is this configuration feasible

[Ronan <r....@qub.ac.uk>]

I run three mailhubs which scan for spam / virus on all incoming and 
(external) outgoing mail for a single domain. Both virus and spam are 
done locally on each machine, and so therefore have to be updated / 
maintained manually on each. After jsut recently upgrading spam 3.0 on 
all 3 hubs and now just about to venture into the bayes options i want 
to consolidate the spamassassin into one server, not run on either of 
the mailhubs. This will allow me to centralise my baysian filtering and 
(as i run a site wide config, with no user pref) tune the specific 
filers in local.cf with only VI'ing one file... :D.
What is the recommended setup/ config to max performance and keep the 
various overheads as low as poss.. ie net traffic / cpu /ram 
requirements of spam server ( which i may try and integrate with the 
antivirus..)

The hubs run exim / sophie(SAV) / spam3.0

is there anything else i should take into account...???
thoughts / recommendations please.

thanks

ronan
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Regards

Ronan McGlue
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Analyst/Programmer
Information Services
Queens University Belfast
BT7 1NN

Re: is this configuration feasible

[Ronan <r....@qub.ac.uk>]

> I run three mailhubs which scan for spam / virus on all incoming and 
> (external) outgoing mail for a single domain. Both virus and spam are 
> done locally on each machine, and so therefore have to be updated / 
> maintained manually on each. After jsut recently upgrading spam 3.0 on 
> all 3 hubs and now just about to venture into the bayes options i want 
> to consolidate the spamassassin into one server, not run on either of 
> the mailhubs. This will allow me to centralise my baysian filtering and 
> (as i run a site wide config, with no user pref) tune the specific 
> filers in local.cf with only VI'ing one file... :D.
> What is the recommended setup/ config to max performance and keep the 
> various overheads as low as poss.. ie net traffic / cpu /ram 
> requirements of spam server ( which i may try and integrate with the 
> antivirus..)
> 
> The hubs run exim / sophie(SAV) / spam3.0
> 
> is there anything else i should take into account...???
> thoughts / recommendations please.
> 
> thanks
> 
> ronan

further to the above is there an option for sa-learn to read remote 
mailboxes / folders.
Ie with above configuration mail folders are stored on the mail servers 
so would i need to copy over any designated spam/ham folders in a cron 
say every 12 hours or is there an option to explicitly tell sa-learn 
what to do.???

many thanks

ronan

-- 
Regards

Ronan McGlue
==============
Analyst/Programmer
Information Services
Queens University Belfast
BT7 1NN