spam control through sendmail

Hi all,

I have configured internal mail server running sendmail. Since last few days
I have noticed that large no. of spam mails and virus mails are being
relayed using mailto:support@abhikalak.com How can I stop this. Is procmail
recipe suitable or advise about spam-assassin


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Re: spam control through sendmail

On Wednesday 22 October 2003 08:14, Sarvesh Singhal wrote:

> I have configured internal mail server running sendmail. Since last few
> days I have noticed that large no. of spam mails and virus mails are being
> relayed using mailto:support@abhikalak.com How can I stop this. Is procmail
> recipe suitable or advise about spam-assassin

If you are talking about your email-server being used to send spam, look up information
on how to close an open relay.
If you're fighting spam that you receive, spamassassin is probably a good idea. Or
at least worth having a look at.
I have little experience with sendmail, but for how to get postfix working with spamassassin,
this might help: http://jessen.ch/articles/spamassassin-and-postfix


/Per
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Per Jessen, Zurich

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Re: spam control through sendmail

Also, additional to Per's indications, you can try MailScanner package
with an anti-virus program running on your mail server.

F-prot for linux is a very good choice for that.

I actively use all those programs and they work great.

Have a nice day.

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On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Sarvesh Singhal wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have configured internal mail server running sendmail. Since last few days
> I have noticed that large no. of spam mails and virus mails are being
> relayed using mailto:support@abhikalak.com How can I stop this. Is procmail
> recipe suitable or advise about spam-assassin
>
>
> SS
>
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Re: spam control through sendmail

Also look up the access db on sendmail.org.

assim falou Sarvesh Singhal (em 22/10/2003):
> Hi all,
>
> I have configured internal mail server running sendmail. Since last few days
> I have noticed that large no. of spam mails and virus mails are being
> relayed using mailto:support@abhikalak.com How can I stop this. Is procmail
> recipe suitable or advise about spam-assassin
>
>
> SS
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