Re: spam filter easy install

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (19/11/06 13:14), Richard Lyons wrote:
> Can anybody point me to a reliable way to install basic spam filtering on a
> fresh etch install?  
> 
> I have again tried spamassassin, using the notes at 
> http://www.spencerstirling.com/computergeek/email.html to help with the
> installation, but have had to purge spamassassin and clamav and all related
> packages as all mail became blocked and the error messages in exim4/paniclog
> were more than I could deal with.  (I did google for help on the specific
> error messages, but only managed to substitute different errors... I also
> tried switching off the virus filtering but still got nowhere.) I have also
> tried http://trekweb.com/~jasonb/articles/exim4_courier/index.html
> and http://marc.merlins.org/linux/exim/sa.html and others in the past, but
> never done better than prevent all incoming mail or slow the server to a
> crawl.  Somebody must have found a way to do this.
> 
> So, I have a huge quantity of spam coming in, and can see no way to stem the
> tide.  Is there a guaranteed method to get this or any other spam filter to
> run without needing to spend days learning the intricacies of the email
> system and fine-tuning innumerable config files? I have exim4, courier imap
> (and I access them via mutt, other users use squirrelmail). I really am
> tired of deleting hundreds of "best for your health" etc, so any help would be
> gratefully received.

I put up some notes on a mail server with a section on sa-exim/clamav
setup...... may be some help:
http://clivemenzies.co.uk/help/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=8&id=34&Itemid=59

Regards

Clive

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