Inside Amavisd-new: Advanced Features for Intelligent Mail Filtering

I guess that most people use amavisd-new together with spamassassin and for example ClamAV. Probably a few more use features like DKIM verification and signing with amavis. However, there are some features which aren’t found in the usual howtos. Here are some of them.

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Advanced Mail Filtering: A Deep Dive into Amavisd-new and Amavisd-milter Policy Banks

Amavis isn’t new; in fact, AMaViS started as a shell program back in 1997. It has since evolved into a powerful, flexible tool for content filtering. This article will be a hands-on guide to setting up Amavisd-new with a milter and multiple policy banks. I’ll explain the critical difference between after- and before-queue filtering in Postfix, demonstrate how to use both, and show you how to split your mail traffic for a robust, multi-layered defense.

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