Comments on: Maia Mailguard (part 1) http://nerhood.wordpress.com/2005/03/04/maia-mailguard-part-1/ My digital diary with topics about family, work, computers, technology, books and whatever else comes to mind Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:27:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Robert LeBlanc http://nerhood.wordpress.com/2005/03/04/maia-mailguard-part-1/#comment-116 Robert LeBlanc Sun, 13 Mar 2005 23:39:03 +0000 /?p=307#comment-116 Maia works fine with amavisd-new 2.2.0, you just have to get it from the subversion (svn) repository on Maia's website. The development version in the repository contains a file called "amavisd-maia" [...] released in the next few weeks. The best source for support and documentation at this point is the Maia-Users mailing list, which has searchable archives and a subscription link on the Maia website. Maia works fine with amavisd-new 2.2.0, you just have to get it from the subversion (svn) repository on Maia’s website. The development version in the repository contains a file called “amavisd-maia”
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released in the next few weeks. The best source for support and documentation at this point is the Maia-Users mailing list, which has searchable archives and a subscription link on the Maia website.

]]> By: Ken Nerhood http://nerhood.wordpress.com/2005/03/04/maia-mailguard-part-1/#comment-115 Ken Nerhood Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:23:48 +0000 /?p=307#comment-115 Because of a number of things that I had read and my concerns about the older version of amavisd that it used, I decided to download the latest development version via <a href="https://secure.renaissoft.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/browser/">svn</a>. I did this for a couple of reasons. The first begin that it comes with an already patched version of amavisd-new 2.20 (while not the latest 2.2.1 it is much better than the 06132003 version) and it integrated just fine with minimal or no errors. The second reason sort of address one of yours and my complaints, that it is UGLY. The development versions have added the <a href="http://smarty.php.net/rightforme.php">smarty template engine</a> to make it easier to address the ugly interface issues. Granted the included interfaces still leave a lot to be desired but it does offer greater flexibility and they are better. The third reason is that in some ways it simplifies the interface by presenting the users with a one click off, low, med, high protection for easy administration. I still have a little more config and testing to do, but hopefully tomorrow I will roll it out to a limited set of users for testing and see if they think it will be beneficial to use for the firm as whole. Because of a number of things that I had read and my concerns about the older version of amavisd that it used, I decided to download the latest development version via svn. I did this for a couple of reasons. The first begin that it comes with an already patched version of amavisd-new 2.20 (while not the latest 2.2.1 it is much better than the 06132003 version) and it integrated just fine with minimal or no errors.

The second reason sort of address one of yours and my complaints, that it is UGLY. The development versions have added the smarty template engine to make it easier to address the ugly interface issues. Granted the included interfaces still leave a lot to be desired but it does offer greater flexibility and they are better.

The third reason is that in some ways it simplifies the interface by presenting the users with a one click off, low, med, high protection for easy administration.

I still have a little more config and testing to do, but hopefully tomorrow I will roll it out to a limited set of users for testing and see if they think it will be beneficial to use for the firm as whole.

]]> By: Keith Strickland http://nerhood.wordpress.com/2005/03/04/maia-mailguard-part-1/#comment-117 Keith Strickland Mon, 07 Mar 2005 19:19:04 +0000 /?p=307#comment-117 Ken, I set this up on my box because of your comments in <a href="http://www.keithstric.com/article173.html" target="_blank">this post</a> on my site and I think I like what it can do, but I did have a few issues and was wondering how you got/get around them. My biggest issue was that it required the 06132003 (I think) version of amavis-new. It was with this version (stated in the documentation) that the included patch works for. I tried with the newest version with no success and after messing with it for a few hours gave up and went with the 06132003 version. This version patched fine, but produced mega-errors in the log, started with a lot of errors and wouldn't shutdown properly. It also didn't quarantine messages at is should have. The other issue I have is that it's UGLY!!! I ended up going with the newer version of amavis-new and it still didn't quarantine messages as it should. So, I ended up just uninstalling it and keeping everything back to normal. I think if the installation/configuration process were a little more refined, the patch worked with any version of amavis, there were more documentation documents and the look a little more customizable, this has the potential to be a good product, but the limited version of amavis-new is a big issue in my eyes and later "could" be a security issue if any are found with amavis. So, keep us updated in how this goes and if it works for you. Keith Ken,

I set this up on my box because of your comments in this post on my site and I think I like what it can do, but I did have a few issues and was wondering how you got/get around them.

My biggest issue was that it required the 06132003 (I think) version of amavis-new. It was with this version (stated in the documentation) that the included patch works for. I tried with the newest version with no success and after messing with it for a few hours gave up and went with the 06132003 version. This version patched fine, but produced mega-errors in the log, started with a lot of errors and wouldn’t shutdown properly. It also didn’t quarantine messages at is should have.

The other issue I have is that it’s UGLY!!!

I ended up going with the newer version of amavis-new and it still didn’t quarantine messages as it should. So, I ended up just uninstalling it and keeping everything back to normal.

I think if the installation/configuration process were a little more refined, the patch worked with any version of amavis, there were more documentation documents and the look a little more customizable, this has the potential to be a good product, but the limited version of amavis-new is a big issue in my eyes and later “could” be a security issue if any are found with amavis.

So, keep us updated in how this goes and if it works for you.

Keith

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