Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:05:16 -0600 From: Sean Page <Sean.Page@epsb.ca> To: "'Sam Leffler'" <sam@errno.com>, art@pilikia.net Cc: "'freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: perlMX Message-ID: <ADEDBE1A539BD311907A00508B1349370B8E2E76@EXCHANGE06>
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I tried Version 1.x.x and found the exact same thing. Version 2 however, is
much more of an "out of the box" solution. The product ships with their
"SpamCheck" and "VirusCheck" filters and is ready to go literally within
minutes of installation, depending on how much you like to tweak things
(provided of course that you already have sendmail up and running with
milter support).
What might make this more advantageous than a free package is being able to
use their pre-built tools for actually managing filtered mail (for those
that will not tolerate lost mail in any shape or form). We may be finding
that those tools are still too undeveloped to be worth paying for the entire
package.
If there is interest, I'll try to keep the list posted on our findings. I
would like it if others who have tested PerlMx would share their feelings on
it.
Sean.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Leffler [mailto:sam@errno.com]
Sent: June 4, 2002 2:23 PM
To: Sean Page; art@pilikia.net
Subject: Re: perlMX
FWIW, I tried PerlMX and discarded it. Unless the product has changed, it's
more of a framework for implementing solutions. For SPAM filtering I use
DNS black lists (MAPS, ORDB) and DCC. For anti-virus filtering I found the
Trend Micro product to do ok (using it in evaluation mode right now under
Solaris).
Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Page" <Sean.Page@epsb.ca>
To: <art@pilikia.net>
Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:07 PM
Subject: RE: perlMX
> Hi Arthur,
>
> We are about to begin testing PerlMx, more specifically for it's spam
> checking than for virus protection. So far it seems to have very
> similar features to some of the free packages like Spam Assassin. We
> are after something commercially supported though, that has some more
> mature management features. Either way it looks like we will have to
> do some
custom
> Perl programming to get exactly what we are after, but, that remains
> to be seen...
>
>
> Sean Page
> Network Analyst
> Information Technology Services
> Edmonton Public Schools
> http://its.epsb.ca
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arthur W. Neilson III [mailto:art@pilikia.net]
> Sent: May 31, 2002 1:08 PM
> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: perlMX
>
>
> Has anyone evaluated or purchased the new product PerlMX
>
> http://www.activestate.com/Products/PerlMX
>
> from ActiveState? We currently use Amavis with NAI's uvscan to scan
> mail being relayed by sendmail on our FreeBSD 4.4 mail exchangers. We
> plan to upgrade to 4-stable and use the 8.12.3 sendmail with the
> milter interface for either Amavis or a commercial product such as
> PerlMX.
> --
> __
> / ) _/_ It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data.
> /--/ __ / Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories,
> / (_/ (_<__ Instead of theories to suit facts.
> -- Sherlock Holmes, "A Scandal in Bohemia"
> Arthur W. Neilson III, WH7N - FISTS #7448 Bank of Hawaii Network
> Services http://www.pilikia.net art@pilikia.net, aneilson@boh.com,
> wh7n@arrl.net
>
>
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