Well, we do this every day... Postfix with access map and a transport map.  All 
mail comes in to postfix servers, marked for spam and scanned for viruses 
(using Vexira).  It's then forwarded onto either a Linux or Exchange 2000/2003 
server based on domain.
 
Basically get the mail server running as a normal mail server but instead of 
creating local accounts just setup the transport mapping.
 
Not much to it.
 
Gary
 
 

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From: Jake McDermott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu 6/3/2004 5:20 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SA + Postfix man in the middle {Scanned}


At the company I work for, our current email server just isn't making the cut 
anymore. We want to move to something a little more capable, that has 
collaboration built into it, etc, etc. Management is leaning towards MS 
Exchange, I'm staying neutral for now.
 
I'm researching many different vendors, and finding out that most ALL of them 
really suck at anti-spam and anti-virus. And I really don't want to pay out the 
nose for a antispam/antivirus appliance that doesn't use SA and/or our 
preferred antivirus product. (Let alone running antivirus on what amounts to a 
database server - that makes me twitch.)
 
I'm leaning towards setting up a "man in the middle" server that is strictly a 
relay...that uses Postfix + MailScanner + SpamAssassin to scan and categorize 
incoming and outgoing emails. I simply love SpamAssassin too much to give it up.
 
Can anyone point me to a document that details how this is done, or gives 
pointers? I tried doing some Google searches, but I didn't find anything. I'd 
really appreciate any help offered...getting this down would remove the need 
for me to have to compare all these products based upon what spam/antivirus 
measures they have...and they're all amazingly behind with the times.
 
-- 
Jake McDermott

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