[Mimedefang] Thinking of implementing MimeDefang (Questions)

[David F. Skoll]

On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Cowles, Steve wrote:

> 1) Must continue to use sendmail to front-end all inbound e-mail
No problem.

> 2) Leave virus checking on Exchange Server.
No problem.

> 3) Use MimeDefang to split e-mail header/body for SpamAssassin.
No problem.

> 4) Use SpamAssassin to check (flag) e-mail content for SPAM and add
> appropriate header entries
No problem

> 5) Allow Outlook users to add a "Rule" to accept/discard e-mail based on
> SpamAssassin header additions.
No problem.

MIMEDefang can do exactly what you want.  You can add an
X-Spam-Score: header easily.

> 1) Am I properly understanding what (where) mimedefang's role is in
> processing inbound e-mail?
Yup.

> 2) If I implement a mimedefang/spamassassin solution, will I be able to use
> my existing sendmail configurations? i.e. access/mailertable entries.
Absolutely.

> FWIW: I have always wanted to implement SpamAssassin, but based on my
> understanding on how to implement SpamAssassin, it required me to use
> procmail. i.e. Reconfigure sendmail for local delivery. <groan!!!> If I
> understand mimedefang's role, I would no longer need to use procmail.
> Correct?

Actually, SpamAssassin has several hooks into Sendmail, one of which
is via MIMEDefang.

Regards,

David.