[KLUG Members] God Bless Sendmail but Long Live Postfix.

[Bruce Smith]

> Right now, I am trying to find time to build an OpenBSD anti-spam anti-virus
> gateway that uses Postfix as the MTA. Once again it is cookbook stuff.

You might want to take a look at running a Devil Linux server.
DL comes all this installed on the CD and ready to run:

o  Postfix configured to run in a chroot environment.
o  Postfix SSL/TLS extension.
o  SpamAssassin
o  Clam Antivirus (Opensource Scanner)
o  Sagator (Email Antivirus Gateway)
o  Fetchmail
o  Plus your choice of the Cyrus POP3/IMAP Server
   or the Dovecot Secure IMAP Server.

Like OpenBSD, everything in DL is compiled with the GCC stack smashing
protector for buffer overflow protection, and runs grsecurity for
additional protection.  It's also a snap to add a hard drive to DL to
store your email, etc.

I recently converted my employer's BIND name servers from Redhat to DL
(also pre-configured to run in a chroot environment).  I'm currently
working on converting my employer's Redhat squid (proxy) server to DL
(working in the lab, soon to be in production).  Once I get this done,
I'm going to look at replacing our RH sendmail with DL/Postfix ...

> I don't have it running yet because I had a little trouble getting the
> OpenBSD setup. I have become highly dependent on SSH, screen and Midnight
> Commander on all of my server boxes. OpenBSD didn't have MC and I felt lost
> without it. By the time I got MC working on OpenBSD I had to rip the HD out
> of that test server to use it in another box that was overflowing to lockup
> and death. I haven't had time to get back to it yet.

DL also comes with MC and SSH.  :-)    Want "screen" too?
I know a developer can add it into the stock distro!  ;-)
(that's actually a good idea, I use "screen" a lot myself!)

> Long Live Postfix.

Long live DL!  It's not just your father's firewall anymore!  :-)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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