On 07/11/2013 04:37 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Ron Loftin wrote: > >> I can't speak directly to RedHat's reasoning, but I can say that I find >> Postfix MUCH easier to deal with than Sendmail. After 20+ years in >> Unix/Linux system admin, I still find Sendmail arcane and confusing, >> while Postfix configuration details are much more comprehensible to the >> ordinary mortal mind. > For a contrary opinion, while sendmail.cf is difficult to follow, > I've never found sendmail.mc too difficult. > > However, I'm finding postfix very difficult to configure with spamassassin. > Postfix/dovecot works well enough, > but the recommended addition of amavisd-new with clamav and spamassassin > seems extraordinarily complicated and spaghetti-like, > and I haven't found any documentation in *.centos.org > that describes the specific spamassassin side of the setup. > [The alternative sendmail/procmail/spamassassin combination > I run on another server seems much easier to follow.] > > Everything on my server appears to be running as it should, > but I don't think any spam is being caught. > Eg I have set > ok_languages en it fr de ga > in /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf (and re-started spamassassin) > but I am still inundated with chinese spam. > > If anyone knows of any documentation on the recommended CentOS setup > of postfix/dovecot with amavis, clamav and spamassassin > I should be grateful for a pointer. try the E-Mail item here http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos#head-0facb50d5796bee0bd394636c32ffa9a997a6ab5 > > What I'd really like is to see what happens to a given email > as it goes through its rather complicated journey through my system. > > In particular, I don't really see the point of amavis, > since as far as I can see spamassassin can be used directly with postfix. > (I don't care about clamav, as I don't think I'd be tempted > to read any email likely to infect my system.] > > Any advice or elucidation gratefully received, > especially from anyone running this 5-program email combination. >