Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:04:50 -0500 From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> To: jc@irbs.com Cc: FreeBSD ISP <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Clamav replacement for FreeBSD+postfix? Message-ID: <17881.55474.548240.495464@canoe.dclg.ca> In-Reply-To: <20070218184713.GA12199@exuma.irbs.com> References: <cone.1171556679.453588.55347.1000@zoraida.natserv.net> <20070218184713.GA12199@exuma.irbs.com>
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>>>>> "John" == John Capo <jc@irbs.com> writes: John> Quoting Francisco Reyes (lists@stringsutils.com): >> Anyone using something other than Clamav in an busy FreeBSD+postfix >> environment for antivirus? >> >> Clamav freezes often. Reading archives, seems this is not so rare >> in FreeBSD. >> >> We even tried better machines, and gave Clamav more memory. That >> helped, but still seeing issues. >> >> This is for an ISP, so experiences on other ISPs or large setups >> (ie over 100,000 emails per day) would be most welcome. John> We scan 300,000 messages on a busy day with 4 4.11 machines. John> ClamAV has been rock solid here for many months. I updated to John> 0.90 yesterday due to the security alert and so far so good. John> We also offer Sophos as an extra cost option due to its cost. John> Sophie and Sophos have never burped once in the 5 years we have John> used that combo. Highly recommended but not cheap. I run spampd on some machines and amavis on others, but both use clamav for virus scanning. I can't say that I've had any problems that I've noticed. Most mailservers are running in the 100 to 500 messages a minute range. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================
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