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Old May 27th, 2004, 10:11 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question Spam / Virus Filters...

Does anybody know is there are spam or (more importantly) virus filters/programs taht I can install on my dedicated that will delete the affected email before it even gets to the user? (i.e. the user never sees the email)

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is something similiar avainalbe on cpanel, etc?

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Old May 28th, 2004, 12:30 AM   #2 (permalink)
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surpass uses Exim with a virus scanner (exiscan) and spam assassin.

I've tuned my spam assasin so well that I've not gotten more than 2 spams a day now!! see my post in the EMAIL forum.

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Smile Exim? clarification

so your saying that on a dedicated server with surpass, i would not even receive any emails with viruses? and i can follow your tutorial (a great one, btw) to kill the spam?
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