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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:14:07 -0600
From: Josh Tolbert <hemi@puresimplicity.net>
To: Ian Lord <mailing-lists@msdi.ca>
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On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 06:53:36PM -0500, Ian Lord wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to setup a mail server with postfix and sendmail...
> 
> To fight spam, is spamassassin the best choice or should I look into
> something else ?
> 
> Thanks

I'm using sendmail and imap-uw. I am using greylisting (milter-greylist) and
virus-filtering (clamav with clamav-milter) in sendmail, plus I have
spamassassin available to the users via procmail (which is set as sendmail's
LDA). This setup works very well for my users.

Setting this stuff up in sendmail is also a good time to set up SSL/TLS and
SMTP AUTH. :)

Good luck,

Josh
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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor
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is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either
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