swift 05/08/12 08:34:23 Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en mailfilter-guide.xml Log: #102150 - Miscellaneous updates
Revision Changes Path 1.12 +33 -30 xml/htdocs/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml?rev=1.12&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml?rev=1.12&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml.diff?r1=1.11&r2=1.12&cvsroot=gentoo Index: mailfilter-guide.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml,v retrieving revision 1.11 retrieving revision 1.12 diff -u -r1.11 -r1.12 --- mailfilter-guide.xml 12 Aug 2005 08:15:33 -0000 1.11 +++ mailfilter-guide.xml 12 Aug 2005 08:34:23 -0000 1.12 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml,v 1.11 2005/08/12 08:15:33 swift Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml,v 1.12 2005/08/12 08:34:23 swift Exp $ --> <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> <guide link="/doc/en/mailfilter-guide.xml"> @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> <license/> -<version>0.7.10</version> +<version>0.8.0</version> <date>2005-08-12</date> <chapter> @@ -98,9 +98,12 @@ setup special IMAP folders for learning of the Bayesian filter and for delivery of false positives </li> +<!-- <li>setup log analyzers to create daily reports</li> - <li>setup greylisting with Postfix 2.1</li> - <li>setup amavisd-new to use a MySQL backend for user preferences</li> +--> + <li>setup greylisting with Postfix</li> + <li>setup Amavisd-new to use a MySQL backend for user preferences</li> + <li>setup Spamassassin to use a MySQL backend for AWL and Bayes data</li> </ul> <note> @@ -260,7 +263,7 @@ -o smtp_data_done_timeout=1200 -o smtp_send_xforward_command=yes <comment>#Equivalently when using lmtp: -#smtp-amavis unix - - n - 2 lmtp +#lmtp-amavis unix - - n - 2 lmtp # -o lmtp_data_done_timeout=1200 # -o lmtp_send_xforward_command=yes</comment> @@ -292,7 +295,7 @@ The <c>smtp-amavis</c> line specifies that a maximum of two of these processes may run at any time. If you need a greater degree of concurrency tune this number to fit your needs. Remember that to match -the number with <c>$max_servers=</c> in <path>amavisd.conf</path> +the number with <c>$max_servers</c> in <path>amavisd.conf</path> </note> <note> @@ -422,6 +425,7 @@ </pre> --> +<!-- <p> Create the new home directory and set the proper permissions. </p> @@ -431,7 +435,8 @@ # <i>chown amavis:amavis /var/amavis</i> # <i>chmod 750 /var/amavis</i> </pre> - +--> + <p> Edit the following lines in <path>/etc/amavisd.conf</path> </p> @@ -481,6 +486,10 @@ # <i>chmod 750 /var/amavis/virusmails</i> </pre> +<note> +Amavisd-new offers finer policy tuning by using policy banks. +</note> + </body> </section> <section> @@ -702,7 +711,7 @@ </note> <note> -In a future version of this guide I plan to implement per-user policies using +In a later chapter I will show how to implement per-user policies using MySQL. </note> @@ -744,7 +753,6 @@ </p> <pre caption="Installing rulesdujour"> -# <i>echo "mail-filter/spamassassin-ruledujour ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords</i> # <i>emerge "mail-filter/spamassassin-ruledujour"</i> </pre> @@ -845,6 +853,8 @@ <note> If you want to see the complete output from amavisd-new start <c>amavisd debug-sa</c> as the <c>amavis</c> user and send a mail. +For this to work you might have to change the default shell in +<path>/etc/passwd</path>. </note> <p> @@ -1447,15 +1457,6 @@ Postgrey is now in Portage, currently still unstable. </note> -<note> -Instead of trusting the IO-Multiplex ebuild you can simply -emerge it using <c>g-cpan.pl</c>, a Perl script that automatically -downloads the latest version of a Perl module, creates an ebuild for it -and installs it on your system: <c>g-cpan.pl IO-Multiplex</c>. This does require -that your CPAN environment is set up correctly. -</note> - - <p> After installing <c>postgrey</c> we have to edit <path>main.cf</path>. Changes are almost exactly like the built in greylisting. @@ -1530,11 +1531,16 @@ </note> <p> -The upcoming Spamassassin 3.0 has support for SPF, however it is only in -the prerelease stage and the new policy daemon in Postfix supports SPF -so let's install SPF support for Postfix. +Spamassassin 3.0 has support for SPF, however it is not enabled by default +and the new policy daemon in Postfix supports SPF so let's install SPF support +for Postfix. </p> +<note> +If you want to use SPF with Spamassassin instead simply +<c>emerge dev-perl/Mail-SPF-Query</c> and restart Amavisd-new. +</note> + </body> </section> <section> @@ -1548,7 +1554,7 @@ </p> <pre caption="Installing spf.pl"> -# <i>cp postfix-2.1.0/examples/smtpd-policy/spf.pl /usr/bin/</i> +# <i>cp postfix-<version>/examples/smtpd-policy/spf.pl /usr/local/bin/</i> </pre> <note> @@ -1566,16 +1572,9 @@ </p> <pre caption="Installing the needed Perl libraries"> -# <i>echo "dev-perl/Mail-SPF-Query ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords</i> -# <i>echo "dev-perl/Net-CIDR-Lite ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords</i> -# <i>echo "dev-perl/Sys-Hostname-Long ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords</i> # <i>emerge Mail-SPF-Query Net-CIDR-Lite Sys-Hostname-Long</i> </pre> -<note> -The above Perl libraries are now in Portage, currently still unstable. -</note> - <p> Now that we have everything in place all we need is to configure Postfix to use this new policy. @@ -1583,7 +1582,7 @@ <pre caption="Modifying master.cf to use SPF"> policy-spf unix - n n - - spawn - user=nobody argv=/usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/spf.pl + user=nobody argv=/usr/bin/perl /usr/local/bin/spf.pl </pre> <p> @@ -2025,6 +2024,10 @@ Postfix README</uri> </li> <li><uri +link="http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/amavisd-new-docs.html#pbanks";>Amavisd-new +Policy bank documentation</uri> +</li> +<li><uri link="http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.0.x/dist/sql/README";>Spamassassin SQL README</uri></li> <li><uri link="http://www.greylisting.org";>Greylisting</uri></li> -- [email protected] mailing list
