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

Enkidu enkidu at cliffp.com
Mon Mar 29 19:52:58 NZST 2004


On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:51:27 +1200 (NZST), you wrote:

>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.
>
Heh! I have that setup at home and intend to implement something
similar at work when the bits arrive.. We currently have a RedHat box
outside the FW and an Exchange server inside. The new box will be
Debian since RedHat moved to the Dark Side.

I use Exim. Amavis, SPAMAssassin, and ClamAV.

Cheers,

Cliff




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