[CentOS] postfix as default MTA

Thu Jul 11 01:19:09 UTC 2013
Rob Kampen <rkampen at kampensonline.com>

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.
>