Re: [IPCop-user] IPCop AntiSpam

[G.W. H. <ge...@ju...>]

Hi there,

On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 Lamissa Sanogo/Senoufo wrote:

> is it possible to get Addon and cop filter on the same IPCop Firewall?

There are several packages which can be described by the name 'Addon'.
I do not know which one you mean.  It is possible to install several
addon packages on IPCop, but my advice is to seek expert advice and to
think about it very carefully before installing any of them.  You need
to be careful when using any addon packages with IPCop, so that

1. The packages do not conflict.  Addon packages can conflict in some
   applications and not in others.

2. The packages do what you want them to do.  Addon packages may do
   what you want them to do in some applications and not in others.

3. The packages do not reduce your security unacceptably.
   Addon packages will reduce your security in almost all cases.

> How to install an Antispam on IPcop Firewall, it seems that mine
  is doing or does not bloc Spam?

That is correct.  IPCop is not designed to block spam.  It contains no
mailserver.  Attempting to block spam requires the inspection of packet
content, and IPCop as distributed does not do that.  Spam filtering is
a complex business.  Spam filtering software can consume a great deal
of resources on the filtering machine, the filtering software can make
the machine much more vulnerable to attack, and (for good reasons) the
tools to build and maintain filtering software are not present in the
IPCop distribution.

My advice is to use spam filtering products on your mail server, and
if you do not have a mail server to use something which works with, or
extends the capability of, the mail client on your PC.

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73,
Ged.