Controlling Spam with Sendmail (Doc ID 1003285.1)

Last updated on JULY 29, 2016

Applies to:

Solaris Operating System - Version 10 3/05 and later
All Platforms

Goal

SPAM: It's annoying to read. It wastes your time. It wastes your disk space. It can also be a really big problem for mail administrators, especially for those with large networks and many users to look after.
There are many solutions to battle spam, but most administrators are hesitant, believing that there is a good chance of blocking or discarding legitimate and possibly important email in the process.
The goals of this article is to give you a better understanding which options are available to fight SPAM with Solaris sendmail.

Solution

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