From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 21 15:40:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E438C16A4C2 for ; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 15:40:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lilzmailfe01.liwest.at (lilzmailfe01.liwest.at [212.33.55.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEEFA43FDF for ; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 15:40:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dgw@liwest.at) Received: from cm58-27.liwest.at ([212.33.58.27]) by lilzmailfe01.liwest.at with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1A1AWs-0004UF-2Q; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 22:09:58 +0200 From: Daniela To: Steve Sapovits Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 22:08:29 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 References: <200309211255.20067.dgw@liwest.at> <20030921082709.0000211c.steves06@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20030921082709.0000211c.steves06@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200309212208.29190.dgw@liwest.at> cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spam and virus filter for mailserver X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 22:40:17 -0000 On Sunday 21 September 2003 12:27, Steve Sapovits wrote: > On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:55:20 +0000 > > Daniela wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a good mail reader that can fetch mail as a daemon, > > stores mail in a format readable by KMail or Evolution, and has a console > > interface (I don't run X often)? It should also be somehow able to put > > the mail in different folders based on the value of some headers. > > Have you looked at fetchmail? http://catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/ > > fetchmail can fetch from designated accounts and forward to your local > mail server. The way I'm set up, fetchmail fetches from various POP > and IMAP accounts, forwarding everything to sendmail. At that point > you can use sendmail's anti-spam (or that of the MTA in use), and plug > in anti-virus software on the server. Clam is the anti-virus software > I personally want to look into (haven't yet): > http://clamav.elektrapro.com/ Thanks a lot for your reply, fetchmail seems just right for the job. I'll try Clam together with amavis, or is there a better way to run it? What MTA would you recommend (sendmail is too insecure)? Can I just put the mail in the respective user's home directory with fetchmail, and configure their MUA's to get mail from there? Or do I put it in /var/mail/? Can I run an MTA in a chroot environment with an unprivileged UID? Am I asking too much? I read the fetchmail FAQ, but I still don't have a clue. My users are lazy, so they shouldn't notice a change at all, if possible. Needless to say, I have little experience with mail servers, I never had one. Best regards, Daniela