Hi James, I am a newbie to this list so you may wanna take anything I say with a pinch of salt :)
I recommend that you install fetchmail on your new Fedora server. Fetchmail does exactly what it says on the tin. It grabs mail from a POP/IMAP/SMTP server and passes it on to your local MTA (eg. sendmail). Here is an extract from the manpage: "As each message is retrieved fetchmail normally delivers it via SMTP to port 25 on the machine it is running on (localhost), just as though it were being passed in over a normal TCP/IP link" Hope that helps. Regards ! -- Carlton ============================= GIFFORD INTERNET SERVICES Bristol, United Kingdom Tel: 0845 111 0032 Tel: 0117 939 7722 Fax: 0845 111 0033 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.gifford.co.uk ============================= On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, James Nunnerley wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I'm looking for some advise before I go ahead and start working on creating an > email gateway/server, to reduce Spam and viruses. > > I currently have about 5 POP3 accounts and a further 2 domains, which I > use/supply email on. > > On my POP3 accounts alone, I'm averaging about 200-300 spam/viruses a day, which > is getting somewhat annoying. > > I've got a spare server, which I plan on installing Fedora Core 2 on, and > building it into a email server. > > I can easily see how I can filter the whole domain emails, just by chainging the > DNS record to point at the server, however, I'm not sure how best to go about > dealing with the POP3 accounts. They are "ISP" supplied email addresses, and I > don't want to change them. > > Is there a way I can setup Mimedefang so it filters the domains, but also picks > up, and then filters, the POP3 accounts? > > Any help, gratefully received! > > Cheers > James > _______________________________________________ > Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca > MIMEDefang mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang > _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
