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We will configure all sendmail and system settings. You just need to point your MX record to us. You will have full access to the system through the web based configurator with the ability to test any of the features you want. This is a fully configured system with full support during the trial period. Put the antispam antivirus capabilities of the PTSMail Utilities to work for you now. See how much spam and virus laden email you are not stopping.

Default Tests include:
Invalid Mail Server
Whois test
open relay test
Surbl - Spam URI Realtime Blocklists
DNSBL - IP Based Blacklist Databases
Domain DNSBL - Domain Based Blacklist Databases
SPF - Sender Policy Framework
Clamav - Virus Checking
Blacklist by Domain
Vipul’s Razor
DCC - Distributed Checksum Clearing House
MYSQL - Ptsmail Utilities Database
Any Regex (Regular Expression) Tests
Greylisting

Any other tests you would like to try
Full use of the Web Based Configurator.

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With the whois test,open relay test and invalid mail server tests the connect phase with sendmail you may want to exempt certain IP addresses or ranges from those tests. With the PTSMail Utilities do this using the no_process_server-list.conf file. The no_process_server-list.conf is the name of the configuration file which contains the list of ip adresses to bypass mail server tests at the connection stage. Other tests at later stages will be still be performed as this is strictly for connection stage tests.

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In keeping you informed about the upcoming release of the PTSMail Utilities today we will look the block by whois test. This test can be performed at connect phase with sendmail or the recipient phase. This test allows you block email based on any information in a whois query using regular expressions.

For instance, you can block email by country of origin without using a blacklist by using a regex expression with the whois query.

The test uses the following options:

whois-list.conf file.
Example entry
country~br~

This says find country in the whois query and if that country is br reject the email. You can block by any information in the whois query such as service provider, state, etc. The query is case insensitive.

options in the ptsfilter.conf are
do_check_for_whois

This takes one option a 1 for the connect phase, or a 2 for the recipient phase.

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Want to create a custom test or function for your email? Use the will_do_external option to the ptsfilter. This option allows you to use a shell script, perl, or what ever you would like to use for your function.

will_do_external

Performs a user specified script.
This takes a fully qualified pathname for the program to run.
This also has the options of 1, 2, and 3.
ex: will_do_external~/usr/local/bin/myscript~3~
option 1 performs the command on messages accepted
option 2 performs the command on messages exempted or accepted
option 3 performs the command on all messages

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Shows the current version installed and the current version available of the third party software used by PTSMail Utilities.

sample output:

These are your current versions
——————————-

Clamav: ClamAV 0.92/7076/Fri May 9 03:38:02 2008
DCC: 1.3.58
MySql: Ver 8.41 Distrib 5.0.19, for unknown-freebsd4.4 on i386
Vipul’s Razor: Razor Agents 2.84, protocol version 3
Sendmail: Version 8.14.2

These are the latest versions
—————————–

Clamav: 0.93
DCC: 1.3.90
MySql: 5.0.51
Vipul’s Razor: 2.84
Sendmail: 8.14.2

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“limits” shows the current and maximum values for the parameters in the system kernel.

command from the command line: limits
sample output:

These are your current System Limits as reported by getrlimit
Current pthread stack size is 1073741824
RLIMIT_AS current is infinite
RLIMIT_AS max is infinite
RLIMIT_VMEM current is infinite
RLIMIT_VMEM max is infinite
RLIMIT_SBSIZE current is infinite
RLIMIT_SBSIZE max is infinite
RLIMIT_STACK current is 134217728
RLIMIT_STACK max is 134217728
RLIMIT_RSS current is infinite
RLIMIT_RSS max is infinite
RLIMIT_NPROC current is 19466
RLIMIT_NPROC max is 19466
RLIMIT_NOFILE current is 32768
RLIMIT_NOFILE max is 32768
RLIMIT_MEMLOCK current is infinite
RLIMIT_MEMLOCK max is infinite
RLIMIT_FSIZE current is infinite
RLIMIT_FSIZE max is infinite
RLIMIT_DATA current is 536870912
RLIMIT_DATA max is 536870912
RLIMIT_CPU current is infinite
RLIMIT_CPU max is infinite
RLIMIT_CORE current is infinite
RLIMIT_CORE max is infinite

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The smd daemon monitors the PTSFilter and performs regular maintenance and “house cleaning”.

Some of the functions include updating the clamav database, repairing the PTSMail MySQL database tables, removing old entries from the tables and rebuilding the sendmail access database.

For a list of all of the options with examples take a look at our wiki page.

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mysql_utilities is a command line utility to setup and maintain your ptsmail database. mysql_utilities is located in /usr/local/etc/ptsfilter. You can use the following arguments with mysql_utilities :

-c - Create PTSMail Database
-i - Get information for mysql server
-u - Update PTSMail Database

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When repairing a mysql table you may need to lock it and repair. To do that you need to use the following sequence. From the command line:

mysql> use ptsmail
Database changed
mysql> Lock table BlackList write;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> flush table BlackList;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> repair table BlackList;
+——————-+——–+———-+———-+
| Table | Op | Msg_type | Msg_text |
+——————-+——–+———-+———-+
| ptsmail.BlackList | repair | status | OK |
+——————-+——–+———-+———-+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

mysql> flush table BlackList;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> unlock table;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> quit

The order is important.

Also if you are using a client written with the MySQL API you may get the following error:
Commands out of sync error number 2014

If you get Commands out of sync; You can’t run this command now in your client code, you are calling client functions in the wrong order!

This can happen, for example, if you are using mysql_use_result() and try to execute a new query before you have called mysql_free_result(). It can also happen if you try to execute two queries that return data without a mysql_use_result() or mysql_store_result() in between.

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These are statistical reports to show you how well your ptsfilter is working. You will be able to see a breakdown of the performance of specific tests and blacklists to see which are the most efficient.

-a shows the total Blacklist database rejected stats per Blacklist(must utilize dnsbl_list in ptsfilter.conf)
-b shows the total Rejected stats by test
-c shows the total stats by processed, accepted, rejected, and exempted
-d allows a check with a specific date
-e will check address-list.conf file to show which entries are most effective
-f allows a check with a specific stats file. The default is /usr/local/etc/ptsfilter/stats
-g gives statistics on patterns of long addresses,subjects,recipients
-h allows a check with a specific hour for Stats Report
-i number shows statistics associated with top “number” of ip addresses
-j number shows statistics associated with top “number” of domains
-k query mysql database for statistics default is 24 hours (1 day)
-l will check status in stats to show which tests are most effective
-m will check string-list.conf file to show which entries are most effective
-n will check ip-list.conf file to show which entries are most effective
-o Number of days (used with -k)
-p ipaddress shows domains associated with ipaddress
-q domain shows ip addresses associated with domain
-r will check address-list.conf file to show which entries are most effective
-s will check spam-list.conf file to show which entries are most effective
-x will check exceptions-list.conf file to show which entries are most effective

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