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How to minimise SpamAssassin (spamd) memory use

I’m using SpamAssassin on Debian (the default configuration with Pyzor, AWL and Bayes disabled, and sa-compile enabled), and each of the spamd child processes consume around 100 to 150MB of memory (around 50MB of real memory) on the 32 bit servers, and about double this (logically enough) on the 64 bit servers. There are generally two child…

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How to minimise SpamAssassin (spamd) memory use

I’m using SpamAssassin on Debian (the default configuration with Pyzor, AWL and Bayes disabled, and sa-compile enabled), and each of the spamd child processes consume around 100 to 150MB of memory (around 50MB of real memory) on the 32 bit servers, and about double this (logically enough) on the 64 bit servers. There are generally two child…

Greylisting Advantages and Disadvantages

In the previous two articles, we covered installation and configuration of spamd, a useful spam-referral daemon. In this article, we will examine some of the advantages and disadvantages of greylisting.

The Greylisting Process

Before we begin, it might be useful to review some of the basic concepts of spam deferral. The process involves, at its most basic level, dividing hosts into three…

The spamd settings page in pfSense.

spamd is a ISC-licensed lightweight spam-deferral daemon which is part of the OpenBSD project. It works directly with SMTP connections and supports such features as greylisting and minimizing false positives. It should be fully functional on any system where pf is available; conveniently, there is a package available for pfSense.

spamd can be used to prevent…