[cobalt-users] reconfig sendmail voids warranty?

["Dana S. Millaway" <dmillaway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pardon the newbie here but I have been searching for ways to kill the 
incoming spam.  When I searched the archives for this list, I found the 
following dialogue:
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> I was just wondering if anyone has deployed any sort of email (i.e.
> SPAM) filtering software onto their RAQ?
[snip]
> I've heard of RBL and it should work natively with sendmail - however 
I
> was wondering if anyone has any advice or attempted this before.

Several of us. I'm using ORBZ on our Qube3, and set it up using Charlie
Summers' extensively detailed instructions for voiding your software
warranty by reconfiguring sendmail. :-) Search the list archives for
"sendmail configuration using m4 on a Cobalt RaQ3 (long)" which was the
subject of Charlie's original message on the subject.

I've got a cron job running which emails a daily count of bounced mail; 
I'm
stopping anywhere from 40 to 100 per day, and we're a pretty small 
site.

There are some other basic configuration steps to take, like making 
sure any
majordomo lists are as buttoned-up as they can be and setting the max 
size
on list email as low as possible, but the various DNSBLs are the most
effective prevention steps. See the news.admin.net-abuse.email FAQ for
listings of the major DNSBLs - 
<<http://www.spamfaq.net/spamfighting.shtml>>.

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What I would like to know is whether Mr. Morse was being facetious 
about the warranty and if there is a spam filter / blocker product with 
a web-based interface for installation and configuration.  I am not 
adept enough at linix to attempt it at a command prompt.  (Sorry if 
that draws boos and hisses.  The GUI was a real selling point for 
getting our Qube 3 Pro.)  I know enough linix to know I don't know 
enough linix.  I'm wearing too many hats at my present job to pick up 
Red Hat on the side.  I would also be willing to contract the job done 
if anyone can recommend a reputable service provider in St. Cloud, MN.

Thanks in advance.

Dana
District Technology Coordinator
Holdingford Public Schools