/zimbra-postscreen

Deploy additional Postscreen daemon for ZCS 8.x

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Zimbra-Postscreen

Project Overview

Sharing key notes & technical guides to deploy additional Postscreen daemon for ZCS 8.x (open source edition).

Why Postscreen?

  • Keeping the zombies/spambots away
  • By keeping the zombies/spambots away, Postscreen leaves more SMTP server processes available for legitimate clients, and delays the onset of server overload conditions

A brief introduction to Postscreen

  • Postscreen is a daemon integrated in Postfix since version 2.8 and later
  • The Postfix postscreen daemon provides additional protection against mail server overload
  • For more details, go to the main page of Postscreen: http://www.postfix.org/POSTSCREEN_README.html

Scenario without/with Postscreen

Requirements for Testing Environment

  • OS: CentOS 7.x, 64-bit
  • Software:
    • Zimbra: 8.6, 64-bit
    • Postfix (not Zimbra Postfix): 2.10, 64-bit

Requirements for Production Environment

  • OS: CentOS 6.x or 7.x, 64-bit
  • Software:
    • Zimbra: 8.x, 64-bit
    • Postfix (not Zimbra Postfix): >=2.8, 64-bit (recommended version: >=2.10)

Notes

  • Postscreen daemon will be enabled in ZCS 8.7 by default
  • In ZCS 8.6 and lower version, you have to build another Postscreen daemon running on same Zimbra MTA host or running on a separate host (Postfix)

License

See the license file "LICENSE" for more details.