[KLUG Members] new email server

[Bruce Smith]

> I have a Suse 9.2 box sitting idle and I need a department mail server
> for ~20 people. My only email server experience is Sendmail on an old
> Solaris 2.7 box. Can someone please recommend a mail server setup,
> ideally with spam filtering, and possibly virus scanning.
> Does anyone know a good howto or at guidance of what I should steer
> clear of to avoid a horror story?
> 
> I see that Suse 9.2 comes with Sendmail, Postfix and Spam-assassin, but
> doesn't have a YAST GUI for them.

I'm pretty sure you can configure a real basic MTA (sendmail or postfix)
with YAST on SuSE 9.2.  Look harder!  :-)

IMO, spam-assassin sucks (the last time I looked at it anyway).
Flames/disagreement to advocacy list please.

I've heard good things about gray-listing for controlling spam,
(or is it spelled "grey-listing"?) but never tried it personally.

clamav isn't bad for a free virus scanner that runs on the server.

I also learned to hate "amavisd-new" (SuSE uses) and found configuring
spamassassin and clamav the native milter route to be a better solution.

Personally I eliminated a LOT of headaches by going the commercial route
for virus & spam control. (still running SuSE 9.2/sendmail as my MTA)

 - BS