RE: SA Windows Version stable?

[Bret Miller <br...@wcg.org>]

>What are your experiences with SA on Windows Platform, since i am not 
>using it for now. Would you recommended it or are there too many caveats?

I have run SA on Windows for several years. Most built-in stuff works just
fine. With a couple small modifications, you can even store your bayes and
awl stuff in MSSQL.

DCC/Razor/Pyzor don't work. It's difficult to get stuff that needs to
compile to actually compile-- for example, DomainKeys support is not a
straightforward install though it can be done.

I'm not sure sa-compile works. I started working on the compatibility issues
at one point, but our stated direction for email is now outsourcing, so I'm
not spending time debugging SA but getting stuff integrated with the new
email solution.

I find SA to be rather CPU-intensive, and have had many days this year where
email got backlogged by a couple hours and was unable to catch up during
business hours. Of course, the CPU load can be lessened by running less
rules, but doing so makes SA less effective as well. We've had to opt for
less effective so that we don't get overloaded as often.  I'm not sure these
are entirely Windows issues, though.

I don't see SA crashing like it used to on Windows. It's been very stable
that way. However, some email messages take a long time to process, so make
sure your timeout value is set really high. I'm thankful that we've gotten
the multithreading issues resolved to the point where one message doesn't
hold up the rest any longer.

I would recommend it if you've got the power to spare.

Bret