----- Original Message ----- From: "James Pifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "redhat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 8:15 PM Subject: SMTP Gateway with Spam Filters and AntiVirus
> I company I do some work for is looking at spending a whole lot of money > on a product from sendmail.com that offers an smtp gateway with spam > filtering and anti-virus. > > I'm thinking they could save a lot of money by doing it themselves using > Redhat. I've searched the archives and certainly found stuff on spam, > like using Procmail, but I have some questions that would clear up some > confusion for me if anyone has the time to answer. > > 1) If I run procmail do I need to run sendmail or will procmail do > everything? ie, receive mail, process it for spam, then forward to > another mail server, like Exchange, Lotus Notes, or even another > sendmail server for delivery to the user. > > 2) I'm also thinking they should use DNSBL so I guess that means using > rblcheck? Would this then be using Sendmail, Procmail, AND rblcheck? > > 3) I see procmail mentioned a lot. Anyone think there is a better way of > doing it? > > 4) Is there a open-source or inexpensive anti-virus solution available > for smtp servers? www.mailscanner.info free of license, but you must pay to the virii signatures providing companies - f-prot, mcafee and etc. MailScanner is the best one. I am going to persuade my managers to make a little donation to the author. He has done a great job! > > For it to be worth it, I figure any mail that gets tagged as spam or > containing a virus will need to be held somewhere for someone to go > through it. For example, to make sure it really is spam. This would need > to be easy to do, it could be just a normal user like an HR person who > has to do this. It will also need to be fairly easy to update the spam > filters to adjust for email that gets through. > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
