"Robert Canary wrote: >> Our administrator boxes get flooded with emails from spammers who are >> still sending massive emails to address that do not exist. Of course >> sendmail sends a response back to the from header saying the account >> dosen't exist. However, the sendmail server is getting those >> responses bounced back to them because these are junk emails with no >> real return address. As a result the undeliverable mail gets sent to >> "postmaster". Thus the "postmaster" email is a hoard mess of junk >> email bounced replies." We have had great successwith ASSP (Anit-Spam SMTP Proxy). http://assp.sourceforge.net/ Job Cacka -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Robert Canary Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 1:07 PM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: sendmail (Junk Mail) I have been looking at the spamassassin for about two days now. I know the solution has somethin to do with spamc which interfaces with spamd. But I still haven't seen how to get snedmail to use spamc. The filter documentation talks about "milters". So how do yo activate the spamc Lord of Gore wrote: > Robert Canary wrote: >> Our administrator boxes get flooded with emails from spammers who are >> still sending massive emails to address that do not exist. Of course >> sendmail sends a response back to the from header saying the account >> dosen't exist. However, the sendmail server is getting those >> responses bounced back to them because these are junk emails with no >> real return address. As a result the undeliverable mail gets sent to >> "postmaster". Thus the "postmaster" email is a hoard mess of junk >> email bounced replies. >> >> How is being handled ? >> >> -- >> robert >> > Install spamassassin and reject spams. also configure SPF. This should > solve your problems. > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
