[CentOS] Re: Fetchmail pop server and clean spam messages
Scott Silva
ssilva at sgvwater.com
Mon Aug 4 16:26:33 UTC 2008
on 8-2-2008 12:04 PM Jay Leafey spake the following:
> nightduke wrote:
>> Hi i want to fetchmail from a pop server and check every email to any
>> rbl spamhaus,spamcop,etc and if match at any rbl the email will be
>> deleted.
>>
>> It's possible to do this?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Nightduke
>
> If you've got fetchmail configured to retrieve messages from a remote
> MTA and deliver to a local MTA, say your local Sendmail instance, then
> put the RBL-matching stuff in your Sendmail configuration. The mail
> will still be fetched but will be discarded by your local MTA before
> dumping it in you local mailbox.
>
> In principle, it would be better to have the system you are fetching the
> mail from do the RBL operations, but if you don't have control over it
> then you really don't get much choice. I'm using this setup myself and
> it works, but it offends my aesthetic sense. OTOH, I'm easily offended!
>
> Your mileage may vary.
>
Just remember in this situation, you need to dump all bad stuff, and not
bounce anything. Most of the bad stuff is forged and you will just end up on a
blacklist.
--
MailScanner is like deodorant...
You hope everybody uses it, and
you notice quickly if they don't!!!!
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