[Wolves] Spamassassin, Amavis, ClamAV etc

[Wayne Morris]

Adam Sweet wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>As part of my project I have to implement a virus/spam
>email filter. I have a fully working mail system
>(Postfix) on Debian Testing.
>
>I have read a number of tutorials and howtos already
>and none of them have yet led me to understand quite
>what is involved, they all use different combinations
>of packages and so on. Also they all seem to be
>written in Hebrew or something.
>
>I understand that what I need is essentially
>Spamassassin, ClamAv, Amavis-new, Procmail and
>possibly mailscanner and a few other things. I am
>reluctant to step outside of the Debian package
>management system.
>
>However, I still don't quite understand how they link
>together and what should happen when an email arrives.
>An simple explanation or link to a introductory howto
>would be great.
>
>Next I need to learn how to put it all together. The
>howtos I've read so far look pretty intimidating as do
>the config files, can anyone recommend a howto?
>
>What I need to do is essentially filter all incoming
>mail for viruses and spam, drop anything found into
>the user's spam mail folder and inform the amavis logs
>of the findings so it will be reported by the
>amavis-stats graphs.
>
>I have been casually looking into this for a few weeks
>now and am getting nearer the due date, but no nearer
>a working solution.
>
>Any advice, hints, links or RTFMs appreciated.
>
>Ad
>
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>  
>
Install Exim ;-)  don't use all the features but seems to come with 
spam, blacklists etc built in.
Seriously tho, if you look at the exim.conf file it might give you some 
hints on how the mailserver
calls the routines to perform the functions required.