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How to implement spam filtering or spam blocking on your server.
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These spam filtering applications should function whatever your operating system.
These are not truly cross-platform, but the same program is available for several diverse and popular platforms.
Mailshell
Spam Catcher Enterprise - www.mailshell.com/mail/client/oem2.html/step/module
- Linux/Solaris/Windows
SpamFilter ISP - www.logsat.com/sfi.asp
- Windows/Linux
Lyris Mailshield
- www.lyris.com/products/mailshield/server/
- Windows 2k+/Solaris 8/Red Hat 7.2+
Internet Exchange Messaging Server -
www.ima.com/iems/ - Linux/Windows
Hexamail Guard - www.hexamail.com/hexamailguard/
- Windows/Linux
Kerio MailServer - www.kerio.com/us/kms_antispam.html
- Windows/Linux/Mac OS X
MavenFilter - www.tech-mavens.com/MavenFilter/
- Solaris/Linux/Windows
RAV for MailServers
- www.raeinternet.com/rav/rav_mailservers.html
- Linux/Mac OS X/BSD/Solaris/Windows
SpamBolt - www.spambolt.com
- Windows/Mac OS X
Message Sniffer - www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/
- Windows/Linux/BSD
GMS Anti-spam
- www.gordano.com/Technology/Anti-Spam.htm
- Windows/Linux/Solaris/AIX
XMail - www.xmailserver.org
- GNU/Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD/Solaris/Windows
SurgeMail - netwinsite.com/surgemail/protected.htm
- Windows/Linux/Solaris SPARC/FreeBSD/Mac OS X
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Perl (Perl is also available here and here)
Vipul's Razor - razor.sourceforge.net
- distributed
Blockspam -
www.contactor.se/~dast/spam.html
blackberries - www.river.com/tools/blackberries/
qpsmtpd - develooper.com/code/qpsmtpd/
DisSpam - freshmeat.net/projects/disspam/
PureMessage -
www.activestate.com/Products/PureMessage/
notespam - www.xisp.net/notespam/
ZFilter -
plumeria.vmth.ucdavis.edu/~saintly/zfilter/
SpamTest-Bayesian
- www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Mail/Mail-SpamTest-Bayesian-0.01.readme
parp - adamspiers.org/computing/parp/
Mail-Classifier
- search.cpan.org/~dagolden/Mail-Classifier/
Deny-Spammers - deny-spammers.sourceforge.net
- firewall spammers off
Mailfilt
- www.nmt.edu/~mfisk/style.cgi?unixtools/mailfilt.html
Anti-Spam-SMTP-Proxy (ASSP) -
assp.sourceforge.net/
Net::RBLClient - wildspark.com/Net-RBLClient/
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PostArmor
- www.postarmor.com
JSpamFilter - jspamfilter.com
Secluda - www.secluda.com
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SpamBayes - spambayes.sourceforge.net
Shicks! - p-nand-q.com/download/shicks.html
Pyzor - pyzor.sourceforge.net
- distributed
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These solutions should work with most UNIX (and POSIX) platforms.
If you wish to use procmail or other applications to filter individual mail
boxes see: Unix Client Side Spam Filters
SpamAssassin - spamassassin.org
SpamAssassin Plugin: track sources
of spam - www.unicom.com/sw/spamtrak/
SpamAssassin: Create configs
- www.yrex.com/spam/spamconfig.php
RBLCheck - rblcheck.sourceforge.net
rblsmtpd - cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp/rblsmtpd.html
Tagged Message Delivery Agent (TMDA) - tmda.net
SORBS - sorbs.sourceforge.net
- checks incoming servers for open relays and proxies
BlackMail
- www.jsm-net.demon.co.uk/blackmail/blackmail.html
spfilter - spfilter.sourceforge.net
- Mirrors: spfilter.openrbl.org,
mirror.bliab.com/spfilter/
Scanmail - www.scanmail-software.com
BlackHole - iland.net/~ckennedy/blackhole.shtml
spamGuard
- www.enderunix.org/index.php?tab=software&softname=spamguard
MessageWall - messagewall.org
Spammer Deterrent - sd.inodes.org
CRM114 - crm114.sourceforge.net
- Bayes
Bogofilter - bogofilter.sourceforge.net
- Bayes
Spamprobe - spamprobe.sourceforge.net
- Bayes
Munts spamfilter
- www.munts.com/spamfilter/spamfilter.html
- OpenBSD
MailStripper - www.eridani.co.uk/MailStripper/
Expaminator - expaminator.sourceforge.net
- Bayes
Smtpblock - grimlock.angmar.com/smtpblock/
- checks incoming servers against DNSBLs, then tests them
Bayesian Mail Filter - sourceforge.net/projects/bmf/
- Bayes
Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse
- www.dcc-servers.net/dcc/ or
www.rhyolite.com/anti-spam/dcc/
- distributed
nilsimsa - lexx.shinn.net/cmeclax/nilsimsa.html
- duplicate spotting
AGMSBayesianSpam - www.bebits.com/app/3055
- BeOS
DSPAM - www.nuclearelephant.com/projects/dspam/
- Bayes
CNIT - www.cancun.com/cnit/
Active SMTP - www.escom.com/asmtp.html
MailScanner - www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/
- Postfix, sendmail, Exim or ZMailer
Kaspersky Anti-Spam
- www.kaspersky.com/buyonline.html?chapter=967506
Fairly-Secure Anti-SPAM Gateway
Using OpenBSD... - lawmonkey.org/anti-spam.html
webfilt - www.pc-tools.net/unix/webfilt/
- web interface to server-side spam filters
Sendmail.com's
Advanced Anti-Spam Filter - www.sendmail.com/products/msmgr_antispam.shtml
PreciseMail Anti-Spam
Gateway - www.process.com/precisemail/precisemailds.htm
DSPAM - www.nuclearelephant.com/projects/dspam/
SPAM Zapper - www.no-junkmail.com/Business.html
Spam Cannibal - www.spamcannibal.org
DSPAM - www.nuclearelephant.com/projects/dspam/
- Bayes, replacement MDA
Proofpoint Protection
Server - www.proofpoint.com/product-mps/overview.php
- Solaris, Red Hat Linux
Related links:
Internet
Exchange Messaging Server -
www.ima.com
Praetor Main - www.cmsconnect.com/Praetor/prMain.htm
602Pro LAN SUITE - www.software602.com/products/ls/
BCware NoSPAM - www.bcwaresystems.com/nospam/
- Win2k/XP
JSMail - www.j-bg.demon.co.uk
EzMTS - www.ezmts.org
Rockliffe MailSite
-www.rockliffe.com/products/mailsite/
Mercury Mail -
www.pmail.com/overviews/ovw_mercury.htm
Pinjo - www.duketown.com/pinjo/
MailEnable - mailenable.com
Spam Assassin with Windows
- www.openhandhome.com/howtosa.html
DynaComm i:mail - www.dciseries.com/products/imail/
CS MAILsweeper™
for SMTP Anti-spam Edition - www.mimesweeper.com/products/antispam/Msw/
- Win2k/XP
SpamBolt - www.spambolt.com
Surf Control
- www.surfcontrol.com/products/email/spam_layers.aspx
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AlliGate - www.spammanager.com
Spam Sleuth
Enterprise - www.bluesquirrel.com/products/SpamSleuthEnterprise/
MailMarshal SMTP -
www.marshalsoftware.com/MailMarshal/
Mailtraq - www.mailtraq.com
Norman Spam Control
- www.norman.com/technical_nsc_overview.shtml
iQ.Suite
- www.group-technologies.com/us/products/iq_suite/iq_suite.php
- Win2k,Win2k3,XP
Visnetic MailScan
- www.deerfield.com/products/mailscan/
Omniquad Mailwall
- www.omniquad.com/omniquad_mailwall.htm
noSPAMtoday - www.no-spam-today.com
- SpamAssassin based
noSPAMproxy - www.nospamproxy.de
OrangeBox Mail
- www.cobion.com/solutions/orangeboxmail/
- Win2k
Related links:
NetTen - www.tenon.com/products/netten/
4D Mail - www.4d.com/products/4dmail.html
Related links:
Filtering add-ons to specific mail server applications and instructions on how to filter spam with specific servers.
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Sendmail Milter
- sourceforge.net/projects/sendmail-milter/
PMilter - www.duh.org/pmilter/
MilterMonkey - www.membrain.com/miltermonkey/
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rbl-milter - opensource.confusticate.com/rbl-milter/
Megacity Software - www.megacity.org/software.html
Milter.org - www.milter.org
CanIt - www.canit.ca
Bmilter - blue-labs.org/software/Bmilter/
Spammilt - tweegy.demon.nl/projects/spammilt/
Tantalus - www.linuxmailmanager.com/tantalus.html
- alleviates dictionary attacks
badDNS - www.highlandsun.com/hyc/badDNS.html
Spamilter - www.wanlink.com/spamilter/docs.php
miltrassassin
- www.digitalanswers.org/check_local/miltrassassin.html
- SpamAssassin interface
Nspasm - www.nspasm.org
SpamAssassin Milter
- savannah.nongnu.org/projects/spamass-milt
SMRazor - www.sapros.com/smrazor/
J-chkmail - j-chkmail.ensmp.fr
Ray's Mail Filter - www.sendmail-filter.lsbu.ac.uk
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DUH.ORG Spam Blocker - www.duh.org/spamblock/
SpamFilters -
www.visi.com/~hawkeyd/spamfilters.html
check_local - www.digitalanswers.org/check_local/
Sendmail anti-spam modifications
- www.gtoal.com/spam/sendmail.html
Neil Rickert's configuration
hacks - www.cs.niu.edu/~rickert/cf/
Per User Spam Control
- www.technoids.org/spamlovers.html
Sendmail
REGEX Hacks - web.abnormal.com/~thogard/sendmail/8.11.1.shtml
Sendmail Configuration
- www.sdsc.edu/%7Ejeff/spam/Sendmail.html
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Mail Master - www.linuxmailmanager.com
Geht.net Anti SPAM filter - spam.geht.net
OpenBottle - openbottle.sourceforge.net
Dansie Anti Spam - www.dansie.net/anti_spam.html
MailCorral
- www.bsmdevelopment.com/Products/VFilterDL.html
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Postfix Configuration - UCE Controls
- www.postfix.org/uce.html
Comment to: Postfix
Configuration - UCE Controls - www.mengwong.com/misc/postfix-uce-guide.txt
Configuration de Postfix
- Commandes anti-spam - x.guimard.free.fr/postfix/uce.html
(French)
Postfix antispam
- www.kobitosan.net/postfix/antispam.html
(Japanese)
Postfix Shrine
- www.stahl.bau.tu-bs.de/~hildeb/postfix/
Postfix and Fighting
Spam - www.bagley.org/~doug/spam/postfix.shtml
Postfix anti-UCE
configuration - jimsun.linxnet.com/misc/postfix-anti-UCE.txt
Postfix configuration - www.xigole.com/bbd/postfix/
Fighting
malware and spam with Postfix - www.advosys.ca/papers/printable/postfix-filtering.html
Postfix Anti-spam
Guide - www.securitysage.com/guides/postfix_uce.html
Using RBL+ with Postfix
- www.spin.it/furio/rblplus-postfix.html
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invalid_mx_networks
- freesbee.wheel.dk/~jesper/invalid_mx_networks.diff
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Exim DNSBL Support - www.exim.org/howto/rbl.html
Filtering Email with Perl and
Exim - www.etla.org/articles/filter/
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Mailfilter - colondot.net/mbm/mailfilter-full.shtml
Exim Filter - www.smnolde.com/exim/system_filter.exim
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iScan - iscan.sourceforge.net/home/index.php
SAUCE - www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/sauce/
Exim SpamAssassin -
marc.merlins.org/linux/exim/sa.html
elspy - elspy.sourceforge.net
Greylisting
with Exim - www.digitaleveryware.com/projects/greylisting/
Greylisting with Exim - noc.polesye.net/greylist/
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QMail Anti-spam techniques and
code - www.qmail.org/top.html#spam
Protecting Qmail from known spam sources -
web.greens.org/about/software/dnsbl.shtm
qmail Anti-Spam
HOWTO - www.chrishardie.com/tech/qmail/qmail-antispam.html
Spamassassin
with QMail - sylvestre.ledru.info/howto/howto_qmail_spamassassin.php
Spamassassin together
with Qmail - www.magma.com.ni/~jorge/spamassassin.html
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oSpam - omail.omnis.ch/ospam/
Spam throttling for qmail - spamthrottle.qmail.ca
Bayespam - www.garyarnold.com/projects.php#bayespam
SPAMCONTROL - www.fehcom.de/qmail/spamcontrol.html
flame.org's qmail mods - www.flame.org/qmail/
qmail regular expressions
- www.unixpimps.org/software/qregex/
logrelay - www.palomine.net/qmail/logrelay.patch
- log relaying attempts
smtpd-relay-reject
- www.qmail.org/qmail-smtpd-relay-reject
qqrbl - www.qmail.org/qqrbl
spam-filter - www.qmail.org/spam-filter
ifspamh - www.gbnet.net/~jrg/qmail/ifspamh/
- spamassassin plugin
qmail good... spam
bad... - www.30below.com/~zmerch/qmail/spambad.cfm
qdated - www.palomine.net/qdated/
- time expiring email addresses
TMS - www.deepeddy.com/tms.html
- time expiring email addresses
nullenvsender-recipcount.patch
- www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/misc/nullenvsender-recipcount.patch
SpamRule - isle.wumpus.org/cgi-bin/pikie?SpamRule
Greylisting
with QMail - www.digitaleveryware.com/projects/greylisting/
QMail Patches - www.infodancer.org/software/qmail.jsp
SPAMBaffle - spambaffle.com
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XWall - www.dataenter.com/products/xwall.htm
GFI MailEssentials - www.gfi.com/mes/
Open Relay Filter - www.vamsoft.com/orf/
- Windows 2000
Power Tools
- www.nemx.com/products/powertools/index.asp
AppRiver - www.appriver.com/arm/exchange.htm
Trend
ScanMail eManager - www.trendmicro.com/en/products/email/smem/evaluate/overview.htm
MailMarshal Exchange
- www.marshalsoftware.com/MailMarshalExchange/
Norman Spam Control
- www.norman.com/technical_nsc_overview.shtml
Source Authentication
- www.blockallspam.net/Products/EnterpriseEdition/
JunkJam - www.junkjam.com
Spam Smacker - www.theproexchange.com/spamSmacker.htm
iQ.Suite
- www.group-technologies.com/us/products/iq_suite/iq_suite.php
Policy Patrol
Enterprise - www.policypatrol.com/PolicyPatrolEnterprise.htm
CS MAILsweeper
- www.mimesweeper.com/products/msw/exchange/
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SpamFilter for Lotus Notes
- www.idgnews.net/SpamFilter
kSpam - www.tomlyne.com/kspam/
Symantec
AntiVirus/Filtering for Domino - enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/products/products.cfm?ProductID=135
spamJam - www.gsw.com/gsw/home.nsf/spamJam
SpamEraser
- www.eagletc.com/eagleweb.nsf/navview/9?OpenDocument&subsection=2
iQ.Suite
- www.group-technologies.com/us/products/iq_suite/iq_suite.php
Policy Patrol
Enterprise - www.policypatrol.com/PolicyPatrolEnterprise.htm
CS MAILsweeper
- www.mimesweeper.com/products/msw/domino/
GessWorks' MIMEShield - www.gessworks.com
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Anti-spam
modifications for ZMailer - utcc.utoronto.ca/abuse/antispam-stuff/zmailer.html
ZMailer SMTP-server policy
filtering rules - www.zmailer.org/smtp-policy.html
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Using
DNS-based Blacklisting - www.stalker.com/CommuniGatePro/AntiSpam.html#BlackDNS
Communigate Pro
mail throttling - www.cse.fau.edu/~valankar/CG_spam_filter/
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IMail Server for NT
IMFilter - www.sortmonster.com/IMFilter/
IMGate - imgate.meiway.com
Alligate for IMail
- www.spammanager.com/Imail/alligate.htm
Declude JunkMail - www.declude.com/JunkMail/
SpamReview - www.slsoft.com/spamreview.htm
- log viewer for JunkMail
SpamChk - www.spamchk.com
- plugin for JunkMail
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Eudora Internet Mail Server for the Mac
OITC's IMS Spam Filters
- www.oitc.com/EIMS/VirusFilters.html
EIMS Filters - www.eudora.co.nz/eimsfilters.html
TOLD - www.madoverlord.com/Projects/TOLD.t
Filtre-and-Go - www.kallisys.com/mac/filtre-and-go/
SimpleText Filter
- www.mcfsoftware.com/simpletextfilter/
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GWAVA - www.beginfinite.com
Guinevere - www.openhandhome.com/guinevere/
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RBL
block - home1.inet.tele.dk/tooms/mailsweeper/rbl_block/default.htm
- MailSweeper
STAT AntiSpam - www.stat-communications.com/antispam/
- Mercury Mail
BayesSpam -
www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=115
- SquirrelMail
Epanoopy - www.epanoopy.com
- VPOP3
Using RBLs with Hamster - leggewie.biz/hamster.htm
- Hamster
Greylising
for Qpsmtpd - www.openfusion.com.au/labs/dist/denysoft_greylist
- Qpsmtpd
UbeBlock - www.floosietek.com/content/150.htm
- FTGate
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Application Service Providers (ASP), who pass your email via their own hosted service servers before delivering it to your own servers, minus the spam. This can be referred to as an outsourced antispam solution, email outsourcing, using an email service provider (ESP) or simply hosted email. You just change your MX record.
A similar service is possible on a single mailbox level: Third Party Client-side Spam Filters
Mailshell
Spam Catcher - www.mailshell.com/mail/client/oem2.html/step/asp
BrightMail - www.brightmail.com
(Reviews: 1)
EPS - mail-cleaner.com
Singlefin Spam Filter
- www.singlefin.net/services/spam_filter.php
MessageLabs
- www.messagelabs.com/services/spam/default.asp
(Reviews: 1)
Marvin - marvin.sihope.com
eXpurgate - spamfence.net/products/expurgate/asp
eDoxs - www.edoxs.com
eMail Conditioner
- www.emailclean.com/Conditioner/Conditioner.htm
SpamStopsHere - www.spamstopshere.com
FrontBridge
- www.frontbridge.com/services/spamfilter.php
MX Spam Guard -
www.mxlogic.com/services/spam_guard.php
MailFoundry
ASP - www.mailfoundry.com/product_info/mailfoundry_asp/overview/
MailWatch - www.mailwatch.com
Sonicmail - www.sonicmail.net
avecho - www.avecho.com
- site fails to load without cookies!
Protecmail - www.protecmail.com
DATAWASHER - www.datawasher.it/antispam.htm
ADVASCAN - www.advascan.com/products/01.php
SpamSMART - www.electricmail.com/ele/439
Postini - www.postini.com/
(Reviews: 1)
Maverix MX Service
- www.maverixsystems.com/mxservice.html
MailWise - www.mailwise.com
Iris Pure eMail - www.caledonia.net/iris.html
Target Revocable Email - www.trecorp.com/sol/
KSD Online - www.killsspamdead.com
TitanKey - www.titankey.com
Excedent Spam
DNA Filtering - www.excedent.com/email-services/spam-filtering/
Trustem - www.trustem.com
ClearMX - www.clearmx.com
CleanMessage - www.cleanmessage.com
A spam filtering appliance gateway that sits in front of your mail server.
Active SMTP - www.escom.com/asmtp.html
Mirapoint's
Message Director - www.mirapoint.com/products/message_director.shtml
VOP Anti-Spam
Gate - www.vircom.com/Enterprise/Solutions/antispamgate/
MXtreme -
www.borderware.com/products/mx/mxserver.shtml
or www.mxtreme.com
Cloudmark Authority
- www.cloudmark.com/products/authority/
Meridius - www.bluecatnetworks.com/meridius/
Tumbleweed
MMS Appliance - www.tumbleweed.com/en/products/appliance_edition.html
MailFoundry - www.mailfoundry.com/stop_spam/
SentiNet
Advanced Internet Mail (AIM) - www.sentinet.net/index.php?page=products/sentinet/aim&menu=products
trimMail Inbox - www.trimmail.com
iForce Mail Firewall - www.borderware.com/iforce/
eSafe Appliance -
www.ealaddin.com/esafe/anti-spam.asp
CipherTrust
IronMail - www.ciphertrust.com/solutions/messaging_solutions/
(Reviews: 1)
MailFrontier - www.mailfrontier.com/products_asg.html
Maverix Appliance
- www.maverixsystems.com/appliance.html
InboxProtection ISP - inboxprotection.com/isp/
Barracuda Networks - www.barracudanetworks.com
EPrism
- www.stbernard.com/products/eprism/products_eprism.asp
SpamSquelcher
- www.eprivacygroup.com/article/articlestatic/57/1/6
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