Re: Strange Errors from SA 3.0
So I've been doing some more reading, and I guess I should be stopping SA before I run sa-learn --sync. How do I stop it form the shell prompt? I am somewhat of a newbiew to linux administration Thanks! On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:04:34 -0400, David Modoski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think this got through to the list (I haven't seen it).. Just in case, here goes once more... I had a similar experience installing. Apparently I didn't let the original command finish converting the database to version 3. What I ended up doing is going into my bayes directory and deleting the .lock files including the ones with process ids (or move them if you do not want to take chances). Once all of the lock files are gone, run sa-learn --sync -D The sa-learn command will notice that the db is version 2 and starts to update it to version 3 (took a while for my machine).. Once it's updated, then it's only a matter of going through your .cf files.. Check for the warning: messages in the spamassassin --lint -D output.. That took me a while, too.. For some reason any rules with descriptions 50 generates a warning. They show up as errors at the end of the --lint -D.. So, I went through each cf file and made sure my descriptions were 50 characters long.. -Original Message- From: Erik Wickstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 8:49 PM To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Strange Errors from SA 3.0 Hi all, I keep getting strange errors like this from spamassassin: sa-learn --dump magic bayes db version 2 is not able to be used, aborting! at /usr/lob/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1/Mail/SpamAssassin/BayesStore/DBM.pm line 160. ERROR: Bayes dump returned an error, please re-run with -D for more information Sometimes it is db version 0 instead of 2. Does anyone know what is going on? Thanks! Erik
Should I use RBL?
Hi All, Just wanted to get your opinion on whether or not I should have RBL activated? I have read some mixed opinions so far. Does it create alot of false positives (vice versa)? Thanks, Erik
Re: Problem with Bayes learner.
Hi John, I had a similar problem, and with the help of the list, I was able to resolve it. Here is what you have to do. FIRST kill spamd - if the process is running, it will mess everything up! Second: run sa-learn --sync -D this may take a little while, but it will upgrade your database to version 3. Third: run sa-learn --showdots --mbox --spam your_spam_box Do the same for ham. Fourth: spamd -d You should be back in business! Good luck! Erik On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:56:27 -0400, John Stegenga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone. I've read the wiki and googled for this, and no such luck. I'm not using Spam Assassin 3.x yet. Server info: Redhat 9 kernel 2.4.26-ow3 Perl 5.8.1 This is a shared hosting server using Cpanel 9.4.1 The mailer is EXIM exim (exim-4.42-60_cpanel_stmpcontrol_antivirus_rewrite_mailman2_maskedmailtrap_e xiscan) Until about 5 days ago, my Spam learner script was working. I could never turn SA Autolearn on, but I could manually make a SPAM mailbox and a HAM mailbox and put stuff into them. I currently have a library of about 6000 spams that have been sent to my domain. Recently, however, SA stopped using bayes. No more bayes scores none... Here is my error: bayes: bayes db version 0 is not able to be used, aborting! at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1/Mail/SpamAssassin/BayesStore/DBM.pm line 160. Now, that's odd to me because it appears to learn email... Learned from 42 message(s) (5231 message(s) examined) The wiki says this error has to do with SA 3.0.. but I'm not using 3.0: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=4.5 tests=none autolearn=ham version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) HELP? John Stegenga
Strange Errors from SA 3.0
Hi all, I keep getting strange errors like this from spamassassin: sa-learn --dump magic bayes db version 2 is not able to be used, aborting! at /usr/lob/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1/Mail/SpamAssassin/BayesStore/DBM.pm line 160. ERROR: Bayes dump returned an error, please re-run with -D for more information Sometimes it is db version 0 instead of 2. Does anyone know what is going on? Thanks! Erik
Bayes keeps forgetting learned messages
Hi all, 2 problems. First, when I train SA on ham or spam, it seems to forget the counterpart. Example: sa-learn --mbox --showdots --ham inbox Would add say 300 hams to the Bayes DB, but turns the spam count to 0 or a very small number and vice versa (sa-learn --dump magic) I am also noticing that even though I upgraded to DB ver 3 with sa-learn --sync -D, it keeps reverting back to ver 0 or 2. Any suggestions? I am starting to pull my hair out with this thing! Erik
Berkley vs SQL for SA
Hi All, Just wanted to get your opinion on whether I should be using the default Berkely DB for Bayes and AWL or if I should use SQL - what are the pro/cons? Erik
Re: Bayes filter
If this is a new install, you won't feel much of a difference. Bayes however is an extremely powerful tool once it is trained. Bayes learns what your ham and spam emails look like, and then through the magic of statistics, it classifies incoming messages as spam or ham based on your history. I would personally recommend not disabling it - but do take the time to train it. (note training takes a minumum of 200 spams and 200 hams - although to maximize effectivness you will want to use up to 5000 of each. If you don't have that many, don't worry, Bayes will also auto learn) Give it a try! Erik On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:05:51 +0400, Khalid Waheed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, What is the importance of bayes filter in spamassassin? it takes a lot of CPU resource so I have disabled it and have not felt much difference. Thanks, Kha
