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30 seconds per message is high, but it also depends on the messages; a large message could take even longer than that. Processing time will depend on a lot of factors, from the message size and content to the server load and resource availability. What can you do about this? Play around with the settings; decrease the number of child processes, then incrementally increase them, all the while checking resource use. Try disabling some SA checks. There is a lot you can do, but unfortunately I simply don't have the time to offer support for this myself.

Ok, thanks for the reply

So far I can only get VMWare Server to work on a public IP Address with the SAVASM firewall disabled.  From what I can tell the SAVASM firewall is configured to work on a 192.168.x.x subnet and I can't find out how to change it. 

I disabled the firewall via the console SETUP program to get access. I read earlier that you should go into WebAdmin and change Network / Linux Firewall rules, but there are none configured that I can find (I'm guessing because it's disabled via setup).

All I really need to do is change the 192.168.x.x to my real IP Address. 

Can anyone tell me how to make that change?  I'm a Linux idiot.

Thanks,

-Joe

You need to make sure that:

1. Your network settings in SAVASM are correct. See point 1.9 in the readme.

2. Make sure SpamAssassin allows your SM IP (range). See 2.6.

3. The firewall is not set to block anything, but you can check it using webmin, See 2.7

Why would you include a firewall that, "is not set to block anything"?  That doesn't make much sense.

Here's what I can tell you.

I have VMWare / SAVASM running on a live (real) IP Address (not a 192.168.x.x address). 

#1  When I use the console to run setup then disable firewall all runs fine.  SpamAssassin works fine and I can access web admin.  But, the rest of the world could use my SpamAssassin if they found it.  I can access the web admin from anywhere.  Not something I want.

#2  If I enable the firewall via setup I cannot access web admin and SpamAssassin stops working. 

So the firewall does in fact block something. 

The question is how to change the firewall to accept my live IP Address instead of the 192.168.x.x range (which I'm not using)?  When the firewall is disabled via console you can't configure it inside web admin, and if I enable the firewall I can't access web admin to configure the firewall.  Catch 22.

-Joe

csimo:

Why would you include a firewall that, "is not set to block anything"?  That doesn't make much sense.

The firewall is set to block access on various ports (see the readme). What I meant was that it will not block IPs.

csimo:

When I use the console to run setup then disable firewall all runs fine.  SpamAssassin works fine and I can access web admin.  But, the rest of the world could use my SpamAssassin if they found it.  I can access the web admin from anywhere.  Not something I want.

SpamAssassin will only accept connections from the IPs you explicitly define; no one else can use it. And Webmin can be configured to work in the same way. When using SAVASM on a public IP, though, what I do is set all the services (webmin, SSH, SA) to run on non-standard ports; that way it is unlikely that anyone will find them, or be able to exploit them even if they do. 

Another issue I've discovered.  The time on the SAVASM server is inaccurate.  I have the proper timezone configured but the time is off by about 10 minutes. 

I've tried setting the VMWare Server option to allow SAVASM to obtain time info from the host but that doesn't seem to correct the problem.

Is there a way to have SAVASM use a time server to set the time on a regular basis?

-Joe

Where can i find real time stats or a page/file/etc that will show emails as they come in and out???

nick@lightgov.com:

Where can i find real time stats or a page/file/etc that will show emails as they come in and out???

The spamd log (/var/log/spamd.log) will list messages as they are processed.

Hi,

My query may be sound very basic, but if someone can reply, I am using SM 5.5 entp edition on Windows 2003 Server with inbuilt CalmD & SpamAssasian enabled, it has been hosted at THE PLANET 

1. Can i deploy SAVASM on existing server?

2. Should i disable inbuilt SPAMASSASIAN & CLAMD once i deploy SAVASM?

3. is it secure & stable to have SM & SAVASM on same server which exposed to internet

4 This server is used exclusively for SM mail only

5 The reason we are looking at SAVASM as it might increase mail delivery which is currently taking in the range of 10/20 minutes minimum as we handle around 20000+ mails per day between around 1000 users

Thanks in advance

dev_shah:

1. Can i deploy SAVASM on existing server?

Yes.

dev_shah:

2. Should i disable inbuilt SPAMASSASIAN & CLAMD once i deploy SAVASM?

Yes. You can continue to use those as a backup, if you wish, but it is generally not worth the resources.

dev_shah:

3. is it secure & stable to have SM & SAVASM on same server which exposed to internet

SAVASM is pretty secure by itself, but if you are going to expose it on the internet, it's generally a good idea to change the ports to something only you know. This will significantly reduce the number of attacks on it.

Hi,

If i discontinue inbuilt SA & ClamAV & enable SAVASM than will delivery of mails will improve? also there is some sound on this forum that ClamAV is discontinuing it's support so will SAVASM will adapt new AV solution in time to come?

Thanks in advance

venman:

I just installed SM5 and set it up to use SAVASM 0.1.8.  SpamAssassin appears to be working but Clam AV keeps giving the following error in the delivery log:

Unable to run Clam virus checks: System.Exception: ClamD connection timed out
   at SmarterTools.SmarterMail.MailStore.Spam1.ClamDClient.CheckStream()

Has anyone else experienced this problem as well?  Port 3310 is open on my SAVASM virtual machine and I've tried setting the timeout setting higher but the same error always appears.

Hello!

I'm having exactly the same issue. SpamAssasin works withour problems but ClamD is not. I'm getting exactly the same error in my SM5.5 logs. I've checked from my SM server and SAVASM 3310 port is open (clamd is running and clamd.conf is pointing to this por too).

Thanks for help