RE: Filtering SPAM with Linux

[Chris Santerre <csanterre () MerchantsOverseas com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ivan.hernandez () globalsis com ar
> [mailto:ivan.hernandez () globalsis com ar]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:29 AM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Filtering SPAM with Linux
>
>
> Hello. I have a box with linux that is acting as NAT and Firewall (also
> cache with squid and reverse proxy with pound).
> I have an internal MS Exchange server that goes to internet 
> via NAT, and
> i dont have any chance of removing it, but i would like to filter the
> incoming traffic to remove spam.
> My net looks something like this:
>
>
> INTERNET <---> x.x.x.x LINUX BOX 10.1.20.100 <---> 10.1.20.1 
> MS Exchange
>
> What can i use in the linux box? I have found things like 
> MessageWall and
> so, but i need better recomendations from people that already doed it.
>
> Thanks!!
> Ivan Hernandez

You want to use SpamAssassin. Here are some links:

www.spamassassin.org
www.rulesemporium.com
www.exit0.us
http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/
www.surbl.org
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.spam.spamassassin.general

Hope that Helps,

Chris Santerre 
System Admin and SARE Ninja
http://www.rulesemporium.com
'It is not the strongest of the species that survives,
not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.'
Charles Darwin Charles Darwin 

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