Topic: Spam blocking with smtpfront-qmail HOWTO released

[raem]

Dear All

Please see the new Spam blocking HOWTO at
http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/rmitchell/smeserver/howto/Spam%20blocking%20HOWTO%20using%20smtpfront-qmail%20for%20sme%20server.htm

and tommorrow at ibiblio mirrors etc.

There is useful information about RBL lists and how to go about selecting which lists to use.

Happy using and goodbye to Spam !

Regs
Ray Mitchell

[kmccarn]

Thanks loads - I'll be giving this a try on a couple of my boxes later this week.

 

[aj]

HI ,

  Running SME as a front line mail server to Exchange 5.5 and also  running ASSP  on SME  but don't know how to configure properly try several post no luck. can i use this one or wot do u think

[raem]

aj

I don't know what it is that you are asking, just follow the HOWTO instructions.

Regs
Ray

[mbachmann]

Good work, Ray, i've worked through it onto the point "grep "rblsmtpd" /var/log/smtpfront-qmail/current" but it gives no results. Pattern matching "rblsmtpd" though the archived maillogs gives no results either.

I'm missing the following entries issuing grep RBLList /home/e-smith/configuration compared to yours in the howto.

MaxMessageSize|10500000|Patterns|enabled|PatternsFile|/var/qmail/control/patterns.default

E-smith 6.0.1 server-gateway mode, just using single sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org.

[raem]

> "grep "rblsmtpd" /var/log/smtpfront-qmail/current" > .....gives no results.

You won't see any of those entries until after some messages have been blocked


> I'm missing the following entries
> MaxMessageSize|10500000|

They are not missing as such, just not configured on your server, MaxMessageSize limits the size of email attachments

>Patterns|enabled|PatternsFile|/var/qmail/control/patterns.default

Only required if you use pattern matching, I'm just working on a howto for that now.

Let me know what results you have after a week.
Regs
Ray

[mbachmann]

I've learned that the patterns.default is generated via  Rowells mailfront rules.

I have enabled spam blocking via RBL since weeks. There was an old post describing it: http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=21195.msg84046#msg84046

[raem]

That old post is where I got the idea to make a howto from

Regs
Ray

[raem]

Dear All
Please see the revised HOWTO at

http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/rmitchell/smeserver/howto/Spam%20blocking%20HOWTO%20using%20smtpfront-qmail%20for%20sme%20server.htm

Some minor changes and command improvements resulting from feedback from users
The basic instal & setup procedure is still the same though

Regs
Ray