[vexim] Time to ditch SA/DSPAM?

[Timothy Martin]

I have a question about it... It claims to be compatible with BSD but  
I could only find a linux download. Anyone know how to get it working  
on FreeBSD?

.tim


On Jun 29, 2008, at 1:57pm, Burnie wrote:

> Avleen Vig <lists-vexim at silverwraith.com> wrote:
>
>> For a few months now, I've been using a product called TrafficControl
>> from MailChannels. I know the guys who wrote it and they're a pretty
>> solid bunch.
>>
>> It works so well for me, that SA and DSPAM catch less than one spam a
>> day per account now. As a result, I've turned them off here.
>>
>> I thought you guys might want to know about this too :)
>> http://www.mailchannels.com/
>>
>> Before release they were going to charge or the product, but it's now
>> free for non-commercial users, and free for any use if you get less  
>> than
>> 10k connections a day.
>>
>> Let me know if you try it and what you think of it.
>
> Ok, I downloaded it today to see what it was all about.
>
> My first thought was that a lot of the files are encrypted or binary.
>
> How do I know TC is doing what it is supposed to do, and not something
> else? I suppose most people won't bother to decrypt and decode the
> files to make sure it's not harmful code in there somewhere.
>
> If you're gonna run this at port 25, you'll need priviledged access
> on the machine, and I don't give it to anybody/-thing.
>
> And how could I apply local patches if things don't work as planned.
> How do I get TC to understand that a particular type of mail
> isn't spam, and are supposed to be accepted?
> Does TC allow for special/local rules or learning?
>
>
> My second thought was that since a lot of the bundled files are
> compiled, I couldn't run it on any mailserver I'd choose. I would
> probably have to use a recent kernel and glibc to get it running.
> And my mailserver would certainly exceed the limit for free use,
> so it doesn't look very interesting at the moment...
>
>
> Then I looked further into the TC bundle.
> It also contains a lot of GPL'ed (and alike) software and modules.
> That's good, I thought.
>
> But wait a minute. If it's bundled with GPL'ed software, where's
> the GPL licence? And where's the source code?
>
> They are actually selling this to companies, and charging them for
> an unknown amount of money, and a lot of the software they sell are
> developed by other people?
>
> IANAL, but I seriously doubt they are entitled to distribute TC the
> way they are.
>
> All honors to the developers, they probably have made a good and
> working product. But when you're distributing software, and at least
> when you're selling it, you probably should have covered all your
> bases - in advance.
>
>
> My conclusion is that TC isn't for me.
> It's not tweakable enough for my needs, it doesn't run on all
> my platforms, and it is (probably) violating GPL.
> I think I'll stick to open source rather than a black (or grey)
> box. :)
>
> -- 
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