I'm new to the world of Linux, trying to come up with a replacement for GFI's Mail Essentials and Mail Security by setting up Ubuntu v5.10 with Postfix v2.2.4, Spamassassin v3.0.4-2, Clamav v0.87-1 and Amavisd-new v0.1.6.9-1. I've found a couple of useful tutorials on getting things working but I do have some beginner-type questions and I'd be grateful for any help.
Firstly, is there something I can use to manage and monitor postfix & spamassassin graphically? I have webmin v1.230 which is a good start but is there anything else that might be a better choice? I was told that I can use spamassassin to do Content Checking but I see no evidence of it as yet. Can it be used to do this? If so, I guess I need to figure out how to get that going. If not, what is out there that I can add to do that? How can I test that Spamassassin is doing everything I want it to? I sent an eicar test file and from the headers it looks as if it hit postfix, plus the subject had [BAYESIAN] in it and the virus was removed and replaced with a test file saying: 10/06/2005 14:45:49 Original attachment (eicar.com) was Quarantined. A virus was detected and removed from the original attachment. You can safely save or delete this replacement attachment. (I wish the message indicated clamav was responsible for the action for my own peace of mind.) I've not been able to get anything else spamassassin-related to work - e.g. I used webmin to add my personal email address to the blacklist yet when I send from that address it comes right in to me. Also when I sent some text that I've read is the spam-engine equivalent to the eicar test virus but it wasn't marked as spam (including it in my first post would explain why it was rejected - duh). Last question, how does the auto whitelist work? Does it just add outbound recipients to the whitelist or is there more to it? Sorry if these questions sound dumb, I just need some prodding in the right direction and feel like I'm flying blind right now. Thanks, Alex
