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On Wednesday November 29, 2006 at 06:53:36 (PM) Ian Lord wrote:


> 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 ?

I use Postfix with MailScanner along with Clamav and SpamAssassin. There
are more exotic configurations available to you though.

BTW, you only need either Postfix or Sendmail. I definitely vote for
Postfix.

-- 
Gerard