Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Steve
Silly question. Currently I have Postfix using Spamassassin as a content filter thus; smtp inet n - - - 10 smtpd -o content_filter=spamassassin ... spamassassin unix - n n - - pipe user=spamd argv=/usr/bin/spamc -f -e

RE: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Dudi Goldenberg
The reason I ask is this bounce; ... ia...@varna.net: host mail.varna.net[217.145.80.1] said: 550 5.7.1 Blocked by SpamAssassin (in reply to end of DATA command) This is Spamassassin milter in action. Consult your distribution repository or have a look at:

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Jorey Bump
Steve wrote, at 06/23/2009 04:21 AM: Silly question. Currently I have Postfix using Spamassassin as a content filter thus; smtp inet n - - - 10 smtpd -o content_filter=spamassassin ... spamassassin unix - n n - - pipe

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Steve
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 08:51 -0400, Jorey Bump wrote: Steve wrote, at 06/23/2009 04:21 AM: Silly question. Currently I have Postfix using Spamassassin as a content filter thus; smtp inet n - - - 10 smtpd -o content_filter=spamassassin ...

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk
Joey wrote: Actually, I use a header_checks rule: /X-Spam-Level: \*{5,}/ REJECT I wrote; I looked at this myself and asked 'hang on, what if I put a header filter in for X-Spam-Level'. I assumed (and that is all it was) that it was not fed into the content filter until *after*

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Jorey Bump
EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk wrote, at 06/23/2009 09:12 AM: Joey wrote: Actually, I use a header_checks rule: /X-Spam-Level: \*{5,}/ REJECT I wrote; I looked at this myself and asked 'hang on, what if I put a header filter in for X-Spam-Level'. I assumed (and that is all it

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread The Doctor
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 09:21:52AM +0100, Steve wrote: Silly question. Currently I have Postfix using Spamassassin as a content filter thus; smtp inet n - - - 10 smtpd -o content_filter=spamassassin ... spamassassin unix - n n -

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* The Doctor doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca: I am contemplating howto use spamassassin effectively with postfix. Usually we use amavisd-new

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 15:52 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * The Doctor doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca: I am contemplating howto use spamassassin effectively with postfix. Usually we use amavisd-new Depends how often you want to keep restarting it. My time at Barracuda taught me to steer clear

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Noel Jones
EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 15:52 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * The Doctor doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca: I am contemplating howto use spamassassin effectively with postfix. Usually we use amavisd-new Depends how often you want to keep restarting it.

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 11:08 -0500, Noel Jones wrote: EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 15:52 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * The Doctor doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca: I am contemplating howto use spamassassin effectively with postfix. Usually we use

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Sahil Tandon
On Jun 23, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Noel Jones njo...@megan.vbhcs.org wrote: EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 15:52 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * The Doctor doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca: I am contemplating howto use spamassassin effectively with postfix. Usually

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Wietse Venema
EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk: Had I have been a Barracuda developer I would have asked for advice. I was not. Me just a low grade tech support droid having to restart amavis Perhaps there a case of name confusion. There are several tools that have amavis in the name. The one that

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Steve
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 12:38 -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk: Had I have been a Barracuda developer I would have asked for advice. I was not. Me just a low grade tech support droid having to restart amavis Perhaps there a case of name confusion. There are

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Noel Jones
Sahil Tandon wrote: Noel are you suggesting something might not work for me because I don't know how to use it? Blasphemer! ;-) Next I'll ask you about painting my bike shed... But enough of this. While I appreciate that Steve had a bad experience with amavisd-new, my point is that many,

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Tue, June 23, 2009 18:46, Steve wrote: I am assured that it is amavis-new :-) However, I've also been told the lottery numbers over and over and I've not won a penny. well you need to play if you want to win, admins like me get fingers very dirthy one or more times, but for me its the road

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 18:59 +0200, Benny Pedersen wrote: On Tue, June 23, 2009 18:46, Steve wrote: I am assured that it is amavis-new :-) However, I've also been told the lottery numbers over and over and I've not won a penny. well you need to play if you want to win, admins like me get

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 11:50 -0500, Noel Jones wrote: Sahil Tandon wrote: Noel are you suggesting something might not work for me because I don't know how to use it? Blasphemer! ;-) Next I'll ask you about painting my bike shed... How dare you waste a shed on Bikes! I would fill it with

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* The Doctor doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca: I tried runing amavisd but it is running into weird errors. It's the wrong list here, but usually one shows the errors and is being helped :)

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Wietse Venema wie...@porcupine.org: Perhaps there a case of name confusion. There are several tools that have amavis in the name. The one that reportedly works well with Postfix is called amavisd-new. Well, the other project are dead, really. amavis is nowadays synonym for

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Sahil Tandon sa...@tandon.net: Noel are you suggesting something might not work for me because I don't know how to use it? Blasphemer! Sigged.

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread The Doctor
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 08:08:40PM +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * The Doctor doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca: I tried runing amavisd but it is running into weird errors. It's the wrong list here, but usually one shows the errors and is being helped :) Anyway to use the spamassassin headers

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Steve
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 20:08 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * The Doctor doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca: I tried runing amavisd but it is running into weird errors. It's the wrong list here, but usually one shows the errors and is being helped :) If you are running a Debian based distro, this

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Noel Jones
The Doctor wrote: On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 08:08:40PM +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * The Doctor doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca: I tried runing amavisd but it is running into weird errors. It's the wrong list here, but usually one shows the errors and is being helped :) Anyway to use the

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Robert Schetterer
The Doctor schrieb: On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 08:08:40PM +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * The Doctor doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca: I tried runing amavisd but it is running into weird errors. It's the wrong list here, but usually one shows the errors and is being helped :) Anyway to use the

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* The Doctor doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca: Anyway to use the spamassassin headers to reject mail instead of using amavisd? amavisd-new USES Mail::SpamAssassin

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Bill Cole
EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk wrote, On 6/23/09 11:02 AM: On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 15:52 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * The Doctordoc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca: I am contemplating howto use spamassassin effectively with postfix. Usually we use amavisd-new Depends how often you want to