On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm looking at setting up an email gateway for myself, due to the number > of emails that are either spam or viruses I seem to be getting. I > currently have about 4 POP3 accounts plus I own two further domains. > > The domains won't be a problem, as all I think I need to do is setup > Mimedefang with an email engine (e.g. sendmail?) on a server and that's > then covered. > > However, I'm not sure whether I can use a linux based email server to > load the pop3 accounts I use, and then check them for SPAM/Viruses..... > > Is it possible? And what do I need?
It's very possible. Linux + Sendmail + Mimedefang + Span Assasian + a virus checker works quite well. You'll need to shop around for a virus checker that runs under Linux. I use Sophos, but you need to but a license for it (and sohpos are a bunch of arses when it comes to licensing IMO!!!) so I'm about to look at ClamAV which I understand runs under Linux with Mimedefang. Alternatively, you could look at using an ISP to host the domain & email and provide the anti-spam, etc. for you - there are many out there who can help, I'm sure! Gordon _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
