Starting Guide for Postfix Mail Server Configuration Supporting Anti Spam and Anti Virus

This work provides starting guide for simple Postfix mail server configuration. Then I configured the Postfix mail server to support Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus, using two methods.

• Method 1: With Postfix, SpamAssassin, ClamAV and Amavis-new

• Method 2: With Postfix, SpamAssassin, ClamAV and Procmail

The report includes the following sections

1. How Postfix receives mail:

2. How Postfix delivers mail

3. Starting guide for quick Postfix configuration

4. Postfix mail server and Dovecot configuration

5. Installing ClamAV and SpamAssassin

6. Installing and configuring Squirrelmail:

7. Method 1 to support Antivirus and Antispam: Using Postfix, Amavis-new, ClamAV, SpamAssassin

8. Method 2 to support Antivirus and Antispam: Using Postfix, Procmail, ClamAV, SpamAssassin

I am Dr. Hidaia Mahmoud Mohamed Alassouli. I completed my PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Czech Technical University by February 2003, and my M. Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Bahrain University by June 1995. I completed also one study year of most important courses in telecommunication and computer engineering courses in Islamic university in Gaza. So, I covered most important subjects in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Telecommunications Engineering during my study. My nationality is Palestinian from gaza strip.

I obtained a lot of certified courses in MCSE, SPSS, Cisco (CCNA), A+, Linux.

I worked as Electrical, Telecommunicating and Computer Engineer in a lot of institutions. I worked also as a computer networking administrator.

I had considerable undergraduate teaching experience in several types of courses in many universities. I handled teaching the most important subjects in Electrical and Telecommunication and Computer Engineering.

I could publish a lot of papers a top-tier journals and conference proceedings, besides I published a lot of books in Publishing and Distribution houses.

I wrote a lot of important Arabic articles on online news websites. I also have my own magazine website that I publish on it all my articles: http:// www.anticorruption.000space.com

My personal website: www.hidaia-alassouli.000space.com

Email: hidaia_alassouli@hotmail.com