From: /dev/rob0 (rob0gmx.co.uk)
Date: Tue Feb 15 2005 - 13:33:06 CST

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On Tuesday 15 February 2005 13:19, phasma wrote:
> i'm using postfix as mail gateway filter and then reroute "passed"
> traffic to the real mx. This is from about 1 month.

I manage 2 of these, and am slated to add 2 more tomorrow.

> I noted that it is very very fast, more than a qmail system.

Really? "Fast" is a simplistic measure. My Postfix MX is far more
effective at filtering spam than the qmail could ever be. Many of those
rejections take time, checking numerous DNS sources. It's no
significant load on the server to make the client wait for service.

A simple, unpatched qmail should run circles around a filtering
Postfix. But there would be tons of spam coming in, and the machine
will have much more work to do.

> The real mx is a qmail+vpopmail system with mysql backend and about
> 9000 users. Mysql is also used for webmail, smtpd auth, pop3 auth,
> spamassassin user prefs, etc etc.
>
> The system works well but sometime it is very slow.

Where is the slowdown?

IINM this is what excite.com's Webmail service uses: Postfix in front
of a qmail backend.

> Anyone have similar experience?

I will, eventually. ;) But I'm not having any heartburn from the
situation as it now stands.
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