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| + | == General == | ||
| + | See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MailServer for an introduction to MTA/Spamassassin | ||
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| + | Briefly, the workflow for mail delivery is: | ||
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| + | '''[Internet] -> postfix (MTA) -> procmail (MDA) -> SpamAssassin -> $HOME/Maildir''' | ||
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| + | and for mail viewing: | ||
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| + | '''$HOME/Maildir -> Courier (IMAP MUA) -> Thunderbird/Outlook''' | ||
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| + | or | ||
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| + | '''$HOME/Maildir -> Mutt/Pine''' | ||
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== Postfix == | == Postfix == | ||
=== Emptying deferred queue === | === Emptying deferred queue === | ||
Revision as of 14:03, 4 November 2007
General
See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MailServer for an introduction to MTA/Spamassassin
Briefly, the workflow for mail delivery is:
[Internet] -> postfix (MTA) -> procmail (MDA) -> SpamAssassin -> $HOME/Maildir
and for mail viewing:
$HOME/Maildir -> Courier (IMAP MUA) -> Thunderbird/Outlook
or
$HOME/Maildir -> Mutt/Pine
Postfix
Emptying deferred queue
To attempt redelivery:
sudo postfix flush
To simply delete all deferred mails:
sudo postsuper -d ALL
SpamAssassin
Pyzor
Meaning of output like:
82.94.255.100:24441 (200, 'OK') 1206 0
- 82.94.255.100
- 24441
- Pyzor server
- (200, 'OK')
- HTTP response from server
- 1206
- Number of spam matches for tested message
- 0
- Number of whitelist (definite non-spam) matches for tested message
Pyzor will return 0 (identifying the message as spam) only if number of spam matches > 0 and number of whitelist matches = 0.
