Hello
I will not discuss it which is better , however ..
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ASSP is not as mature as the MailScanner/MailWatch/MSFE solution.
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may I know why do you think it's not mature ? There over 1 thousand assp deluxe client using with great success. Over 5000 admin using it worlwide (without a cpanel). 1.3.5 5.0 and 1.3.9 was build especially for cpanel and I have still to receive an assp BUG since dec 2007 when was releases 1.3.5 5.0 .
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The documentation of ASSP is not as good as MailScaner, and I have some difficulty to understand many points.
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there is ton of documentation here
http://www.asspsmtp.org/wiki/Welcome
There is a very active forum
http://www.asspsmtp.org/forums/
There are 2 mailing list (very active)
99% all possible problems using it with with cpanel are covered
http://www.grscripts.com/howtofaq.html
Which are the points you have difficult to understand ?
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It does not have SSL / TLS (Ok, with some difficulty you may do something with stunnel or other solutions, but again it is not native). It also looks like version 2.0 that is about to be considered stable will have it (at least I understood so).
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The ASSP deluxe frontend fully support it , the simple how to can be setup in 2 minutes
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It uses the configuration trough a port 55555 and also uses port 55553 but no SSL security. The administration Port 55555 accepts any name for the user. Invaders must just find the correct password. I do not like this. I fell insecure.
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In the ASSP history was never reported any security iussue related to the interface. Since 1.3.9 the assp password is also encrypted.
Note that we are talking about spam settings , we are not trying to protect root login .
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There are two different cpanel integration solutions: "ASSP X" (Free) and "ASSP De Luxe" (paid).
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assp deluxe is officially supported by the ASSP developer . Latest 2 versions 1.3.5 5.0 and 1.3.9 was modified by Fritz upon my requests especially to be compatible with cpanel an the deluxe frontend .
All the other assp deluxe clones are not supported at all by Fritz.
ASSP deluxe is not only a frontend . It contains exclusive features which make ASSP better . Spambox (fully customizable), daily reports , spam/not spam analyzer , find_abusers.php (appreciated alternative to assp pb extreme) , possibility to check/detext spam exiting from your server are the most important .
Which are the goals which are you serching on an antispam software ?. If you are searching these points
- Blocking more spam and virus as possible , near 100%
- Reducing near to zero false positives
- Automate more tasks as possible
- do all this using as low cpu as possible, much less than any other spam solution for cPanel.
- Reducing at maximum administration work, relaying to the end user common antispam tasks (such as whitelisting, and spam/not spam reporting
Well , if you configure ASSP correctly as recommended (
http://www.grscripts.com/changelog.html#16), it can reaches these goals.
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I did not realize that Mailscanner and ASSP could both be run on the same server together
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they can, however is like having a car with 8 wheels . It's surely redundant and unseful.
(If you configure ASSP correctly, mailscanner will be only redundant and will add extra work to your server , nothing else)