On Monday, March 8, 2004, at 07:44 AM, Bob Crandell wrote:
It's amazing how great minds think alike. This is exactly what I'm trying to--
do. What I'm not sure of is the how to part. How to have this intermediate
box filter mail without having to create users.
Ok, I don't need Procmail. How do I call SpamAssassin directly from Sendmail?
Thanks
John Sechrest ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
You can always use an intermediate spam filter on an intermediate machine.
You first need to set up a linux/unix box with spam assasin on it as you want.
Then you need to set the system up to deliver to the exchange server.
Then you want to set the MX records for the domain of the exchange system
to point at the linux/unix box.
This is how we seperate the FrontEnd mail server from the BackEnd mail servers.
The front end has the RBL code in it, and spam assassin and the Milter rules.
You don't use procmail, because you are not delivering to a mail box. You
use the initial spam filtering tools.
If there are things in procmail, which you can't write in sendmail, then you can force it to process the messages. But almost everything that I would put into procmail is better put into the sendmail rules on the front end box.
"Bob Crandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
% Hi,
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% One of my clients is asking for a SPAM filter for his Exchange server. No
% wise cracks. He's stuck and he knows it.
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% What I was planning on putting in was Sendmail/Procmail/SpamAssassin store and
% forward mail server. My question is can I and how do I do this without
% creating users on the mail server?
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% Thanks
% Bob
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