Re: [gentoo-server] kernel recommendations on productins servers

[Mark Rudholm]

On Sunday 24 August 2003 11:51, Paulo Loureiro wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> What kernel sources do you recommend/use on production level servers
> and/or firewalls?

I'm using gentoo-sources on an inbound mail pre-processor and it seems to work 
just fine.

I'm running qmail/qmail-scanner, clamav, and spamassassin on a box that's just 
a mail relay (i.e. no user accounts).  Spamassassin does a good job of 
scoring inbound email, so users can use filters on their mail clients to set 
their own spam thresholds and rules.  Clam doesn't have the largest virus 
database, but it's pretty good, and it's free/open source.  With the latest 
barrage or Microsoft email worms/viruses, this open source deployment gained 
a lot of respect from upper management at my company.  The fact that it was 
effective, and didn't cost anything other than hardware and some of my time, 
and won't require perpetual license payments really caught their eye.

The spreadsheet that showed I saved them 5 man-years of lost personnel time in 
the last year of running Spamassassin really got to them, too.  :-)

-Mark