spamd and spamd child
I just installed 3.0.1 to replace 2.63 and have noticed a tremendous improvement in speed. I am using a RH 8.0 system with spamc being executed by /etc/procmailrc. I have limited the child processes to 3, and noticed that the child processes do not appear to die although their time and dates do appear to change. root 19782 1 0 Nov02 ? 00:00:21 /usr/bin/spamd -d -c -m 3 root 6162 19782 2 Nov03 ? 00:29:07 spamd child root 15840 19782 2 09:11 ? 00:04:08 spamd child root 16425 19782 2 09:51 ? 00:03:41 spamd child Is this a normal function of 3.0.1 or do I need to be concerned? Thanks, Greg Ennis
Re: PRocmail recipe problem and spamassassin not filtering correctly
On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 09:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I use spamassassin 2.63 on fedora core 2. I have two problems : 1. Spamassassin does not flag all spam, although muy level is at 3. Sometimes he doesn't even have ONE hit on a spam message !!!. 2. I want to move the spam messages to a specific folder, how to do that ?. My procmail.log says : == From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Nov 4 09:57:10 2004 Subject: A SPECIFIC SUBJECT Folder: /var/spool/mail/THE USER'S LOGIN procmail: Incomplete recipe == My local.cf in spamassassin folder is like this : == rewrite_subject 1 subject_tag [*ATTENTION SPAM*] report_safe 0 use_bayes 1 auto_learn 1 # Spam domains blacklist_from [EMAIL PROTECTED] blacklist_from [EMAIL PROTECTED] blacklist_from [EMAIL PROTECTED] blacklist_from [EMAIL PROTECTED] blacklist_from [EMAIL PROTECTED] blacklist_from [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Here is my procmailrc file : == LOGFILE=/var/log/procmail.log :0 fw * 256000 | /usr/bin/spamc -f :0: * ^X-Spam-Level: \*\*\* == Can someone help me out ?. /hitete I have been doing this and it works like a charm even with 2.63. I would advise you to use 3.0.1 it is much much faster. Some things you need to consider are the following: 1. When you set up your local.cf file you must rewrite the Subject line to identify the message as spam. In the SA 3.0.1 local.cf file Located in /etc/mail/spamassassin/ I use the following two lines (check the syntax in 2.63 becuase it is a little differnt) required_hits 5 rewrite_header Subject [SPAM] In the /etc/procmailrc file I use the following entries: MAILDIRLOG=/smile$HOME/Mail DROPPRIVS=YES :0fw * 256000 | spamc # This routine will dump your spam :0 H * ^Subject:.*\[SPAM\] $MAILDIRLOG/spam.log Please note that the directory you want to save the spam in must have proper user protections and you must drop to user privileges within procmail before you activate spamc. spamc of course requires the use of the spamd daemon. These suggestions are basic things for most on this list, but if you are new to using these tools it will save you some look up and experimenting time. Good Luck!!! Greg
Re: Frustration...
On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 13:15, Lisa Casey wrote: Hi Folks, . . There has to be a easy way to learn to use this and get it to do what I want but I can't really figure it out. Surely there are some other ISP's on these lists who might be willing to tell me how they use it. Thanks, Lisa Casey Lisa, I have been using procmail along with spamassassin and clamav to do exactly what you want. It might be a little less elegant than using a milter but it is working perfectly so I am reluctant to change. I dump the viruses, and save all of the spam to a user file and give the user a daily report of the Subject lines and From Lines. If the user wants the spam all he has to do is send an e-mail to a designated address on our system and I have a script that digs up the spam and sends it to him. I rotate the spam files daily, and keep them for 8 days which gives the user a week or so to request the spam. There are false positives, and if you dump the spam you will dump wanted mail for sure. I would also suggest that you not bounce the spam because much of it has faulty addresses. If you want to go the procmail route let me know and I will give you the particulars that I use. You are close to a solution :) Greg
