{Disarmed} Re: New to MailScanner

[Greg Ledford]

Trust me, I Googled a ton before I bothered the list. I haven’t found anything that meets my needs. Since I run Postfix-Amavis-Spamassassin as a front-end for Exchange, I haven’t found anyone who has successfully tied in the latest version of MailScanner into this type of configuration. Just saying Google it doesn’t even remotely answer the question I originally asked, either. ;)


Greg Ledford
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From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Alex Neuman
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 11:23 AM
To: MailScanner discussion
Subject: Re: {Disarmed} Re: New to MailScanner

I agree that the greylisting post had nothing to do with it, and I've used milter ahead I'm some installations where LDAP was not available, so I also agree with you on that part.

Unfortunately some people can be too adamant about using free (whether or not they're open) tools as opposed to a "right tool for the right job for the right budget" approach.

Finally, although I do appreciate when people do their due diligence first, I can understand that they might want to ask the list first instead of doing it "the smart way" as per Esrb's famous article. I usually will say things like "I tried searching for these keywords and found this resource" instead of "Google this first next time" - which in the end is the same thing, but you get more flies with honey...

Those of us who've been on the list for years know how you feel...

On Wednesday, July 30, 2014, Tracy Greggs <mailscanner-list at okla.com<mailto:mailscanner-list at okla.com>> wrote:
I agree Alex.  LDAP is another solution.

Again, I was merely pointing out that a quick cheap fix that I have used in many installations is Milter-Ahead and it does a nice job.  It does require the exchange server to have recipient checking function turned on in the anti spam features of exchange which is not supported in exchange 2013.

Since the original question was in reference to exchange 2010, I was just letting Greg know about Milter-Ahead because that would do the trick for him.

This list is for the community to try to lend help in resolving problems some have with implementations that others on the list have encountered before.  I really didn’t think the graylisting post had anything to do with what I was referring to nor did I find productive the “A few keywords in google's search box would bring him more helpful suggestions than yours” comment.

No good deed …..

Regards


From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info');> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info');>] On Behalf Of Alex Neuman
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Subject: {Disarmed} Re: New to MailScanner

You could, at least in theory, use plugins to check recipients using LDAP in Active Directory - this plus proper SPF implementation reduces a lot of the fake "from" and bogus "to" addresses for your domain.


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On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Tracy Greggs <mailscanner-list at okla.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mailscanner-list at okla.com');>> wrote:
BTW, Exchange 2013 does not have recipient checking integrated into their antispam feature set.  This has proven to be a real PITA when using MailScanner as a gateway.  Another brilliant move from Microsoft!

Regards


From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info');> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info');>] On Behalf Of Tracy Greggs
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 1:48 PM
To: 'MailScanner discussion'
Subject: RE: New to MailScanner

I use sendmail, so someone else can comment on your postfix question.

I would make a suggestion to turn on the Exchange antispam feature for recipient checking and run MILTER-AHEAD with your MailScanner MTA.  It is cheap but not free, but well worth the expense.

Regards,
Tracy Greggs


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Subject: New to MailScanner

Hello. Please be kind as I’m still learning the program and I’ll have lots of questions. Is there a webpage that lists the instructions to install MailScanner + Postfix if you are using it as a front-end for an Exchange 2010 server? Thanks for any help you can provide.


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