I used sendmail+mimedefang it has worked well as an external mail relay. <os rant> I use the debian distribution on virtually all my linux servers, as it was easy to install all the dependencies required for spam filtering. Eg, pyzor,razor,dcc,spamassassin,mimedefang,clamav installation. If you have no experience with linux, got with another distribution, as you'll think debian stinks if you don't have much linux experience. Redhat/Lineox are good easy to setup choices. </os rant>
NOTE: Implement it as a real high numbered mx record for a few weeks to verify things are working correctly. So only spam should relay through it. If you reject mail based on spam score, reject on a high threshold such as 20 to begin with. Don't use aggressive sare rules, use the safer ones. Go slow with implementing new spam filtering, as users get pissed with FP. Shawn R. Beairsto said: > Ron, check out this link, it should help you out. > > http://www.geocities.com/scottlhenderson/spamfilter.html > > Shawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ronald I. Nutter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 1:54 PM > To: Paul Hutchings; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Putting Spam Assasin between the internet and my mail > server > > I am learning about linux. What did you use for your linux distro ? > Is there a doc/faq somwhere that can walk me through this kind > of setup ? > > Thanks, > Ron > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ron Nutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Network Manager > Information Technology Services > Georgetown College > Georgetown, KY > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 1:52 PM > To: Ronald I. Nutter; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Putting Spam Assasin between the internet and my mail > server > > > Ron, > > There's probably windows ports of SA, but I'd say if you can do so stick > a box running some form of *nix with an MTA like Postfix, passing mail > to spamassassin for scanning/tagging before relaying it to the Exchange > box. > > Takes a little setting up, or did for me as I had no linux knowledge, > but now it's done and I'm amazed how much it can do for the effort it > took to learn how to do it! > > regards, > Paul > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ronald I. Nutter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 6:31 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Putting Spam Assasin between the internet and my mail server >> >> >> I am looking to implement Spamassasin. I have probably overlooked >> something but cant find a way that I can have it sit between the >> Internet >> and my mail server. I am using Exchange 2000 and converting from it >> to something else wont happen for a while. Is there a way to have it >> function as a smtp proxy for lack of a better word ? >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Ron Nutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Network Manager >> Information Technology Services >> Georgetown College >> Georgetown, KY >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > -- Luke Computer Science System Administrator Security Administrator,College of Engineering Montana State University-Bozeman,Montana
