5 Mail Delivery Administration

Using the Internet Express Administration utility, you can manage the following delivery components:

•Sendmail Mail Transport Agent for sending, distributing, and delivering mail (Section : Sendmail Server Administration).

•Majordomo mailing list administrator to create and maintain mailing lists (Section : Majordomo Mailing List Administration).

•Mailman mailing list management system (Section : Mailman)

•Bogofilter to filter spam (Section : Bogofilter Spam Filter)

Sendmail Server Administration

There are two administrative interfaces and related macro definitions for the SMTP package, Sendmail.

•The older administration interface iuses the classic macros. This interface includes new support for including anti-virus actions. You can access this interface by selecting Sendmail Server from the Administration utility Main menu.

•The newer Sendmail administration utility includes a support based on usage of the open source features from sendmail.org, mailers and macros. The new macro base enforces more control over potential spamming and includes more restrictions over relaying. The newer Sendmail administration includes Clam AV anti-virus mail filter, general mail filters, queue support, performance support, and more complete support for Secure Transport Level Security (TLS). You can access this interface by selecting Sendmail Server/ Using Open Source Configuration Rules from the Administration utility Main menu.

Note:

During the configuration of the sendmail.cf file, the Sendmail administration checks the network options and if it finds an Internet Protocol version 6 network, it will auto-configure itself for both Internet Protocol versions 6 and 4 networks.

You can set up or modify the Sendmail server configuration as follows:

•Standalone—Does not send or receive mail from any other system. A standalone system can send and receive mail from other users on the same system only. See Section : Configuring the System as a Standalone Mail System for instructions.

•Client—A system that depends on a mail server for all mail processing. A client system must be connected to the same network as its mail server. See Section : Configuring the System as a Mail Client for instructions.

•Server—Central host that performs all mail processing, such as forwarding, routing, addressing, aliasing, and mail delivery. See Section : Configuring the System as a Mail Server for instructions.

You can also configure the following additional server features using the Administration utility:

◦Mail Protocols (see Section : Configuring Mail Protocols)

◦Masquerading (see Section : Configuring Masquerading)

◦Virtual domains (see Section : Configuring Virtual Domains)

◦Procmail (see Section : Enabling Procmail as a Local Mailer)

◦Clam Anti-virus (see Section : Enabling Anti-Virus)

◦Anti-spam (see Section : Configuring Anti-Spam)

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