From: Carlos Williams (carloswillgmail.com)
Date: Tue Apr 01 2008 - 12:39:03 CDT

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Thanks Ezra...I guess there is just an overwhelming amount of ways one can
go about setting this up and that is where I get confused.

Right now Postfix and Dovecot are the only guys really working even though
everything else noted above is installed. It appears that I still don't yet
understand Amavisd-new's role in all of this. It appears that most recommend
I use Amavisd-new but my question is if there is an order or operation to
any of this? I mean I obviously have a test domain and test email server
running now. I can send and receive email from inside and outside perfect
with Postfix and Dovecot so basically email works 100%. So is the next thing
I should configure Amavisd-new or Spamassassin or does it not matter at all?

I did order The Book of Postfix as well as another "Linux Email" I found on
Amazon.com.

Trying not to sound like a broken record or take anyones advice for granted
but I feel I am at the best basic configuration right now and have backed
everything up. Now I just need to pick a plan and find out what order to
move on.

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Ezra Taylor <ezra.taylorgmail.com> wrote:

> Carlos:
> The guys on this list are a great resource. Also, there
> are great docs pertaining to your issue on the postfix.org site. Just
> plan it out and execute. Side note, you have to setup spam filtering on
> Exchange also. So you will be in the same situation with an Exchange setup
> if you don't have a spam filtering scheme. I hope you get this working
> soon.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Carlos Williams <carloswillgmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks all for the suggestions. I agree with Ezra said. I am clearly
> > losing the battle due to the fact that I have no implemented a solution but
> > the reason for this is because I did not know how to configure one. I have
> > no problem getting Postfix and Dovecot up and running on my server but I am
> > unable to find a guide that helps me configure Amavisd-new & Spamassassin
> > with Postfix. That has been my biggest challenge is finding something that
> > guides me to configure all of these to work together and function.
> >
> > Thank you all so much for every reply. I have sent things to the Google
> > Postfix Group for months and have never had one single reply and or
> > suggestion. Its nice to see people with good / positive suggestions!
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Carlos Williams <carloswillgmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I am running Postfix 2.3 as a corporate email server. I love running
> > > Postfix and don't want to switch to something else however SPAM is getting
> > > way out of control on my companies domain. Everyone is complaining about
> > > SPAM and I have to find a solution to this. Right now I have the following
> > > installed:
> > >
> > > - CentOS 5.1 = OS
> > > - Postfix 2.3 = MTA
> > > - Dovecot 1.0 = MDA
> > > - Amavisd-new = Not Configured
> > > - Spamassassin = Not Configured
> > > - ClamAV = Not Configured
> > > - Procmail = Not Configured
> > >
> > > My problem is that I am being suggested online to have ClamAV and
> > > Spamassassin run via Amavisd-new. I have never done this before and I am
> > > very scared I will end up losing control of this email server in place for
> > > Exchange or something like that. I want to do everything in my power to keep
> > > Postfix running here but I need to find a way to integrate SPAM scoring and
> > > SPAM filtering along side with the MTA / MDA.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a complete guide or anything they recommend? I have
> > > read Postfix.org and there are so many different manuals and all of
> > > them seem to do things their own way. I just want one that works. At this
> > > point the company I work for would even wire a consultant to come out to
> > > Orlando and help us get this running.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any assistance!
> > >
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> >
> >
> >
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