Drowning in worms and viruses (mailserver help)

[Overgrow]

Is there a way to configure sendmail so that it does not accept attachments for a certain email address? My webmaster@ account has been active for so long I receive probably 100 to 200 spams/viruses/worms a day. I don't want to download them as sometimes it breaks the connection. I'm using The Bat for a windows email client.

The best solution would be to have any messages with attachments headed for webmaster@ to simply bounce. Please tell me this is possible!

thanks~

[Steve Machol]

I'm pretty sure there is a way to do this but sendmail can be difficult to configure. You might want to check their home page:

http://www.sendmail.org/

[nuno]

Like Steve said, sendmail configuration is a real pain in the @ss.
Try this: http://www.sendmail.com/partner/resources/development/milter_api/
Or www.procmail.org

[Overgrow]

You mean there isn't a checkbox somewhere that I can click on or off that says "Receive Attachments" ?? :p Thanks guys.. yea, PITA, I'll probably just pay the tech guys.

[tamarian]

Or, install an addon package like the MailScanner/SpamAssasin combo

http://forum.rackshack.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10070&highlight=MailScanner
http://forum.rackshack.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18999&highlight=MailScanner

[Overgrow]

WOW.. that actually works. The final instructions from those links is here:

http://ncmanage.com/howto/mailscanner-spam.html

Seriously, works great.. the instructions are flawless and step-by-step. No more virus problems! Big thanks tamarian~