{"id":899,"date":"2008-06-17T19:20:38","date_gmt":"2008-06-17T19:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pigblog\/?p=899"},"modified":"2008-06-17T19:25:51","modified_gmt":"2008-06-17T19:25:51","slug":"postfix-spamassassin-fetchmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.piglet-net.net\/pigblog\/?p=899","title":{"rendered":"Postfix, Spamassassin, Fetchmail"},"content":{"rendered":"

The server build<\/a> continues, with a working copy of Ubuntu server after much dicking about: the default kernel for server doesn’t work with the Celeron CPU in a laptop, so a quick<\/p>\n

\r\napt-get install linux-generic\r\n<\/pre>\n
and an edit of the bootloader file from ‘rescue mode’ on the CD fixes that. There’s enough RAM now for Spamassassin now, I reckon, and as Ubuntu supports the latest SA I don’t have to bodge together an install: apt does it for me.<\/p>\n
With this server I’m moving back to Postfix<\/a>, because it’s easier to configure than Exim<\/a>, which should mean I can tweak it better so it doesn’t fall over if a load of mail arrives at once (like it does with Fetchmail<\/a>), and delivers mail a bit more promptly. Exim is the default with Debian-like distributions, but I’ve never got on with it: Postfix is simpler.<\/p>\n
There’s also a move to Dovecot<\/a> for an IMAP daemon: this is a good thing, ever since uw-imapd<\/a> started insisting on SSL-encrypted connections: this is on my LAN: no-one will be sniffing my passwords, and having to use a self-signed certificate causes an irritating warning each time you connect.<\/p>\n
I’ve got most of it together now: Fetchmail fetches mail, Postfix accepts it, and thanks to this handy guide<\/a>, Spamassassin scans it, and it ends up in an inbox. next on the list: Samba<\/a>. No, I’m not dancing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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