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INPUT_MAIL_FILTERS option. See, Configuring Sendmail Switch to Work, with Brightmail Scanner

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Configuring Sendmail for the Brightmail Filter Where: port_number is the valid networking port number that you configured for the bmifilter program. machine is the IP address or DNS name of the machine that is running bmifilter. You can also specify the behavior when Sendmail cannot connect to the Brightmail Filter. You can configure Sendmail to: • Temporarily reject the message with an SMTP 4xx instruction. To specify this behavior, add the F=T flag to the X setting. • Permanently reject the message with an SMTP 5xx instruction. To specify this behavior, add the F=R flag to the X setting. • Accept the message and send it through (as if the Brightmail Filter was not present). You specify this behavior by omitting the F= option. • Specify a timeout period. To do this, add the T=C flag to the X setting. The following example omits the F= flags so that Sendmail accepts messages if it cannot connect to the Brightmail Filter: Xbmifilter, S=inet:[email protected]_domain.com Where: machine is the host to which Sendmail will connect. If you do not specify a machine name, Sendmail will try to connect on the same machine. NOTE: In Sendmail Switch, you specify the filter name, filter address and optional settings differently.You type bmifilter in the Filter Name field, and the filter address and optional settings in the Equates field of the INPUT_MAIL_FILTERS() option. See "Configuring Sendmail Switch to Work with Brightmail Scanner," on page 35 for more information. The following example shows the use of the T= flag to specify a timeout period: This example may not be optimal for your environment. Xbmifilter, S=inet:[email protected]_domain.com, F=T, T=C:10m;S:1m;R:1m;E:10m Where: C is the connect timeout, S is the send timeout, R is the receive timeout, E is the total timeout, and m represents minutes. To specify both F= and T= flags, separate them with a comma followed by a space as shown. For more information on the syntax for this setting, see: http:// www.milter.org/milter_api/installation.html. 34 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™

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Configuring Sendmail for the Brightmail Filter
34
Symantec
Brightmail AntiSpam™
Configuring Sendmail for the Brightmail Filter
Where:
port_number
is the valid networking port number that you configured for the
bmifilter
program.
machine
is the IP address or DNS name of the machine that is running
bmifilter
.
You can also specify the behavior when Sendmail cannot connect to the Brightmail Filter.
You can configure Sendmail to:
•
Temporarily reject the message with an
SMTP 4xx
instruction. To specify this
behavior, add the
F=T
flag to the
X
setting.
•
Permanently reject the message with an
SMTP 5xx
instruction. To specify this
behavior, add the
F=R
flag to the
X
setting.
•
Accept the message and send it through (as if the Brightmail Filter was not present).
You specify this behavior by omitting the
F=
option.
•
Specify a timeout period. To do this, add the
T=C
flag to the
X
setting.
The following example omits the
F=
flags so that Sendmail accepts messages if it cannot
connect to the Brightmail Filter:
Where:
machine
is the host to which Sendmail will connect. If you do not specify a machine
name, Sendmail will try to connect on the same machine.
NOTE:
In Sendmail Switch, you specify the filter name, filter address and optional
settings differently.You type
bmifilter
in the Filter Name field, and the filter
address and optional settings in the Equates field of the
INPUT_MAIL_FILTERS() option. See
“Configuring Sendmail Switch to Work
with Brightmail Scanner,” on page 35
for more information.
The following example shows the use of the
T=
flag to specify a timeout period:
This example may not be optimal for your environment.
Where:
C
is the connect timeout,
S
is the send timeout,
R
is the receive timeout,
E
is the total
timeout, and
m
represents minutes.
To specify both
F=
and
T=
flags, separate them with a comma followed by a space as
shown. For more information on the syntax for this setting, see:
http://
www.milter.org/milter_api/installation.html
.
Xbmifilter, S=inet:41001@
machine
.
your_domain.com
Xbmifilter, S=inet:41001@
machine
.
your_domain.com
,
F=T, T=C:10m;S:1m;R:1m;E:10m