Re: [exim] Spam getting through even though sa-exim is supposedly configured to reject

2011-10-23 Thread Ted Cooper
On 23/10/11 21:38, Andreas Metzler wrote: > I really wonder what the benefits of manually building exim, spamassassin > and clamav are. There is really no problem with using the binary exim > packages and using a hand built configuration in > /etc/exim4/exim4.conf. Handbuilt packages have a very st

Re: [exim] Spam getting through even though sa-exim is supposedly configured to reject

2011-10-23 Thread Andreas Metzler
Dave Restall - System Administrator,,, wrote: [...] > As a long time Debian User (1996) may I humbly suggest that you > ditch Debian's implementation, download the latest versions of exim, > spamassassin and clamav from the web and build them all from source. > It all just works as per the manual

Re: [exim] Spam getting through even though sa-exim is supposedly configured to reject

2011-10-12 Thread Klaus Ethgen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi, Am Mi den 12. Okt 2011 um 10:35 schrieb Mark Goodge: > >Show us the Exim configuration that you're using to call SpamAssassin. > > Isn't that what /etc/exim4/sa-exim.conf does? No. > If not, what part of exim's configuration handles its inter

Re: [exim] Spam getting through even though sa-exim is supposedly configured to reject

2011-10-12 Thread Dave Restall - System Administrator,,,
Hi Mark, > I have what seems to me to be a rather weird problem. My users are > complaining that they are receiving spam, which contains the following > spamassassin content warning: Snip... > So - why is this spam getting through instead of being rejected? Am I > missing something obvious he

Re: [exim] Spam getting through even though sa-exim is supposedly configured to reject

2011-10-12 Thread Mark Goodge
On 12/10/2011 11:04, Dominic Benson wrote: Have a look in the configuration file used by Exim to see what's in there. In Debian and similar, it is actually at /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated, and built out of *either* /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template *or* /etc/exim4/conf.d/ - sa-exim puts a c

Re: [exim] Spam getting through even though sa-exim is supposedly configured to reject

2011-10-12 Thread Chris Edwards
On Wed, 12 Oct 2011, Mark Goodge wrote: | | Isn't that what /etc/exim4/sa-exim.conf does? | Blimey - amazed "sa-exim" is still in use somewhere. IIRC everything needed to call SpamAssassin during the SMTP dialog has been built into Exim for about 7 years... -- ## List details at https://li

Re: [exim] Spam getting through even though sa-exim is supposedly configured to reject

2011-10-12 Thread exim-users
On 12/10/11 10:56, Mark Goodge wrote: You need to configure Exim to reject the email. Exim asks SpamAssassin if the email is spam or not, but SpamAssassin doesn't have the capability of rejecting mail, it only has the capability of reporting on whether or not the message is spa

Re: [exim] Spam getting through even though sa-exim is supposedly configured to reject

2011-10-12 Thread Dominic Benson
On 12/10/11 10:39, exim-us...@lists.grepular.com wrote: On 12/10/11 10:35, Mark Goodge wrote: You need to configure Exim to reject the email. Exim asks SpamAssassin if the email is spam or not, but SpamAssassin doesn't have the capability of rejecting mail, it only has the capability of reporti

Re: [exim] Spam getting through even though sa-exim is supposedly configured to reject

2011-10-12 Thread Mark Goodge
On 12/10/2011 10:39, exim-us...@lists.grepular.com wrote: On 12/10/11 10:35, Mark Goodge wrote: You need to configure Exim to reject the email. Exim asks SpamAssassin if the email is spam or not, but SpamAssassin doesn't have the capability of rejecting mail, it only has the capability of repor

Re: [exim] Spam getting through even though sa-exim is supposedly configured to reject

2011-10-12 Thread exim-users
On 12/10/11 10:35, Mark Goodge wrote: >> You need to configure Exim to reject the email. Exim asks SpamAssassin >> if the email is spam or not, but SpamAssassin doesn't have the >> capability of rejecting mail, it only has the capability of reporting on >> whether or not the message is spam. >> >>

Re: [exim] Spam getting through even though sa-exim is supposedly configured to reject

2011-10-12 Thread Mark Goodge
On 12/10/2011 10:15, exim-us...@lists.grepular.com wrote: You need to configure Exim to reject the email. Exim asks SpamAssassin if the email is spam or not, but SpamAssassin doesn't have the capability of rejecting mail, it only has the capability of reporting on whether or not the message is s

Re: [exim] Spam getting through even though sa-exim is supposedly configured to reject

2011-10-12 Thread exim-users
On 12/10/11 10:10, Mark Goodge wrote: > I have what seems to me to be a rather weird problem. My users are > complaining that they are receiving spam, which contains the following > spamassassin content warning: > > -- > Sp

[exim] Spam getting through even though sa-exim is supposedly configured to reject

2011-10-12 Thread Mark Goodge
Hi, I have what seems to me to be a rather weird problem. My users are complaining that they are receiving spam, which contains the following spamassassin content warning: -- Spam detection software, running on the system

Re: [exim] Spam getting through

2007-10-19 Thread Marc Sherman
ROGERS Richard wrote: > > Alternatively - or additionally - for client side filtering, you can > always use a more obviously site-specific header, e.g. > > add_header = X-MyOrganisation-Spam-Score: $spam_score > ($spam_bar) That's what I do as well, but you should always use X-Spam-

Re: [exim] Spam getting through

2007-10-19 Thread ROGERS Richard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ian P. Christian wrote: >> Frank DeChellis wrote: >>> This line is in all my email: >>> >>> X-Spam-Score: 9.0 (+) >>> >>> >> >> are you sure that header is added by *your* mail server? >> >> it's possible it's being added by others, and therefore your spamd >

Re: [exim] Spam getting through

2007-10-12 Thread Renaud Allard
Ian P. Christian wrote: > Frank DeChellis wrote: >> This line is in all my email: >> >> X-Spam-Score: 9.0 (+) >> >> > > are you sure that header is added by *your* mail server? > > it's possible it's being added by others, and therefore your spamd > checking isn't actaully checking that

Re: [exim] Spam getting through

2007-10-12 Thread Ian P. Christian
Frank DeChellis wrote: > This line is in all my email: > > X-Spam-Score: 9.0 (+) > > are you sure that header is added by *your* mail server? it's possible it's being added by others, and therefore your spamd checking isn't actaully checking that result, but its own obviously. It's not

Re: [exim] Spam getting through

2007-10-12 Thread Frank DeChellis
This line is in all my email: X-Spam-Score: 9.0 (+) Well, this one with 9.0 got through. On 10/12/07 9:15 AM, "Renaud Allard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Frank DeChellis wrote: >> Hi, >> >> We're using Exim 4.67 with Spam Assassin 3.something >> >> Here is the line in my confi

Re: [exim] Spam getting through

2007-10-12 Thread Renaud Allard
Frank DeChellis wrote: > Hi, > > We're using Exim 4.67 with Spam Assassin 3.something > > Here is the line in my config for exim to reject the spam based on a score > of 6.0: > > denymessage = This message scored $spam_score spam points > spam = nobody:true/defer_ok > condi

[exim] Spam getting through

2007-10-12 Thread Frank DeChellis
Hi, We're using Exim 4.67 with Spam Assassin 3.something Here is the line in my config for exim to reject the spam based on a score of 6.0: denymessage = This message scored $spam_score spam points spam = nobody:true/defer_ok condition = ${if > {$spam_score_int}{60}{1}{0}} M