[vexim] Time to ditch SA/DSPAM?

[Aaron Eldridge]

Im steering clear of it due to it being close source and the lack of a GPL
licence. The reason I run my mail server is I can compile everything from
source, know exactly what code is doing what, make my own modifications and
fix's if needed, so this also is not for me, good luck to those that choose
to run it though :)

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:52:53 +0000, "Derrick MacPherson" <dmacpher at vfs.com>
wrote:
> If you have linux compatibility libraries installed it works I'm told. I
> had lunch last week with the founder/ceo, really nice guy. I've installed
> it and no problems on the install, hope to configure it later this week
and
> get it working..
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Martin <instanttim at mac.com>
> 
> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:43:51
> To: <vexim at silverwraith.com>
> Subject: Re: [vexim] Time to ditch SA/DSPAM?
> 
> 
> 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. :)
>>
>> --
>> Bernt  'Burnie'  Pettersen  ///  DoD#2345
>> <E-mail:burnie at dod.no>     ///  <URL:http://burnie.sh/>
>>     -  If today is the first day of the rest of your life,
>>                 what the hell was yesterday?   -
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