[TriLUG] SPAM filters

[Jon Carnes]

Hmmm, when my wife lets me back on my Linux box, I'll look through my
archives.  I thought I had sent the exact procedure to TriLUG for the
archives, but it may have been a private communiqué.

Basically you bring up a Linux box as a Mailserver and Load SpamAssassin
onto it and get it running and tested, then you setup Sendmail (or Postfix)
to use the Exchange server as it's smart relay (dump out any non-local mail
to the Exchange server).   At this point you change your incoming MX record
to point to the Linux Mail server, and you are done... well at least you're
on your way.

Mailscanner is a cool program and it can use the Linux client from either
Norton or McAffe.  In fact it can work with just about any Linux based AV
program (though it works *best* with Sophos).

Hope you're having fun in Co.  Take care - Jon

----- Original Message -----
From: <ryan.wheaton at attbi.com>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] SPAM filters


> thanks for the help guys.  i know i don't live there anymore, but you're
always
> the best resource :-)
>
> i searched the trilug archives (google) for "spamassassin exchange"
> and "spamassassin outlook" to no avail.  just searching "spamassassin"
brought
> up about a million messages.
>
> i did do a quick google (universal) search and found this though:
> http://www.geocities.com/scottlhenderson/spamfilter.html
>
> i read through most of those million messages, and also saw something
about a
> program called mailscanner that has hooks into it for spamassassin.  but
> someone noted that it requires you to purchase a certain AV program.  i
didn't
> see a reply to this, did someone find a way to do it with norton or
mcafee?
>
> thanks again,
> -rtw
> > And I would be that member.
> >
> > I'm using Postfix/SpamAssassin as our MX, marking it as spam, and then
> > delivering to our Exchange server.  The howtos in that previous thread
> > are _really_ helpful, but it isn't all that hard to do.
> >
> > Of course, there's the problem that every e-mail the marketing guys get
> > is marked as a spam.  :)
> >
> > CJK
> > On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 10:25, Mike Johnson wrote:
> > > ryan.wheaton at attbi.com [ryan.wheaton at attbi.com] wrote:
> > > > Hello.
> > > >      I've been thinking about installing some kind of company wide
SPAM mail
> > > > filter here at work, and was wondering if anyone had any
suggesstions or
> > great
> > > > success stories.  I remember seeing some posts about SPAMAssasin,
but i
> > > > couldn't find what exactly it was compatable with.  Unfortunately
here,
> > we're
> > > > using an Exhange server, and SPAMAssasin for Exchange costs $$$$.
> > > >      Ideally, what i'd like to do is set something up on a linux box
and
> > just
> > > > stick it in front of the exchange server to filter all that crap out
(that's
> > > > a real technical statement.)
> > >
> > > So, build a Linux box, install spam assasin on it, and have it be your
> > > MX.  At least one TriLUG member has this exact setup.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > --
> > ==
> > Chris Knowles
> > chrisk at trilug.org
> > ==
> > +++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot +++
> > (Hogfather)
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