Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 16:17:26 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Steven Lake <raiden@shell.core.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Nuking unwanted mail via fetchmail and sendmail Message-ID: <3E3EDC66.4090805@potentialtech.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.44L0.0302031458170.15984-100000@shell.core.com>
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Steven Lake wrote: > HI all. Looking for a simple way to nuke unwanted incoming email. > Let me explain further. What I'm having trouble with is I keep getting > virus infected emails from a "big@boss.com" coming into my email. That > makes for a total pain for me when I try to download it because Norton > kills the mail transfer as soon as it sees the virus thus causing me to > have to login, nuke the infected mail, logout, then download my mail like > normal. > > What I'm currently using is Fetchmail in combination with Sendmail > 8.12 on my system. Fetchmail goes out and grabs the mail off of my 3 > primary email accounts, then dumps them into my user account on my box. > What I'd like to do is to have sendmail or fetchmail (either one is fine) > immediately nuke any mail that comes in from these addresses or domains so > that I never have to see it. > > Anyone know how to do this? The simpler the solution, the better. > :) There's spamassasin for content filtering. You may also want to install Amavis to catch viruses. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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