Mail relay

[Ed Wilts]

On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 03:13:16PM +0100, Stuart Pittwood wrote:
> I'm looking to build a a cheap (read free) mail relay to sit in our DMZ
> and relay mail between our exchange box & the outside world.

> are there options other than sendmail & postfix (I'm edging towards
> postfix coz it's not so scary!!)
>  
> Does anyone know of any How-To's or other documentation which can pretty
> much walk me through what issues need to be addressed.

If you're neither a postfix nor sendmail expert, and don't have access
to an expert in either, I recommend postfix.  It's easier to learn and
faster out of the box.  

Start with
https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/ref-guide/ch-email.html

I then suggest you look at MailScanner (http://www.mailscanner.info) -
this acts as a front-end to your anti-virus scanner if you have one, and
to spamassassin for spam filtering.

The Postfix web site has some Howtos and FAQs.  http://www.postfix.org

And, of course, don't forget the Linux Documentation Project at
http://www.tldp.org. Theres a TON of info there.

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Ed Wilts, RHCE
Mounds View, MN, USA
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