Amavis is an open source content filter for electronic mail, implementing mail message transfer, decoding, some processing and checking, and interfacing with external content filters to provide protection against spam, viruses and other malware. It can be considered an interface between a mailer (MTA, Mail Transfer Agent) and one or more content filters.
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Postfix block double extensions in archive attachment
These days I have problems with trojans in attachments like:
//EZuS.zip//invoice_scan_xcFSuO.xls.js contains a potentially infected object HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Script.Generic.
//TuxX.zip//invoice_YAFFOg.doc.js contains a potentially infected…

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How does amavis talk to spamassassin?
I'm going through all the amavisd-new config files, and I can't find anything that tells amavis to talk to spamassassin/spamd to get a spam score. The reason I ask is because I'd like to swap out spamassassin for dspam, and am wondering how amavis…

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Spammer spoofed localhost? Or server fail? How do I secure against this?
I noticed a spammer got through postgrey AND SpamAssassin, which was very strange. I examined /var/log/mail.log and saw some suspect lines:
Log below, or on Pastebin: http://pastebin.com/k7sKnvGE
Jul 19 07:59:06 mail postfix/smtpd[15492]: connect…

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Where do I add DKIM details to amavisd.conf on Ubuntu?
I'm trying to add a DKIM key to an additional domain on my Ubuntu mail server, I am trying to add the following block of code to the amavisd.conf file
$enable_dkim_verification = 1;
$enable_dkim_signing = 1;
dkim_key('example.com',…

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Howto enable SMPTS (465) postfix CentOS
I need help is enabling SMTPS. I use postfix , dovecot with MySQL(virtual domains). I do not know how to enable SMTPS(465). I already added tls related settings and key and certificate in the "/etc/postfix/main.cf"
OS: Centos 6.4 64 bit
Please my…

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email server: refuse old emails and emails in the future
I use postfix, dovecot 2.1 and amavis for my emails.
How can I refuse emails (from other email servers) that date are to old (e.g. >=1 month) or to new (eg. >=1d in the future)?

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Spamassassin: Where quarantined files goes?
I searched a little bit and don't found anything related :(
I need to know where spamassassing send the quarantined files since I need check some data on them.
Any help appreciated.
OS: Ubuntu
Postfix+Amavis+Spamassassin
Thanks

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Amazon SES and Amavis
I've been following how to set up a mail server - by Flurdy in order to set up a more secure mail server on my Amazon EC2 Ubuntu 12.04 instance. I've followed the article to the letter, but I can't get it working alongside Amazon SES.
Amazon SES…

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Which configuration is loaded after sa-update?
I use amavisd-new 2.6.5 and SpamAssassin 3.2.2 (on ubuntu 12.04). I just ran for the first time the sa-update command.
I see that there is new files in /var/lib/spamassassin/3.003002/updates_spamassassin_org/ .
And a local.cf in this directory.
But…

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Amavis and SpamAssassin won't mark junk email as spam in second domain
I'm currently setting up amavis and spamassassin with postfix. So far SpamAssassin blocks and bounces Spam. If I set $final_spam_destiny to D_PASS the mail gets through, but the $sa_spam_subject_tag does not get attached and the X-Spam value does…

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Rewriting sender address based on the recipient
I'm trying to set up my postfix server to alter the sender address of outgoing e-mails for one specific recipient domain (example.com) -- otherwise I'd just configure smtp_generic_maps in main.cf and be done with it.
From what I understand, for…

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amavisd Net server pid file already exists after system crash and startup
whenever i have an unclean shutdown, which is often due to power failure most of the time i get problems with amavis starting up.
The error amavisd Net server pid_file already exists for running process comes when i start it under debug mode, so i…
Simiyu
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Create a blacklist
I have installed postfix, amavisd, spamassassin and clamd. I want to specify a sender to blacklist. How can I do this?
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spamhaus sbl error 3.64.1.98 — blocked using sbl.spamhaus.org; Error: open resolver
For I don't know how long — maybe a decade — I've had the following in my postfix configuration:
smtpd_client_restrictions = reject_rbl_client sbl.spamhaus.org,
reject_rbl_client blackholes.easynet.nl
Recently, I've had users occasionally get…

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SpamAssassin 2010 Bug still active on my mailserver despite the offending rule being fixed - where to look to fix?
The SpamAssassin 2010 bug was supposed to be fixed not long after the bug became widely known, and indeed the offending rule in my /usr/share/spamassassin/72_active.cf has been updated. However, incoming messages are still being tagged by this…

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