[wellylug] SpamAssassin/Virus checking 'before' Exchange Server

Brenda O'Hagan brenda at wallace.net.nz
Mon Mar 29 14:03:52 NZST 2004


i don't know much about exchange, but if it's possible to pipe the incoming 
email through something, then you can run spamassassin on windows.
tis a perl script after all.
then check for the YES/NO spam flag.


On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 14:02, Michael Dittmer wrote:
> Hi Jamie
>
> I know that this answer is not about linux but I know that there are SPAM /
> Anti-Virus products that integrate with Exchange. Have you had a look at
> these? And yes they do cost money.   :-(
>
> Regards
>
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz
> [mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz]On Behalf Of Jamie Dobbs
> Sent: Monday, 29 March 2004 1:51 p.m.
> To: wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz; linux-users at it.canterbury.ac.nz
> Subject: [wellylug] SpamAssassin/Virus checking 'before' Exchange Server
>
>
> Working in a company that loathes spending money I have been tasked with
> finding a low/no cost solution to removing that large amoun of spam that
> hits our Exhchange Server (5.5) on a daily basis.
> Changing to another mail server is not an option, but I was thinking that
> perhaps a Linux box equiped with exim(or other MTA) + SpamAssassin + some
> sort of antivirus might be a good answer to check incoming mail then pass
> on to the Exchange Server once it passes spam and virus checks.
> Does anyone have any experience with such a setup or could point me to a
> good online resource for this?
> I have tried Googling but haven't found anything or particular use so far.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jamie
>
>
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