== Spam Control - Matt Zuehlke and Nick Zeller ==
=== SpamAssassin ===
==== Installation ====
Used to install and do basic configuration for test purposes

http://www.brennan.id.au/12-Sendmail_Server.html#spam

==== Config ====
After installation config generator used to setup. http://www.yrex.com/spam/spamconfig.php

==== Spam and Ham Training ====
Training spamassassin bayesian filter for spam and ham rules. http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.0.x/dist/doc/sa-learn.html

==== Rulesets ====
After install, config and training we installed the applicable rulesets to our installation to catch more spam.

http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/CustomRulesets
=== Firewall ===
==== Ports requested by Zimbra and Snort ====
We used SELinux with IPtables 4.0 as our firewall and setup iptables opening the ports below in the attachment are needed by default for Zimbra and Snort.
For a Guide on how to write IPtables go here http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Network/IPTables

 . [[attachment:Firewall Ports Needed.docx]]

==== Next on list to do ====
Next we would like to setup some dummy mx records that lead to no where, that way spam emailers will give up after first try of not being able to connect.

As seen here http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/OtherTricks and here [[http://blog.eukhost.com/webhosting/change-in-mx-record…/|http://blog.eukhost.com/webhosting/change-in-mx-record%E2%80%A6/]]