Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 13:20:37 -0600 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Stable Mail Server And Web Mail Message-ID: <ade45ae90906011220y400b9315p4ea9238b36f1c2de@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ade45ae90905291350x1f86bf4o2902530f412fb7f6@mail.gmail.com> References: <1F9F36FCD9644D4683DADAF7DD62B412@john> <e63df4bd7c72721a1acb0afa0dd683b7.squirrel@relay.lc-words.com> <200905272209.28550.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <ade45ae90905291350x1f86bf4o2902530f412fb7f6@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2009/5/27 Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net<mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> > > > >> On Monday 25 May 2009 13:53:40 Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > > Hello all , I want to install a Mail Server with Webmail, >> > > >> > > Anybody to know a good Stable Mail Server and Web Mail >> > >> > I recommend the following step-by-step instructions: >> > http://www.purplehat.org/?page_id=4 >> >> It's a detailed how-to but consider the following: >> a) With Oracle acquiring Sun, one should move to PostgreSQL where ever >> possible. >> b) Spam Assassin is a resource hog, use mail/dspam. >> c) While postfix-admin is ok for one box setup, it doesn't scale at all - >> you'll have to install it for every physical machine to manage that >> specific >> database for that box. I know of no alternatives, hence I'm rolling my >> own. >> > > > Just thought I should make a couple comments, it's not a message to change > or correct Mel's message but rather just a idea on a possible solution I > have deployed and would like input and experience/results relayed to me. > > > Put whatever MTA you want, I use postfix primarily. sendmail would work > too, but I don't know exim or qmail. > > Install OpenBSD's spamd (that works with PF, and ipfw support is early, but > there) on the host to block the (at last count) ~460k hosts and subnets that > are known spammers so your MTA doesn't even have to mess with it. > Include DNS Blacklisting support with your MTA. These are the servers that > have mistakenly sent out a spam and gotten caught. DNSBL will report to the > client that it's being blocked and how to remove it. > > > I'd love to hear success stories with this. Both pieces together work very > well, and I am still working on seeing if any spam does come through. If > spam does come through, a product like dspam or spamassassin could finish > off the job. > > > I don't have a live domain, so I can give directions if anybody's > interested. Maybe one day I'll write up an article for this. > > > I ask please - for those who are interested in trying this, to give me the > success or not-so-success stories so I can fine tune it and work out the > missing link. > > > --Tim > I just had my first answer to this setup. only roughly 5% of the volume of mail is spam. This is very acceptable given that there's no spam filter yet. and the last 5% can be cleaned up with a proper anti-spam solution, and my first anticipation would be spamd for that solution
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