it so bad? Slow bloated cow - maybe, but apart from that it can be configured to run almost maintenance free. We are running it with spampd (http://www.worlddesign.com/index.cfm/rd/mta/spampd.htm) and it tags more than 99% of spam as spam and it does so for may years. Regards, Simon ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
