Hello, I just want to let you know how I solved the spam problem on my server and reduced the mail load dramatically:
Mails arriving on my server get tagged by spamassassin before they reach mailman: postfix -> spamassassin -> postfix -> mailman (see http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/IntegratedSpamdInPostfix) I changed my mailman installation (in /opt/mailman) this way: In directory /opt/mailman/mail: 1. move mailman to mailman-org 2. create a new wrapper-script "mailman" (chown mailman:mailman, chmod 755): ----- BEGIN ----- #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/procmail -m /opt/mailman/mail/mailman.procmailrc $* ----- END ----- 3. create the file "mailman.procmailrc" (chown mailman:mailman, chmod 644): ----- BEGIN ----- :0 * ^X-Spam-Flag:.+YES /dev/null :0 |/opt/mailman/mail/mailman-org $1 $2 ----- END ----- Now every mail that gets tagged as spam by sa will be dropped by procmail, even those annoying mails to -owner. And no more backscatter from your list!! Michael ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
