[Mimedefang] A little confusered

[David F. Skoll]

On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Weyland wrote:

> First question -
> Is MD set up to do *any* kind of filtering once installed?

If you leave the default filter in place, then yes.

> I've tried sending test messages through that
> would obviously be spam, and they make it through.

Do you have SpamAssassin installed?  Otherwise, MD does not scan for
spam.

> Is there another resource that I might understand a little
> better regarding configuration, as a Linux semi-newbie?

The man page: man mimedefang-filter is a good place to start, assuming
you know Perl.  If you do not know Perl, then good luck... you have a
steep learning curve ahead. :-)

Regards,

David.