Now we'll install MailWatch with the web GUI for MailScanner. Let's begin. Open Putty and enter: yum install php-gd php-mysql -y Edit the /etc/php.ini file and ensure each variable below is set with these values: short_open_tag = On safe_mode = Off register_globals = Off magic_quotes_gpc = On magic_quotes_runtime = Off session.auto_start = 0 Save and…
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CentOS 6.4 Email Gateway (Part 6)
Now for the most complicated aspect of the whole exercise in my view - setting up MailWatch. Before commencing, if you're creating this within a VM I highly advise you take a snapshot of your system before starting. If you're doing this on physical hardware create an image of your current state using backup imaging…
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CentOS 6.4 Email Gateway (Part 5)
Now we are going to install and configure our greylisting system. We are going to be using Postgrey, but there are numerous ones out there to choose from, I just find Postgrey simple to configure and manage. Greylisting I believe, will prevent more spam than any other anti-spam measure. It works on the simple principle…
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CentOS 6.4 Email Gateway (Part 4)
We're now ready to install and configure MailScanner. Firstly we'll pre-install the packages required by MailScanner. Open up Putty and input the following: yum install perl-Archive-Zip perl-DBI perl-DBD-SQLite perl-Filesys-Df perl-Net-CIDR perl-OLE-Storage_Lite perl-Sys-Hostname-Long perl-Sys-SigAction perl-MIME-tools You'll need to install wget for the next procedure to work: yum install wget We need to install a few other…
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