> Hey gang, > > A few ideas I'd like to see implemented in the toaster, not sure how > many are doable with qmail though.
This is all doable and pretty easy to add to the current toaster. I've done it. All you need to install is qmail-scanner, spamassassin, and clamav. Spamassassin uses qmail-scanner to checks all incoming emails and makes a score based on a rules file. It can then mark the subject with "SPAM" (or whatever you want), and also adds a header with a score and whether or not it's spam. You can then configure your mail client to filter things to a spam folder based on that header. Clamav also uses qmail-scanner to scan for viruses and you can set up a cron job to check for new definitions daily. It all works nicely. Check out http://qmail-scanner.sourceforge.net/ http://useast.spamassassin.org/index.html http://clamav.elektrapro.com/ > 1: Subject line rejection, meaning that we reject at SMTP level when we > see the subject contains viagra or whatever, preferably regex based. > > One of the toasters I admin is an incoming relay for my dialup ISP I > use, this is a domain that has been in existence as an ISP since 1995 > and believe me it gets a ton of spam coming in. The mail is then > forwarded on to his NT based mail server for his clients to pickup, that > MTA does do the subject scan and will reject certain messages using it, > so it would be a nice feature to have on our toasters too. I think I > did see a patch for this type of thing on qmail.org but haven't had > time to test it out. > > 2: SpamAssassin at the SMTP level, an ISP local to me seems to have > figured this out (not sure on MTA) but basically their server now > rejects anything with a 6.0+ score in SA at the SMTP level! Slick > indeed. > > 3: Virus refusal at SMTP level, probably doable using the subject line > rejection but could also be done by looking at attachments I think. I > know a patch exists for this one too. > > -- > John Melville > Dynanet Network Services > http://www.dynanet.ca/
