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RE: looking into spamassassin mail proxy solution
From: tuxbeagle <txjin(at)tuxbeagle.com>
Date: Wed Sep 26 2007 - 18:40:57 EDT
>>>
>>> tuxbeagle wrote:
>>>> I am trying to find a mail proxy/spamassassin solution for 2
>>>> situations.
>>>> Situation 1 is
>>>> Mail Server --> Mail Proxy --> Internet
>>>>
>>>> Situation 2 is
>>>> Mail Client --> Mail Proxy --> Mail Server
>>>>
>>>> Mail Proxy is on a seperate server.
>>>>
>>>> I think MailScanner will work but after reading through part of the
>>>> documentation still am not sure.
>>> MailScanner isn't a proxy.
>>>
>>> However, you could still use it for Situation 1 depending on exactly
>>> what "Mail Server" is, and what kind of stuff you are willing to set up.
>>>
>>>> Pop3Proxy might work but there doesn't
>>>> appear to have been much work on it, in some time.
>>>>
>>> That mgith work for situation 2, but not situation 1.
>>>
>>> Quite frankly, doing anything of this sort using proxies is asking for
>>> trouble.
>>>
>>> The normal way of integrating SA is to run it directly on your
>>> mailserver, or insert another upstream mailserver to run SA on, and
>>> forward all mail through that machine.
>>>
>>> ie:
>>>
>>> 1) MailServer with SA --> internet
>>> 2) Mail Client ---> Mail Server with SA
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> 1) Mail Server (existing) --> New Mail Server with SA --> internet
>>> 2) Mail Client --> Mail Server (existing) --> New Mail Server with SA
>>>
>>>
Date: Wed Sep 26 2007 - 18:40:57 EDT
Thanks,
Knowing what to search for helps.
The first document I started reading has an installation where spam is
filtered to a specific user 'spammy'. I hope that there is a way to just
tag the spam in the header and let the user filter locally.
Gary V-2 wrote:
> > >> Matt Kettler-3 wrote:
>>>
>>> tuxbeagle wrote:
>>>> I am trying to find a mail proxy/spamassassin solution for 2
>>>> situations.
>>>> Situation 1 is
>>>> Mail Server --> Mail Proxy --> Internet
>>>>
>>>> Situation 2 is
>>>> Mail Client --> Mail Proxy --> Mail Server
>>>>
>>>> Mail Proxy is on a seperate server.
>>>>
>>>> I think MailScanner will work but after reading through part of the
>>>> documentation still am not sure.
>>> MailScanner isn't a proxy.
>>>
>>> However, you could still use it for Situation 1 depending on exactly
>>> what "Mail Server" is, and what kind of stuff you are willing to set up.
>>>
>>>> Pop3Proxy might work but there doesn't
>>>> appear to have been much work on it, in some time.
>>>>
>>> That mgith work for situation 2, but not situation 1.
>>>
>>> Quite frankly, doing anything of this sort using proxies is asking for
>>> trouble.
>>>
>>> The normal way of integrating SA is to run it directly on your
>>> mailserver, or insert another upstream mailserver to run SA on, and
>>> forward all mail through that machine.
>>>
>>> ie:
>>>
>>> 1) MailServer with SA --> internet
>>> 2) Mail Client ---> Mail Server with SA
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> 1) Mail Server (existing) --> New Mail Server with SA --> internet
>>> 2) Mail Client --> Mail Server (existing) --> New Mail Server with SA
>>>
>>>
>> These last two appear to be what I am trying to achieve, but am not sure >> how >> to set up the "New Mail Server with SA" and put it transparently between >> the >> "Mail Server" and internet. > > There are numerous HOWTOs explaining how to build a gateway (relay) server > using Postfix, amavisd-new and SpamAssassin. Google for those three nouns. > It is very important to remember that a relay server must be configured to > reject mail to invalid users for domains you host. > > Gary V > > _________________________________________________________________ > Discover the new Windows Vista > http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vista&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE >
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