Script to stop spam

[JamesCliff]

Hi all,

I am running a red hat linux 9 in console mode for my server. I have kernel 2.6.18.1 which works great.

However i have one problem, and thats with my email server. I am using sendmail to run multiple email acounts on my server for different users. However the client accounts are been spammed with upto 8 emails a day about pills, and enlargement tools etc etc etc.

Basiclly what i am woundering is......... Is it possible to construct a script that holds certain words, and if any emails come to sendmail that contain one of these words the server disregards it? If it is possible to make something like this, how would i go about it?

Or is this not the best way of doing it? What other methods are there to stop spam like this?

Thanks for your time.

Jim

 

[lgarner]

A whole 8 spams per day?

Check these:

http://www.spamassassin.org

dspam.nuclearelephant.org

I'd suggest using with Procmail for local delivery or amavisd-new if it's a gateway.

 

[Sedmail]

try installing Mailscanner and SPAM Assassin.

that helps a lot, you can even scan the mails for viruses.

http://www.mainscanner.info

you can download tar fileas and instalation procedures are available there.