central amavis machine for in and outbound

[Patrick Ben Koetter]

* Tobias Hachmer <lists at kokelnet.de>:
> Am 07.11.2011 20:31, schrieb Tobias Hachmer:
> >does it make sense or does anyone got such an environment productive:
> >
> >- one or two MX for several domains(seperate machines)
> >- one or two MTAs only for outbound mail purpose(seperate machines)
> >- one(or maybe two) central amavis machine(powerful) the 2-4 e.g.
> >postfix machines uses for pre-queue-filtering
> >
> >Does such a scenario make sense?

You mean this?

 +--------+    +--------+      +--------+  +--------+
 |        |    |        |      |        |  |        |
 |inbound |    |inbound |      |outbound|  |outbound|
 |        |    |        |      |        |  |        |
 +---+----+    +-+------+      +--------+  +--------+
     |           |                     +      +
     |           |                     |      |
     |           |                     |      |
     |           |   +---------------+ |      |
     |           |   |               | |      |
     |           +--+|  content      |++      |
     +--------------+|  filter       |+-------+
     smtpd_proxy_... |  amavis       |
                     +---------------+


It depends on the load and the filters (commercial virus scanner licences) you
use within amavis.

> >Are there any pros or cons?

What is the gain in your eyes?


p at rick

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