sa-learn with remote Dovecot folders

Andreas Kasenides andreas.kasenides at cs.ucy.ac.cy
Thu Apr 9 15:37:58 UTC 2015


Thanks for your reply.
You got me thinking towards the antispam plugin which I have nto used 
before, but can you elaborate if my users are system users and the 
training is done only via a cron entry?

Andreas



On 03/04/15 16:27, Gedalya wrote:
> On 04/03/2015 06:13 AM, Andreas Kasenides wrote:
>> Hi all!
>>
>> The set-up I have is a classic one:
>> 1. one or more Dovecot relay/directors Postfix SMTP servers in DMZ
>> 2. one or more backend IMAP/SMTP servers on the inside network
>> 3. There may or may not be separate incoming or outgoing designated 
>> SMTP servers.
>> Now the desired functionality is (of course):
>> 1. relay machines receive messages from outside AND inside
>> 2. relays check for all the bad things (spam, viruses etc).
>> 3. for incoming messages relays check for valid local users and 
>> reject messages for invalid users
>> 4. after all checks are done incoming messages are transferred to the 
>> backend systems where they are accessed via the Dovecot directors
>>
>> While all the above works nicely, the problem I have is how to train 
>> my spamassassin (used by amavisd) on the front ends when all messages 
>> are on the back ends. Of course transferring the spam detection 
>> procedures internally is not such a great option.Am I missing 
>> something? I tried googling for info but nothing substantial turned up.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
> I use ssh. The exact details depend on your setup, of course. Do you 
> use system users of virtual users? What triggers the training? Is it 
> the antispam plugin?



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