Hello to everybody.
I've been trying to get Spamassassin + razor working but I'm a bit lost at linking spamassassin to the MTA.
I've tried the documentation on the website, but it is a bit confusing for me. Perhaps too much information?
I've tried the FAQ but I'm not able to find my answer.
SITUATION:
- Debian, stable. Sources.list =
deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ woody spamassassin razor clamav openldap2 amavisd-new
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
- MTA = Sendmail (currently the loaded stable version is 8.12.3-7.1)
* I'm trying to get rid of the spam
* I manage a server which collects mails for several domains
* I want a server-wide spam filter (not just one user, but all the users)
* But I want user-based, easy-to-admin white lists or black lists (only if possible, not a requisite)
* I want auto-updateing rules (razor?)
* If possible, I prefer to use dselect for installing compiled packages and do not compile anything by hand (for maintainance reasons).
* I'm currently running another sendmail filter: Clamav antivirus filter. It runs properly.
Installed software (related to this subject):
sendmail 8.12.3-7.1 clamav-milter 0.75.1-1.backports
libclamav1 0.75.1-1.backports
clamav 0.75.1-1.backports
clamav-base 0.75.1-1.backports
clamav-daemo 0.75.1-1.backports
clamav-fresh 0.75.1-1.backports
clamav-testf 0.75.1-1.backports
maildrop 1.3.7-2
spamassassin 3.0.0-0.backports
spamc 3.0.0-0.backports
razor 2.610-1.backports
libmilter-dev 8.12.3-7.1
Note: Clamav is running perfect. I pursue the same behaviour on spamassassin.
QUESTIONS:
I think I have everything installed, except, perhaps, the "glue" between spamassassin and sendmail. I guess that the glue can be "several things", one of those being a "milter". I've read that a "milter" can be used. But I cannot guess the answer to the following questions:
1) What exactly is a milter (appart from a "mail filter")? Do milters work only on sendmail or on any MTA?
2) Do I need a milter? Or there is an easier way to do that?
3) Is there EXACTLY one milter that links one app to sendmail? or One application may be linked to sendmail thru SEVERAL milters and you choose one of those?
4) If so, which is the criteria to choose one milter or another for a given app? (In this case how do I choose a milter for spamassassin?)
5) Do all milters behave equally from the point of view of the app? I mean: For spamassassin to use a milter... does the milter need to be prepared to "link" to spamassassin? Or spamassassin should link to ANY milter available regardless of the milter is aware or not taht spamassassin exists?
6) In any case: Does clamav-milter support spamassassin? Or only clamav?
7) If not... Is there a milter that links both clamav and spamassassin? Or I must use a separate milter for each?
Sorry if those questions are too obvious to all you, but I'm completely lost - I'm unable to digest all the info available on the web. If you can help me to find out if I need a milter or not, and if so, which milter do I need, I'll continue with more questions :-)
Thanks VERY much in advance. Xavi.
