Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:38:34 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: "Josh Kidd" <jkidd@afflink.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Best SMTP Gateway Program and Reporting Tools Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20080812173702.02500958@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <90B9B014E38B4C48A792EFD25F27624E023E9166@ALAFEXCH.performa nce.pfgc.com> References: <90B9B014E38B4C48A792EFD25F27624E023E9166@ALAFEXCH.performance.pfgc.com>
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At 03:22 PM 8/12/2008, Josh Kidd wrote:
>I just wanted to pose this question to the list on people's opinions as
>to what the best SMTP Gateway program (ie. Sendmail, Postfix, etc) is
>and what the best log analysis tool for that SMTP program is.
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>We are currently using Symantec Mail Security for our outgoing SMTP
>Gateway but want to employ an open-source solution instead. My problem
>is our main requirement is to have a way to view the logs on a web based
>interface that will allow our system administrators when a customer
>complains they didn't receive an email to be able to go into the logs
>and search by date/time and view the activity for that period to
>determine if the mail went through our system or if it was blocked and
>if so why.
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>I've heard of and read about a few different programs like SMA and
>Anteater and pflogstats, but I don't know if these will have the
>functionality I need to allow admins to search logs for a specific
>date/time and/or specific phrase/address on a web based interface.
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>I appreciate any help, advice in making this decision.
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>Josh
Josh,
I use sendmail and sma. But I don't these fit your needs. In fact, I
doubt you will find an opensource solution that does. For those types of
features you need to spend some money and buy a commercial product.
-Derek
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