[OPLINTECH] Providing freeware/software...

[JKENZIG]

 You still use pop3 email at home? ;)  I quit doing that years ago after the I love you virus embarrassed me! Just forward all your pop mail to a windows live, grail or yahoo mail account they have built in spam filters and will help you almost eliminate the chances of getting a virus/spyware on your computer to about 85%-95%. : ) I haven't gotten a virus on my PC since. You have the added bonus that you can get you mail anyplace and you can easily save messages locally that you want to keep. Windows Live email is so close to Outlook that you don't need anything else. 


Jim Kenzig
Network Manager
Cuyahoga County Public Library

-----Original Message-----
From: oplintech-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at oplin.org] On Behalf Of Ed Liddle
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 4:38 PM
To: willda at oplin.org
Cc: Chad Neeper; OPLINTECH at oplin.org
Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Providing freeware/software...

I have used IPCop with the Copfilter add-on at home. I had it scanning
pop-3 e-mail for spam and virus's. I was running it on an old PIII. It worked extremly well for tagging spam e-mail and catching viruses on incoming e-mail but seemed to run slow. 
Earlier this year I switched to Smoothwall express 3  (free version). It seems to be lighter than IPCop with Copfilter. I now have smoothwall scanning incoming pop3 e-mail for virus's. I do not have it scanning for spam. That does play a part in the quickness. One thing I do like about smoothwall is the real-time traffic graphs and bars. You can see the current bandwidth usage on the smoothwall interfaces as well as what each client is using. I have not tried to use any add-ons with smoothwall yet.

Overall I am quite pleased with Smoothwall.

-Ed Liddle 

On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 16:11 -0500, Dan Will wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> At the libraries I support, I use IPCOP (an open source firewall) that 
> includes squid, an http cache (along with numerous other services).
> This helps to conserve bandwidth and helps a lot with Microsoft 
> Updates, etc. The setup works very, very well.
> 
> </snip>
> Chad,
>    Have you tried Smoothwall Linux. I have often heard IPCop & 
> Smoothwall in the same breath. My understanding is that IPCop is a 
> fork from the early Smoothwall tree. I have been using Smoothwall for 
> better than a year and a half. Smoothwall 3 was released about 4 
> months ago and the community (Homebrewers) have a pretty good selection of add-ons for it. Smoothwall 3 (Polar) has SCSI support (and works great with the old Gates Foundation server) and throttling capabilities built in now.
> Just curious about your take (I'm not switching from Smoothwall ;^)
> 
> 
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> Meigs County District Public Library
> Pomeroy, Ohio 45769
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