test setup

[Glenn Steen]

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On 06/01/06, shuttlebox <shuttlebox at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/6/06, Jon Miller <jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au> wrote:
> > First like to say my copy of the MailScanner book has just arrived and I'm
> ready to try to set up a test system to install MS, SA, SAV, MCP,etc.
> > What I would like to do is have mail from our regular mail server send a
> copy to this server, so we can see how the setup works with real mail.
> > We are using a Debian server with postfix as our MTA.
> > Any ideas or diagram/instructions available on the subject?
> >
>
>  I test mine by manually sending mail from them to an external account (e.g.
> Gmail). Then I can test plain text, forbidden attachments, eicar viruses and
> spam (gtube). It doesn't really matter which way mail travels through a mail
> server. When you know it delivers mail you can put it into production, just
> limit its use to a few people by using rulesets. Then you can test
> reasonable values and actions for spam and other things.
>
> --
> /peter
>

Good thought. What I tend to do (to test out all the postfix UCE
stuff) is to "script up some telnets" from an untrusted local client.
No test like putting it into the loop though:-).

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-- Glenn
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