Thanks to all those who answered my request for information the other week.
For those who are interested, here are the results:
Replies received: 12. Figures below include UCE:
MTAs
Exim 10
Sendmail 2
Postfix 1
Anti-spam measures
Spamassassin 3
RBL/RBL+ 8 * We also use RBL at UCE, with SA handling
the stuff that slips through
none 2
other 1 * Exim system filter used
Policies
bounce 8 * All the sites using RBL, plus one that uses SA &
other filtering methods
flag 3
do nothing 1 * looking into anti-spam measures
other 1
Not very conclusive, I know, but at least it shows the popularity of Exim!
:) We have RBL set to reject but have found that a number of spam messages
still get through. We first tried using filters but the Exim system filter
file became a bit unwieldy, hence investigating SA.
Feel free to contact me off-list if anything is unclear.
Regards,
Paul Walsh
Senior Systems Administrator, IT Services,
University of Central England, BIRMINGHAM B42 2SU, UK
Tel: +44 (0)121 331 5708 Fax: +44 (0)121 356 2875
