Procmail is not all that big. If it's overhead is too much for you then
something is seriously wrong there. SpamAssassin's overhead is VASTLY
more than procmail's.
{^_^}
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mailscanner and Amavis-new have way too much overhead IMO. For production,
I already have to maintain latest SA releases and Postfix releases, and I
know these programs very well. I would rather not put another complex
layer that requires updates and seperate config over top of SA if I don't
have to. I will try the Spamass-Milter first. Just trying to keep it
simple if possible. Thanks
Have you looked at MailScanner? It integrates nicely with SpamAssassin
and your favorite MTA (sendmail / postfix / exim / zmailer) and can also
call a virus scanner. You can set SA score thresholds and delete,
forward, quarantine, mark, or just pass emails based on score. You can
also block or quarantine email based on attachment filenames or file
types
(this feature can block new viruses before the AV vendors react) and do a
ton of other useful stuff.
There are other mail handlers like Amavisd-new which might also have the
functionality you want.
Pierre Thomson
BIC
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I find this one issue just about the most annoying 'non-feature' of SA. I
have a site-wide config (procmail does not work sitewide) and I don't
want
the overhead and problems of a huge milter program laying in front of SA
just to block any email over 15 stars. I like to keep it simple stupid.
I am not a programmer, but it just seems like this should be so simple
for
someone to program into SA... somewhere, somehow, but I could be totally
wrong also about that.
Do you have any links to a how-to for the ? Or does it have
good install info in the docs? If it does a good job and is relatively
easy and light-weight, I would like to try it. I have spent days looking
for something more simple and elegant to just do one thing... kill spam
over 15 points. :--(
Depending upon what MTA you're using, I have used the Spamass-Milter
successfully to block emails that rate at or above the required_hits
level (now named required_score).
Though I'm having some trouble with SA as per my last post ;-)
