On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 08:54 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 11:15 +0530, yogesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > hi frieds > > i have mail server on linux > > my mail server generate spam mail > > how to avoid this spamming > > > > the spam mail will come from external globval network > > i thaught that my server any port is opren > > how to secure my mail server > > You will need to tell people: > > * which mail server software you are running > * which configuration options you have changed from the defaults > * what the spam looks like (with full headers) > > Paul. The above described information would be interesting but I think the answer is to use spamassassin which comes with the distribution. Instructions for use are on the web and in the file users_prefs.template. Use of procmail to separate the spam and non-spam streams would be useful. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>