qSheff: qmail spam & virus controller (investigate)
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Written with a loving hand by kitt some time around 22:44 on 23 December 2004
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At some point, I'm going to need to install a spam & virus controller
on my mail server. Until then, however, I'll use m3. Notes on an
option:
http://www.enderunix.org qSheff is a wrapper for the qmail queue that scans email for viruses and spam. After checking the message, it will wake the qmail queue. It is a replacement program for qscanq and RAV antivirus. It is simple and more powerful. It features the ability to quarantine, very nice logging, subject filtering, a blackhole, easy installation, and white/black lists. Features * Simple, optimized, extandable fast code (About 1200 lines of C code) * Interoperability with various Antivirus / Spam software. * Detailed logging. (Comfortable for 'cut' and 'cat' operations to produce statistics.) * Internal subject filter that supports regular expression matching * White/black lists. * Easy installation and administration * Easy debugging. * Quarantine directory for service providers. * Dropping mails with malformed headers * MRTG reporting of spammer avctivity * Easy debugging