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Old 12-18-2003, 06:49 AM   #1
gigi
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Question filtering mail for sendmail


I installed sendmail v-8.11.6-15 on redhat v7.3 and it's ready to use except that i don't have any filtering which is i really need.

Could any body please help me what mail filtering I can use and how to do it also. I really need it so badly cause my boss want our sendmail up ASAP!


Thanks your help is greatly appreciated.




 
Old 12-18-2003, 06:56 AM   #2
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use mimedefang

brother use


www.mimedefang.org

its sendmail milter and greatest software i have seen

its support spammasssin and many virus scanner u will love it
 
Old 12-18-2003, 10:16 AM   #3
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An even better filter is the dnsbl feature in sendmail. You are using an older version of sendmail so I'm not 100% sure it supports it but that blocks a lot of spam.
 
Old 12-18-2003, 07:49 PM   #4
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i check mimedefang but it requires a sendmail ver. 8.12 and mine is 8.11... now my question is how will i update my sendmail and what is the effect on my sendmail settings.

im still looking for other mail filter...is procmail more easy to implement or use?

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