best spam filter port(s) for postfix?

Martin Hepworth maxsec at gmail.com
Mon Oct 1 03:39:59 PDT 2007


Top posting is gmail being broken - just like Outleek ;-(

as for the whole mailscanner/postfix thing I'm very aware of the issues and
the fact no-one who actually works WW with likes him ;-)

--
martin


On 10/1/07, Gerard <gerard at seibercom.net> wrote:
>
> On October 01, 2007 at 01:21AM Martin Hepworth wrote:
>
> > On 9/30/07, Pollywog <lists-fbsd at shadypond.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sunday 30 September 2007 20:28:23 Derek Ragona wrote:
> > > > At 03:20 PM 9/30/2007, Joe in MPLS wrote:
> > > > >I'm running 6.2-STABLE with postfix with cyrus-sasl, imap-uw &
> horde
> > > for
> > > > >mail. I'd like to stop depending on clients(Thunderbird & PDAs) for
> > > > >primary spam control (especially because our PDAs don't do any). AV
> > > > >scanning would be a plus too.
> > > > >
> > > > >                ...jgm
> > > >
> > > > I use mailscanner with sendmail which uses spamassasin with
> clamav.  All
> > > > from the ports.
> > >
> > > I used Mailscanner at one time, but it is not recommended for use with
> > > Postfix
> > > because mail can be lost.  It never happened to me, but it has
> happened to
> > > others.  I believe the Postfix website mentions these problems.
>
> > Mailscanner and postfix is perfect combination...no problems with the
> > correct installation type.
> >
> >
> http://wiki.mailscanner.info/doku.php?id=documentation:configuration:mta:postfix:politics
> >
> > --
> > Martin
>
> Please don't "Top Post". It makes following the thread more difficult
> than it needs to be.
>
> As for 'Mailscanner', the only real problem is that it is not on
> Wietse's Christmas card list. Mailscanner is regularly lambasted on
> the Postfix forum. You might want to ask your question regarding its
> suitability for your particular configuration there, and possibly on
> the Mailscanner forum directly. Obviously, these two opposing groups
> disagree as to whom to attribute any problems that arise between the
> interaction of these two programs.
>
>
> --
> Gerard
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