guser
2006-Jul-20 12:00 UTC
[CentOS] help locating how-to guide for centos, postfix, dovecot, clamav and spamassassin
I have tried searching google (found page 1 only in the cache), howtoforge.com, linuxhelp.net (older postfix document), centos forums, hughesjr forum and centos irc channel. I was pointed to linuxhelp.net and at first thought that the howto in the forums there was it. Unfortunately, I only glanced at the title when I bookmarked it and when I got back home later that evening and actuallty read through it did I realize that it was not the howto document I was looking for. I know hughesjr has alot of other things to do then find a way to repost the howto just for me so I have been trying to avoid directly asking him to re-post the guide somewhere (his site is being rebuilt currently). My last guess is to try here in the hopes that someone here has used the howto and kept a local copy and would be kind enough to share it. thanks.
Edward R. Bailey
2006-Jul-20 13:57 UTC
[CentOS] help locating how-to guide for centos, postfix, dovecot, clamav and spamassassin
A simpler approach would be look for separate how-to's on 1. centos (help you install the OS) 2. postfix, sa and clam (as long as the how-to is written for Redhat you should be fine) 3. dovecot since these are somewhat separate topics. Here are some possible guides for you to follow http://www.freespamfilter.org/FC4.html http://rimuhosting.com/support/settingupemail.jsp?mta=postfix See centos.org for installation documentation You can get most of the base packages through a yum update so no need to compile for the most part. Let me know if you have any more questions, Ed Bailey -----Original Message----- From: guser [mailto:guser at packetstorm.org] Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 8:01 AM To: centos at centos.org Subject: [CentOS] help locating how-to guide for centos, postfix, dovecot, clamav and spamassassin I have tried searching google (found page 1 only in the cache), howtoforge.com, linuxhelp.net (older postfix document), centos forums, hughesjr forum and centos irc channel. I was pointed to linuxhelp.net and at first thought that the howto in the forums there was it. Unfortunately, I only glanced at the title when I bookmarked it and when I got back home later that evening and actuallty read through it did I realize that it was not the howto document I was looking for. I know hughesjr has alot of other things to do then find a way to repost the howto just for me so I have been trying to avoid directly asking him to re-post the guide somewhere (his site is being rebuilt currently). My last guess is to try here in the hopes that someone here has used the howto and kept a local copy and would be kind enough to share it. thanks. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
guser
2006-Jul-20 15:18 UTC
[CentOS] Re: help locating how-to guide for centos, postfix, dovecot, clamav and spamassassin
Thanks for the info. I have been using linux , bsd, hpux (10 and 11.11) and solaris (2.6- 8) for 10+ years, linux mainly for the last 4 (redhat, wbel and centos). I even tried Linux From Scratch and realized that although it was fun to do, the upkeeps a pain (another reason I dontated to this project as keeping centos synced with the redhat patches and then tested must be a timehog). Bascially my server is minimal install, layer the necessary packages, run fwbuilder on my desktop and create an in/outbound restrictive firewall that limits all but what is necessary to and from the system, setup snort and base and then run my set of shell scripts that apply the recommended CIS security changes to the system. I even have a mondorescue image of my server should it ever need to be restored.. The problem is I used that set of docs I am looking for and when writing my own docs I referenced the link to the original and did not cut and paste them into my own set of docs as I did not want to plaigarize anothers work. Since I am on vacation a few more days, I wanted to try rebuilding the system around a vmware server 1.0 architecture so I could toy around with it some without affecting our home system. Since I do not have alot of time left I was hoping to use the docs that have already worked so well for me instead of trying to work around another set and run out of time before I go back to work. anyhow thanks again for the links, Zimbra looks rather nice but I didnt see a 'Run at your house edition'. Ah well if not, I have all kinds of fun things I need to still do like shovel sand, lay down pavers for our bbq area out back, cut the grass and edge...someone save me and share the docs so I can tell the wife I am too busy :) -Greg
Alex Palenschat
2006-Jul-20 15:30 UTC
[CentOS] Re: help locating how-to guide for centos, postfix, dovecot, clamav and spamassassin
> > Thanks for the info. I have been using linux , bsd, hpux (10 > and 11.11) > and solaris (2.6- 8) for 10+ years, linux mainly for the last > 4 (redhat, > wbel and centos). I even tried Linux From Scratch and realized that > although it was fun to do, the upkeeps a pain (another reason > I dontated > to this project as keeping centos synced with the redhat patches and > then tested must be a timehog).Greg, I just recently had to set my own Mail server up and went through much of what you are trying to do. Most FAQ/Howtos out there involve compiling code and a lot of tweaking. What I ended up doing was following the recommendations here: http://www.postfix.org/STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README.html http://jimsun.linxnet.com/misc/postfix-anti-UCE.txt http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/tools/postgrey/ And then loading amavisd-new and clamd/clamav-update from Karanbir's Fedora Extras rebuild yum repository: http://centos.karan.org Amavisd-new will manage clam and spamassassin for you nicely. There was some reading of man pages and configuration of files to get it to work, but I'm left with all packages being managed by yum and no compiling or use of CPAN for perl dependencies. YMMV, Alex Palenschat
Guillermo Garron
2006-Jul-20 15:39 UTC
[CentOS] help locating how-to guide for centos, postfix, dovecot, clamav and spamassassin
On 7/20/06, guser <guser at packetstorm.org> wrote:> > I have tried searching google (found page 1 only in the cache), > howtoforge.com, linuxhelp.net (older postfix document), centos forums, > hughesjr forum and centos irc channel. > > I was pointed to linuxhelp.net and at first thought that the howto in > the forums there was it. Unfortunately, I only glanced at the title when > I bookmarked it and when I got back home later that evening and > actuallty read through it did I realize that it was not the howto > document I was looking for. > > I know hughesjr has alot of other things to do then find a way to repost > the howto just for me so I have been trying to avoid directly asking him > to re-post the guide somewhere (his site is being rebuilt currently). My > last guess is to try here in the hopes that someone here has used the > howto and kept a local copy and would be kind enough to share it.Please go to http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_centos_4.3 http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.0.x/dist/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/BayesInSpamAssassin and a good link that maybe will help you avoid spam http://www.cs.uu.nl/technical/services/email/spam-policy.html with this links i got configured my postfix, with spamassasine and Dovecot, i am not using clamav. regards, Guillermo. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060720/2d5de535/attachment-0002.html>
Robert Moskowitz
2006-Jul-20 17:41 UTC
[CentOS] help locating how-to guide for centos, postfix, dovecot, clamav and spamassassin
Guillermo Garron wrote:> On 7/20/06, *guser* <guser at packetstorm.org > <mailto:guser at packetstorm.org>> wrote: > > I have tried searching google (found page 1 only in the cache), > howtoforge.com <http://howtoforge.com>, linuxhelp.net > <http://linuxhelp.net> (older postfix document), centos forums, > hughesjr forum and centos irc channel. > > > Please go to > http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_centos_4.3Here is one I just used: Making Centos a Home Distro http://dizwell.com/main/content/view/98/145/1/0/