qmail and procmail
Hi! I've hade quite some success using qmail and procmail together, especially using spambouncer (http://www.spambouncer.org/), and, even more, |bouncesaying formail -D 8000 .foo.msgid.file [That's really neat...] However, my procmail logs are filled to the level of unusability with the following lines: procmail: Extraneous deliver-head flag ignored How can I make them go away (and go back to tail -f .procmail-log for biff)? -Johan -- Johan Almqvist
qmail and procmail
Im fishing for suggestions for my qmail box at home. I'm trying to get rid of spam and have installed the rblsmtp program to help.. What I'd like to also do is learn how to filter stuff thats not specifically addressed to me with procmail. Looking at Dave Sill's excellent "Life with Qmail" document, it seems that procmail needs some tweaking to work with qmail. Should I try to get procmail to work or would maildrop be a lot easier? And if maildrop would be the preferred method, does anyone have any rules for for blocking things not specifically addressed to the local user (i.e. http://www.css.tayloru.edu/~bbell/spam-filter/) I believe that Im using the maildir format.. :) thanks.
qmail and procmail
Hello, I have a procmail filter setup for a qmail alias that we use. In the .qmail-alias file I have the following: |/var/qmail/bin/preline /opt/procmail/bin/procmail -m -p /var/qmail/alias/procma ilrcs/myalias.rc [EMAIL PROTECTED] The permission on /opt/procmail/bin/procmail are 655. I keep getting the following error message from MAILERDAEMON: preline: fatal: unable to run /opt/procmail/bin/procmail: access denied I would appreciate any feedback on this. Does qmail have some quirks about filtering an alias? Thanks in advance Clifford Thurber Web Systems Administrator LiveUniverse.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 565 5th Ave. 29th Fl. New York, NY 10017 Ph:212 883 6940 (131) Fax:212 856 9134
Qmail and Procmail
I have heard that the newest versions of Procmail support the Maildir aspects of Qmail. Are there any caveats I should know before replacing/upgrading my Procmail? Thanks! Jeff
Qmail and Procmail
Hi i Try to setup qmail with maildirs and Procmail Mailfiltering. Ok Qmail works. How do i enable the filtering to of Procmail to the ariving Mails ? I found nothing in the manual. Regards Aelx
Re: qmail and procmail
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Im fishing for suggestions for my qmail box at home. I'm trying to get rid of >spam and have installed the rblsmtp program to help.. >What I'd like to also do is learn how to filter stuff thats not specifically >addressed to me with procmail. Looking at Dave Sill's excellent "Life with >Qmail" document, it seems that procmail needs some tweaking to work with qmail. >Should I try to get procmail to work or would maildrop be a lot easier? If you don't already know procmail, maildrop is probably the way to go. >And if >maildrop would be the preferred method, does anyone have any rules for for >blocking things not specifically addressed to the local user (i.e. >http://www.css.tayloru.edu/~bbell/spam-filter/) Can't help you there, but watch your use of "filter" and "block". In antispam circles these mean different things. Filtering is passing messages through a pattern matching tool and filing/munging/ignoring/ bouncing messages that match various patterns. Blocking is rejecting SMTP connections from known/suspected/likely spammers. Bouncing can occur in two places: during the SMTP dialogue and after the message has been accepted by the MTA, but before delivery. On the case of spam, bouncing during the SMTP dialogue is preferable since spam often has invalid return paths and the initial SMTP session is the only contact you'll have with the spammer. -Dave
Re: qmail and procmail
>> On Wed, 4 Aug 1999 12:49:56 -0400, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: J> What I'd like to also do is learn how to filter stuff thats not J> specifically addressed to me with procmail. I've included a small .procmailrc file which does that below. You can add additional checks, and then make your final disposition decision based on how many "X-Spam" headers you end up with. Good spam and procmail information can be found here: http://www.best.com/~ariel/nospam/ http://www.hrweb.org/spambouncer/spambnc.tar.Z http://www-new.hrweb.org/spambouncer/proctut.shtml J> ... it seems that procmail needs some tweaking to work with qmail. I've never had a problem using qmail with procmail, delivering to a regular mailbox. My ~/.qmail file looks like this: | preline /usr/local/bin/procmail If I want a copy of an outgoing message, I include the header "Bcc: vogelke-bcc" which makes use of the ~/.qmail-bcc file: | (preline /bin/cat; echo) >> $HOME/mail/sentmail This way, I see the actual message as created by qmail. I also like to keep track of messages I've sent recently (even if I don't need a copy of the whole thing), so I include the header "Bcc: vogelke-header" which makes use of the ~/.qmail-header file: | (preline formail -XFrom: -XSubject: -XDate: -XTo: -XMessage-ID: ; echo) >> $HOME/mail/SENT.`/bin/date +%Yw%W` All on one line, of course. -- Karl Vogel ASC/YCOA, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Uniform Commercial Code protects the innocent purchaser, but it is not a shield for the sly conniver, the blindly naive, or the hopelessly gullible. --Ruling in Atlas Auto Rental Corp. v. Weisberg, N.Y. City Civ. Ct. 1967 --- # Search path. PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin # Current directory while procmail is executing. All pathnames are # relative to this directory. MAILDIR=$HOME/mail # File containing error messages or diagnostics. If this file does not # exist, then said messages will be bounced back to the message sender. #LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/MAILLOG # If yes, keep an abstract of the From and Subject lines of each delivered # message, the folder it was delivered to, and the size of the message. # If no, skip this abstract. #LOGABSTRACT=yes # If on, describe actions of procmail in detail. #VERBOSE=on # Number of seconds before procmail zaps a lockfile by force. LOCKTIMEOUT=1 # Default shell and umask value. SHELL=/bin/sh UMASK=022 #-- # Flag anything not addressed to me. :0 f * !^TO_.*vogelke | formail -A "X-Spam: not addressed to me" # other rules here...
Re: qmail and procmail
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Should I try to get procmail to work or would maildrop be a lot easier? And if
> maildrop would be the preferred method, does anyone have any rules for for
> blocking things not specifically addressed to the local user (i.e.
> http://www.css.tayloru.edu/~bbell/spam-filter/)
>
> I believe that Im using the maildir format.. :)
If you're using maildir, you will need to patch procmail, as it doesn't
deliver to to maildirs. As far as Bcc-s go,
if ( !hasaddr("foo@bar") )
{
exit
}
This will discard all your blind-carbon-copied mail.
--
Sam
Re: qmail and procmail
Hi Johan, I stumbled onto this thread because of your earlier message in which you heartily recommended using qmail-queue, procmail -m, and spambouncer. I didn't see any replies to this message. Did you end up resolving the procmail log file problem? In light of that problem, do you still recommend this approach to spam-tagging? (I've been trying to decide whether to go back to rblsmtpd alone, or to go for the kinder, gentler approach of tagging suspected spam rather than rejecting it. I was all set to start using your recommended setup until I read your later message about it.) -c At 12:56 PM +0200 9/17/00, Johan Almqvist wrote: >Hi! > >I've hade quite some success using qmail and procmail together, >especially using spambouncer (http://www.spambouncer.org/), >and, even more, |bouncesaying formail -D 8000 .foo.msgid.file >[That's really neat...] > >However, my procmail logs are filled to the level of unusability >with the following lines: > >procmail: Extraneous deliver-head flag ignored > >How can I make them go away (and go back to tail -f .procmail-log >for biff)? > >-Johan >-- >Johan Almqvist At 12:45 AM +0200 7/26/00, Johan Almqvist wrote: >On Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 05:27:28PM -0400, Michael T. Babcock wrote: >> I would like to offer an option similar to pobox.com's [spam: 84%] >> "Subject:" munging for incoming messages from RBL or RSS listed sites. >> Instead of actually bouncing the message as RBLSMTPD does, allow the >> message but add [spam - rbl] or [spam - rss] or the like to the Subject: >> field of the messages in question. >> >> I'm wondering if anyone else has done this before I go making a >> completely modified version of rblsmtpd to do so. > >I think the way to go is SpamBouncer (http://www.spambouncer.org/), >procmail -m and the qmail-queue patch (Let spambouncer look at all >incoming messages.) rblsmtpd basically runs INSTEAD of smtpd, and denies >accepting the message. > >Okay, s/the way/one way/. > >-Johan >-- >Johan Almqvist Chris Thorman (413) 473-0853 e-fax
Re: Qmail and Procmail
> Ok Qmail works. How do i enable the filtering to of Procmail to > the ariving Mails ? I found nothing in the manual. man qmail-command
Re: Qmail and Procmail
* Alexander Meis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010406 12:21]: > i Try to setup qmail with maildirs and Procmail Mailfiltering. > Ok Qmail works. How do i enable the filtering to of Procmail to > the ariving Mails ? I found nothing in the manual. Tip 1: Don't start new threads by replying to unrelated messages. Tip 2: If possible, use maildrop instead of procmail. www.courier-mta.org Tip 3: Put the following into your .qmail file |preline procmail -t .procmailrc (assuming that you already have a .procmailrc) -Johan -- Johan Almqvist http://www.almqvist.net/johan/qmail/ PGP signature
Re: Qmail and Procmail
* Alexander Meis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010406 12:21]: > i Try to setup qmail with maildirs and Procmail Mailfiltering. > Ok Qmail works. How do i enable the filtering to of Procmail to > the ariving Mails ? I found nothing in the manual. Tip 1: Don't start new threads by replying to unrelated messages. Tip 2: If possible, use maildrop instead of procmail. www.courier-mta.org Tip 3: Put the following into your .qmail file |preline procmail -t .procmailrc (assuming that you already have a .procmailrc) -Johan -- Johan Almqvist http://www.almqvist.net/johan/qmail/ Emanuel.exe
Re: Qmail and Procmail
* Alexander Meis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010406 12:21]: > i Try to setup qmail with maildirs and Procmail Mailfiltering. > Ok Qmail works. How do i enable the filtering to of Procmail to > the ariving Mails ? I found nothing in the manual. Tip 1: Don't start new threads by replying to unrelated messages. Tip 2: If possible, use maildrop instead of procmail. www.courier-mta.org Tip 3: Put the following into your .qmail file |preline procmail -t .procmailrc (assuming that you already have a .procmailrc) -Johan -- Johan Almqvist http://www.almqvist.net/johan/qmail/ Emanuel.exe
Virus found in message "Re: Qmail and Procmail"
Ett virus upptäcktes i e-post som var adresserad till dig. Vi har stoppat det infekterade brevet för att din dator inte ska bli smittad. A virus was discovered in an e-mail addressed to you. We have rejected the infected mail so your computer will not be infected. The header from the infected e-mail: RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "jessica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:Re: Qmail and Procmail Message-ID: <015901c0cbfe$f0de8320$0300a8c0@acer345t> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 22:05:43 +0800
Re: Virus found in message "Re: Qmail and Procmail"
> From: System Anti-Virus Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > A virus was discovered in an e-mail addressed to you. We have > rejected the infected mail so your computer will not be infected. Thank you. However, - a message from the list to me doesn't go through your computers. - you have now revealed that andreas2 is subscribed to the list. What about sending such warning messages to the envelope sender address? Or what about just dropping the infected messages silently? A simple 'grep ... exit 99' quietly stopped it for me. Sitting here with no virus but lots of warning messages it occurs to me that the latter is at least as disturbing as the first. Please consider doing something with your AV-software. Mads
Re: Virus found in message "Re: Qmail and Procmail"
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 07:01:57PM +0200, Mads E Eilertsen wrote: > > > From: System Anti-Virus Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > A virus was discovered in an e-mail addressed to you. We have > > rejected the infected mail so your computer will not be infected. > > Sitting here with no virus but lots of warning messages it occurs > to me that the latter is at least as disturbing as the first. > Please consider doing something with your AV-software. A better statement to say would be: "don't dick with your AV-software, the author knew what he was doing!!!" That's *MY* Qmail-Scanner software that generated that message. Unfortunately that site has *REWRITTEN IT* so that it doesn't act as I intended. I went through a *LOT* of effort to stop Qmail-Scanner being like all those bl**dy commercial scanners that spam mailing-lists when they find viruses - mine specifically doesn't send AV messages to mailing-lists. I have vented by displeasure at the site owner. I am not happy. [one of the drawbacks of Open Source of course. Each user can rewrite it as they please] So now in an attempt to make a silk purse from a sow's ear; for those interested in a Email AV solution that won't spam mailing-lists with such messages, take a look at http://qmail-scanner.sourceforge.net/ ;-) -- Cheers Jason Haar Unix/Special Projects, Trimble NZ Phone: +64 3 9635 377 Fax: +64 3 9635 417
