I use MailScanner and the Sophos dat files (although you can use McAffe or Kapersky(sp) antivirus as well. The rpm went on the box without a hitch and poof. I'm up and getting e-mail
James On 04 May 2002 10:21:48 +1000 Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Randy, > I'll check out those pages. No need to handle outgoing mail, so > the approach you suggest would seem appropriate. I'll keep you > posted on progress. > > Anyone else with a vew on this? Particularly the virus checking > stage. > > cheers > Brian > > On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 01:15, Randy Kramer wrote: > > Brian Parish wrote: > > > Advice please. I would like to set up a LM8.2 box to grab the > > > email for a numbers of accounts at one ISP, check them for > > > viruses, then store them in appropriate mailboxes, ready for a > > > number of W$ clients to access using the M$ patented virus > > > propagator. The LM box therefore needs to become a pop > > > server. > > > > > > This can be a no frills solution, as long as it works and is > > > reliable. What's the simplest formula to achieve this? > > > > What path do you want outgoing mail to follow? Can each Windows > > email client send mail directly back to the ISP via smtp, or is > > there a reason to route the outgoing mail through the same > > server that handles the incoming mail? > > > > If the server doesn't need to handle outgoing mail, you can use > > a combination of fetchmail, procmail, and imapd to handle the > > incoming mail -- set up fetchmail to grab the mail from the ISP > > and hand it off to procmail, let procmail do the filtering (and > > hand it off to a virus checker -- I'm not too clear on this > > step), then let procmail distribute it to individual user's mail > > boxes on the server. Set up a pop server using imapd to let > > users access the mail in their mail boxes via pop3. > > > > If the server does need to handle outgoing mail, you probably > > need a full blown email server. > > > > I have been trying (sporadically and half-heartedly) to set this > > up for myself. I've developed some sketches (see the following > > links) to help me (and then others) understand more about how > > email is handled in Linux. > > > > See: > > * > > http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/EmailSketchWorksheet > > (accurate AFAICT) > > * http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/EmailServerSketches > > (possibly less accurate, and I intend to modify these to match > > the style of the previous sketch) > > > > One of the sketches on the second page shows the fetchmail, > > procmail, imap approach. None of them show a virus checker. I > > would be interested in hearing how you make out, and in any > > suggestions / corrections you have for the sketches as you work > > on your server. > > > > Randy Kramer > > > > ---- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > >
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
