On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 09:26:25PM +0100, Dave Page wrote:
>>> So I take it the bottleneck is the box running the mailing list?
>>
>> Usually that, or av.hub.org which does the centralised anti virus/anti
>> spam (iirc).
>
> Does it scan every single incomming email? It might make more sense to
> have the mailing list software first validate that the email is from a
> valid subscriber.
I have just about every anti- filter that I can find enabled on postfix
itself, but its postfix itself that does the content filtering, not the
mailing list software ... so thet anti-virus is hit before the mailing
list software even sees it ... we also have spamassassin running, and
filters in place to reject any messages that trigger that ...
As a couple of ppl have found out by becoming 'moderators' for the mailing
lists, there are *alot* of messages through the server that aren't list
subscribers, but are legit emails ...
The process for email right now is:
scan for virus -> analyze/tag for spam -> pass to majordomo
majordomo then checks the spam tags and disregards based on a set of
rules, and what is left either has to wait for moderator approval/reject
*or* send onto the list, depending on if someone is subscribed or not ...
If y'all would like, I can eliminate the anti-virus/anti-spam checks and
just let it all go through though ... *evil grin*
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