Exim + sa-Exim

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Exim + sa-Exim

Hi

a couple of questions,

1..has anyone gor sa-exim working with da_exim-4.50 and if so do you have an rpm

2..do you have to use the da_exim or can you use any exim rpm, I have not used exim that much and guess that direct admin uses some of its own paths to files.

any help appreciated
 
sa-exim is a exim loadable module that can be used to stop spam before any data is passed and also tarpits the spammers connection.

do we have to use da_exim or can we install from source?
 
You should be able to as long as you make any changes to the default configuration that are needed (if any).
 
dnadog said:
sa-exim is a exim loadable module that can be used to stop spam before any data is passed and also tarpits the spammers connection.
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sa-exim does not stop spam before data is passed; all the data must be on your server before SpamAssassin can tell if it's spam or not.

What it does is refuses the email after data rather than accepting it.

So it doesn't stay on the server, but get's deleted as soon as it's found to be spammy. And the refusal means the sender gets a refusal notice.

Jeff
 
Exactly. My response was to "stop spam before any data is passed".

You write at "smtp time' but it's at the "data" level, which means the spam is already on the user's machine. There's no way to run it through SpamAssassin to see if it's spam before you've got it.

All versions of the Spamblocker exim.conf file are designed to be fully compatible with DA as it runs exim now. This would be a non-compatible change.

If DA staff is willing to support using SpamAssassin at data time rather than as it does now, I'm willing to write it into our SpamBlocker version of the exim.conf file (I've already tested this on our testbeds and it works); I just don't want to have to support it for all DA users.

Jeff
 
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