Brent, With my limited knowledge, I think Spamdyke on the toaster will weed out a considerable amount of unwanted e mails. It will likely require some modified config settings, but should work. Several others on the list know much more about this than me.
Brent Gardner wrote: > I have a qmailToaster acting as a filter in front of an Exchange > server. No mail is kept locally, everything is forwarded to the > Exchange server. > > Since the toaster doesn't know about the accounts on the Exchange > server it can't block inbound messages for unknown addresses during > transmission. The Exchange server is doing a lot of bouncing. > Methods i've seen to prevent this on the Exchange side seem undesireable: > - disable NDR's completely > - create a catchall for bad addresses using a sink > > On a test machine, I'm experimenting with how to get the toaster to > block during transmission. I set it up similar to how the live server > is configured, then I ran vadddomain and vadduser to set up a domain > and a couple users. For each user, I edited the .qmail file to cause > them to forward to an address on an internal-only domain serviced by > the Exchange server. > > This seems to work. > > I've developed a script I can run on a Windows machine that pulls all > email addresses out of Active Directory and generates a script to run > on the toaster that will use vadddomain and vadduser to create domains > and users, and then create the .qmail file and put the correct > information into it for each user. > > > My questions: > > Are there other ways to go about this on the toaster side that may be > more efficient? Perhaps a file wherein I can list all the email > addresses I'm willing to accept mail for? > Is there a domain-level file i can put forwarding information into so > I don't have to do it in each account's .qmail file? > > Do I need to put settings somewhere either on a per-account or > per-domain basis that makes the system use the centralized settings > for SpamAssassin and other Toaster goodness instead of using > per-account or per-domain settings? > > > Thanks, > > > Brent Gardner > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group > (www.vickersconsulting.com) > Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and > installations. > If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and > packages. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com > For additional commands, e-mail: > qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com > > -- Cecil Yother, Jr. "cj" cj's 2318 Clement Ave Alameda, CA 94501 tel 1.510.865.2787 | fax 1.510.864.7300 http://yother.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group (www.vickersconsulting.com) Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and installations. If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and packages. To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com
