From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 1 19:23:27 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85F361065753 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2009 19:23:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35C2C8FC20 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2009 19:23:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so4010217yxb.13 for ; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:23:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=7w6v4HiXv0kgEUykuyN/OJCbpip26AfG7MMlfrZcnIM=; b=xcuJilTRdx08qL6Hetw2pJs4OHg0uYXYYIxvygC457GP+wxfUoFvXEWvYBOLe9B/RD +HKU4dGlOkAoZ9JbTogQuIDBskSghlKjFWxPQxc2G1Dtb45rhJiWfwjWdfvrJh+AfbNE i9Xc/NopWGUjC3Vuc/+UuZ7Sr27lq51cpM+sA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=w4pyxZxfAp0V0oFEoBapWGJiCWPUbgbTxQmghkk/Klo4YFlssCcaSM1vNzp5lEu/rj H6ujYMJE8Y8d4rORgtIr75SzLV6MPi2e90YV8YGpE4zKcym+QKULWdxMTNyZy/BkZLCd xzr11zYoLlW71F/6BHKbGNhEyXe8jMs4OQzmE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.35.13 with SMTP id n13mr1593041ibd.24.1243884206167; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:23:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <1F9F36FCD9644D4683DADAF7DD62B412@john> <200905272209.28550.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> From: Tim Judd Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 13:23:06 -0600 Message-ID: To: freebsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Stable Mail Server And Web Mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:23:28 -0000 On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Tim Judd wrote: > > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Tim Judd wrote: > >> >> >> 2009/5/27 Mel Flynn >> > >> >>> 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 > > erm.... dspam, not spamd. :) firewall w/ spamd MTA with DNSBL dspam invoked by MTA :)