central amavis machine for in and outbound

[Tobias Hachmer]

Am 17.11.2011 18:05, schrieb Patrick Ben Koetter:
> You mean this?
>
>  +--------+    +--------+      +--------+  +--------+
>  |        |    |        |      |        |  |        |
>  |inbound |    |inbound |      |outbound|  |outbound|
>  |        |    |        |      |        |  |        |
>  +---+----+    +-+------+      +--------+  +--------+
>      |           |                     +      +
>      |           |                     |      |
>      |           |                     |      |
>      |           |   +---------------+ |      |
>      |           |   |               | |      |
>      |           +--+|  content      |++      |
>      +--------------+|  filter       |+-------+
>      smtpd_proxy_... |  amavis       |
>                      +---------------+

Yes, that's what I've tried to express...

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

Well, at the moment there are 30000~ incoming mails per month, outgoing 
is nothing to speak of.
I don't use any commercial virus scanner, just clamav.

>> >Are there any pros or cons?
>
> What is the gain in your eyes?

I don't really know, I hope the list can tell me some experiences.
What are the pros and cons to have one or two central amavis machines 
compared to have an amavis instance on every postfix machine locally 
(e.g. how to handle bayes?)?

Greetz,

Tobias