On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 11:15, HaywireMac wrote: > What I want to do is implement that wunderbar procmail recipe you linked > us to, and test it out, eventually I would like to have a mail server up > and running so that it: > > 1. Retrieves the mail from the ISP (fetchmail, precalls mailfilter as > 1st line of defense against the viagra, penis enlargement, (definitely > not needed ;-)), etc.)
/etc/procmailrc calls the /etc/nkvir-rc from the INCLUDERC= file - so you have to look through the nkvir-rc and make sure you create a /var/spool/mail/virus/ directory - other than that, it's quite cool... > 2. Postfix then deposits the mail, I guess, from what others have > posted, in appropriate users mailboxes (/var/spoo/mail/[username] > > 3. Procmail looks at the mail using said recipe and acts as second line > of defense against .pif attachments, Nigerian free money scams etc. Speaking of "Nigerian" - I get announcements from the US Government about US citizens travelling abroad - it marked one of the "US Travel Announcements" as possible spam this morning...so it's doing its job. > 4. IMAP package allows clients on LAN to retrieve mail from mailserver > using POP. Uh - why not just have the clients on the network use IMAP - so that you can share a public set of folders...?? > I gave up on this before, but I really think I can do it this time! It's so bloody easy - but mind you, I substitute SENDMAIL for POSTFIX - other than that, it's easy as pie. > But I want this to be a *system* service type deal, because I want to > learn it as a sysadmin would see it, rather than as an end user, see? I like doing it at home as a sysadmin would - some users have particular needs - hence the customisation per user. Screw the system service. That's for large scale ops - more than 50 - so I stick with this. Nyah! Pffftp! stephen kuhn ============================== illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * ----------------------------------------------------------------- In 1967, the Soviet Government minted a beautiful silver ruble with Lenin in a very familiar pose -- arms raised above him, leading the country to revolution. But, it was clear to everybody, that if you looked at it from behind, it was clear that Lenin was pointing to 11:00, when the Vodka shops opened, and was actually saying, "Comrades, forward to the Vodka shops. It became fashionable, when one wanted to have a drink, to take out the ruble and say, "Oh my goodness, Comrades, Lenin tells me we should go.
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