On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 11:53:52 +1000 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> > > /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... Why not /dev/null? > > 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...?? Not familiar with that concept, I guess, is why I never thunk of it... How does that work? My wife uses Outhouse Express, can that even do IMAP? I'm scared to go near that machine... > > 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. Well, I'll take that as encouragement and get started in the AM. > > 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! But I want to know *how* I would do it in a large scale ops... apparently this Linux thing could become attractive in certain business sectors, or so I've read in the tabloids, so I would like to be able to say, hey, I know how to do that... Maybe, tho, I've got two things confused, using a *global* fetchmail, postfix, and procmail config, and running the lot as a system service. I *do* want it to run at boot, and not just as a regular user. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If you find a solution and become attached to it, the solution may become your next problem.
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