[SAtalk] Problems with RBL after migrating to 2.55

2003-06-04 Thread dirk . johannwerner
Hello, I just can't find the answer in the archives, so I will post it here... I just migrated from 2.44 to 2.55 on a Red Hat box running SA with procmail and postfix. I copied my old config-file local.cf which worked very well with 2.44, and basically everything works as before (I needed to add

[SAtalk] Spamassassin sa-learn

2003-06-04 Thread Jose M.Herrera
I put in my procmail | spamassassin, what is the difference of put spamd -f??? And... the bayes database is global or for each user??? Thanks. --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay!

RE: [SAtalk] Which version of Red Hat?

2003-06-04 Thread Chris Santerre
-Original Message- From: Theo Van Dinter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 10:42:24AM -0700, Cassandra Lynette Brockett wrote: Personally not really liking rhat very much, I'd suggest another OS, but for stability, so far 6.2 is the most stable of the rhat

[SAtalk] Creating a spam folder in on Exchange Server, automagically...

2003-06-04 Thread Upwood, James
After fighting this, I woke up this morning and bam, it hit me. This is how I was able to make a spam folder in a users exchange store without doing it manually for every account: - Open your inbox and create a new .pst file, call it whatever you want. - Create a new folder inside that .pst

Re: [SAtalk] Spamassassin and LDAP

2003-06-04 Thread Keith Olmstead
Thanks for the reply. id and the user shows the correct uid and gid and getent passwd displays info like it would be in the passwd file. Openldap is currently working with Sendmail. Normally the users don't have shell accounts, but I am adding a shell in ldap for my test user and I can not

Re: [SAtalk] Which version of Red Hat? Unicode UTF-8 problems

2003-06-04 Thread spam.police
In my experience, changing the LANG= did not resolve all of the issues. Due to UTF-8 issues in redhat, I have switched deployment distrobutions to Free-BSD where this issue does not seem to exist, or is at least masked by the ports system. Frank, [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 03 Jun 2003

Re: [SAtalk] Spamassassin and LDAP

2003-06-04 Thread Tony Earnshaw
Keith Olmstead wrote: id and the user shows the correct uid and gid and getent passwd displays info like it would be in the passwd file. Openldap is currently working with Sendmail. Normally the users don't have shell accounts, but I am adding a shell in ldap for my test user and I can not su,

RE: [SAtalk] Creating a spam folder in on Exchange Server, automagically...

2003-06-04 Thread Upwood, James
As a follow-up, let's go one step further, here is an article on using VBA to automatically move incoming mail items to a folder, IE, Spam folder :) http://www.win2000mag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8191 Mission complete: -Jim P.s. You can also use vba to create the spam folder in the

[SAtalk] Spam Filtering System

2003-06-04 Thread Chadwick L. Sorrell
Would there be any interest in me posting my current system of spam filtering and management for an ISP to offer its end users? Currently the system consists of: Postfix Procmail Openwebmail WebUserPrefs and various perl scripts. What it does...

Re: [SAtalk] Spamassassin and LDAP

2003-06-04 Thread Keith Olmstead
I am sorry, I just got caught up in something else and forgot to add version #s. Please forgive me. Believe it or not I don't even believe that pam_ldap is installed. nss_ldap is 205 and openldap version 2.0.27, running on solaris 9.

Re: [SAtalk] SpamAssassin on a high load mail system

2003-06-04 Thread Joe Breu
On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 15:27, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * Louis Bohm [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am doing about 20k messages a day (inbound from the internet) on two Sun Netra T1's (1 gig ram, 440 mHz single cpu, mirrored 18 gig drives). For software I am using Sendmail, MimeDefang and SA. Works

RE: [SAtalk] Problems with RBL after migrating to 2.55

2003-06-04 Thread Gary Funck
Are any of the network checks (Razor, etc) working? Maybe you're somehow running in local mode only, due to the way it way built you installed SA? You might try debug mode: spamassassin -tD test_msg.mail and see what it tells you. Also make sure and 'lint' your rules: spamassassin

Re: [SAtalk] Spam Filtering System

2003-06-04 Thread Jonathan Nichols
Chadwick L. Sorrell wrote: Would there be any interest in me posting my current system of spam filtering and management for an ISP to offer its end users? To be honest with you, I'd say that you can't have enough how-to documentation available these days. :) But please, date it and note version

Re: [SAtalk] Spamassassin and LDAP

2003-06-04 Thread Tony Earnshaw
Keith Olmstead wrote: I am sorry, I just got caught up in something else and forgot to add version #s. Please forgive me. Believe it or not I don't even believe that pam_ldap is installed. nss_ldap is 205 and openldap version 2.0.27, running on solaris 9.

[SAtalk] 2.55 install issue?

2003-06-04 Thread Jonathan Nichols
debug: is spam? score=3.6 required=5 tests=DATE_MISSING,MISSING_HEADERS,NO_REAL_NAME debug: bayes: 2752 untie-ing Insecure directory in $ENV{PATH} while running with -T switch at ../spamd/spamd line 1083. Maybe you need to kill a running spamd process? Not found: spamflag =

[SAtalk] Config Errors after upgrade

2003-06-04 Thread Darren
I'm having a problem with SA after upgrading to 2.55. I saw a posting to the list a few days ago where someone else was having a similar problem, but didn't see any responses to that message. What I see in the procmail logs are things similar to this: configuration file

RE: [SAtalk] Spam Filtering System

2003-06-04 Thread Marek Dohojda
Definitely. It's always good to see how other people do something. Thank you Marek -Original Message- From: Jonathan Nichols [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 8:54 AM To: Chadwick L. Sorrell Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chadwick L. Sorrell wrote: Would there be any

Re: [SAtalk] Maybe Spam?

2003-06-04 Thread Tim Litwiller
If you are using outlook as your mail client you might want to look at spambayes http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/spambayes I have been using it along with SA for several weeks and am very happy with it. Tyler Hardison wrote: I just wanted to throw an idea out there in case there

RE: [SAtalk] Maybe Spam?

2003-06-04 Thread Tyler Hardison
-Original Message- From: Tim Litwiller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 10:41 AM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SAtalk] Maybe Spam? If you are using outlook as your mail client you might want to look at spambayes

Re: [SAtalk] Maybe Spam?

2003-06-04 Thread Harold Hallikainen
I like just having users set their filters based on X-SPAM_LEVEL. The filter says if this header has this many stars, move the mail here. If it has that many stars, move it there. This is an extremely simple way for users to set their own level (or multiple levels). Harold I just wanted to

Re: [SAtalk] Outlook 2003 coming thru as spam

2003-06-04 Thread Martin Radford
At Tue Jun 3 06:46:02 2003, Catherine Pinatiello wrote: Since the rule for FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK is 3.5 points, and our threshold is set at 4.0 (we get an ungodly amount of spam) then we're having a lot of trouble with mail wrongly being marked as spam, when the mail is coming from Outlook

Re: [SAtalk] adding more checks?

2003-06-04 Thread Matt Kettler
At 08:22 PM 6/2/2003 -0800, Jon Reynolds wrote: Is there a way to add more checks on messages or does SA-2.55 come with all of them bundled. All of the standard rules are bundled in whatever the current released version of SA is. Whenever a new ruleset is finished being scored and tested, a new

Re: [SAtalk] Spamassassin and LDAP

2003-06-04 Thread Jason Grove
Actually Solaris 9 comes with Iplanet LDAP 5.1 built in, so you may be having library problems I don't use nss_ldap or pam_ldap on my Solaris 9 boxes. They all use the pam_unix which has ldap support built in to it.. Make sure your person has both posixaccount and shadowaccount in their

Re: [SAtalk] Spamassassin and LDAP

2003-06-04 Thread Keith Olmstead
Well it looks like it was not ldap that that was my problem. I don't think it was perl either. I changed some options around now, using the -x option (don't look at users prefs) and it filters fine. I don't know why it was not working without the -x but it is filtering fine at the moment.

Re: [SAtalk] Maybe Spam?

2003-06-04 Thread Tim Litwiller
Yes, this would be a major pain on a large rollout. Tyler Hardison wrote: -Original Message- From: Tim Litwiller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 10:41 AM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SAtalk] Maybe Spam? If you are using outlook as your mail client you might

[SAtalk] Re: Ugly spam

2003-06-04 Thread Lisa Keiser
why not write your own rules as extension? I have some 500+ rules to stay (ahead|close) to spammers... ie.: rawbody RAWBODY_PORN_OBFUS_01 /(\$ex|pr0n|p0rn|t(\||\!|1|í|ì|î)t|fvck|a\$\$|cl(\||\!|1|í|ì|î)t|c0ck|pen(\| |\!|1|í|ì|î)(s|$)|b0y|d(\||\!|1|í|ì|î)ck|(\||\!|1|í|ì|î)nche?s?|erect(\||\!|

[SAtalk] Re: Ugly spam

2003-06-04 Thread Lisa Keiser
why not write your own rules as extension? I have some 500+ rules to stay (ahead|close) to spammers... ie.: rawbody RAWBODY_PORN_OBFUS_01 /(\$ex|pr0n|p0rn|t(\||\!|1|í|ì|î)t|fvck|a\$\$|cl(\||\!|1|í|ì|î)t|c0ck|pen(\| |\!|1|í|ì|î)(s|$)|b0y|d(\||\!|1|í|ì|î)ck|(\||\!|1|í|ì|î)nche?s?|erect(\||\!|

[SAtalk] manufacturer of garments and bags in China

2003-06-04 Thread Rachel
Dear Sir or Madam, I have the pleasure to know your esteemed Corp. We are a manufacturer of garments and bags in Quanzhou, China. I think we can cooperate and supply you with garments and bags as you need. The following is some introductions about our company. Set up: 1988

[SAtalk] 2.54 and RBL checks

2003-06-04 Thread Pete O'Hara
Hi, I am running SpamAssassin 2.54 and can't seem to get rbl checks working. I have skip_rbl_checks 0 in /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf. I have the default rules files with plenty of RBLs to check against. When I run spamassassin -D rbl=-9 -t /var/tmp/test I get the following as part of the

Re: [SAtalk] Spamassassin and LDAP

2003-06-04 Thread Tony Earnshaw
Keith Olmstead wrote: Well it looks like it was not ldap that that was my problem. I don't think it was perl either. I changed some options around now, using the -x option (don't look at users prefs) and it filters fine. I don't know why it was not working without the -x but it is filtering

Re: [SAtalk] Spamassassin and LDAP

2003-06-04 Thread Keith Olmstead
I relized that. Installing pam_ldap as we speak. I have a feeling that I will have to get that working to get users_prefs working for individual users. --Keith On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Tony Earnshaw wrote: Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 23:03:54 +0200 From: Tony Earnshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Keith

Re: [SAtalk] adding more checks?

2003-06-04 Thread Matt Kettler
At 01:04 PM 6/3/2003 -0800, you wrote: So razor and dcc and pyzor are not installed by default, do you have a preference on which works the best or do they all perform different functions? They perform similar but not quite the same function.. really for an overview, look at the hit rates and S/O

[SAtalk] bayes_seen - how long does it remember?

2003-06-04 Thread Mike Batchelor
How long does SA remember seen Message-Ids? Is there a way I can make it forget or expire Message-Ids from the bayes_seen db without making it forget the message, or when I no longer have a copy of the message to send to sa-learn --forget? --- The avalanche has already begun. It is too late

Re: [SAtalk] Life after spam.

2003-06-04 Thread Mike Batchelor
I find that regularly perusing the spam folder and feeding samples to the Bayesian classifier helps rekindle that old feeling :) --On Monday, June 02, 2003 5:58 PM +0100 Jim Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Looks like I've got SA+Razor2 roughly setup OK - next to nothing gets through

Re: [SAtalk] Could stripping bad HTML comments be abused by spammers?

2003-06-04 Thread Alex van den Bogaerdt
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 09:47:28PM -0700, Matthew Cline wrote: I'm guessing that Outlook and similar must not show malformed comments, or else the majority of spam recipients would see the comments stuck in the middle of words, defeating the purpose of making them comments. MS does strange

[SAtalk] [Crosspost] Strange issues with user preferences and spamass-milter

2003-06-04 Thread Cassandra Lynette Brockett
I have seen many entries like this since configuring spamass-milter on my site (usernames and hosts addresses that count hidden) :- Jun 3 16:12:16 hotline sendmail[2444]: h53NCEH02444: from=[EMAIL PROTECTED], size=3600, class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=[EMAIL PROTECTED], proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA,

Re: [SAtalk] adding more checks?

2003-06-04 Thread Jon Reynolds
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 11:10, Matt Kettler wrote: At 08:22 PM 6/2/2003 -0800, Jon Reynolds wrote: Is there a way to add more checks on messages or does SA-2.55 come with all of them bundled. All of the standard rules are bundled in whatever the current released version of SA is. Whenever a

[SAtalk] Checking the validity of from against another header

2003-06-04 Thread Tim B
Hi all I'm currently adding a header field which contains the enevelope from email address. I was wondering if there was a way to write a rule where I could check this header against the from header field? Spamassassin 2.55 Postfix 1.11 Procmail/formail in use. I add the header:

[SAtalk] Where's the web-interface again?

2003-06-04 Thread Jonathan Nichols
Hey all, Seems the older version of the web interface I was using calls to stuff that doesn't exist in SA anymore, like report_header (at least I think that's the one) Where's the updated web interface again? Didn't run across it in Google, and sourceforge's mailing list archives are pretty

[SAtalk] (no subject)

2003-06-04 Thread Marge Golomb
I do not want spamassassin - I called my ISP and they do not subscribe to you. I emailed them and they know nothing about you. I found you on my computer, deleted you, and 3 days later you are back again. I want you off my computer - if I want my email checked, I will check it myself! Let

[SAtalk] Learned from 0 messages

2003-06-04 Thread Adam Denenberg
i have the following test in my procmailrc.. Doesnt seem that sa-learn is working properly under 2.54. here is my procmail excerpt :0 * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes { :0c: bayes-spam.lock | /usr/bin/sa-learn --spam --local /tmp/spamout 21 :0: ./spamuser/Maildir/ } #more /tmp/spamout Failed to

[SAtalk] Restarting sa

2003-06-04 Thread Marius Kirschner
What's the proper command to restart spamassassin? Sorry for the newbie question but I've been all over the documentation, list archives, and FAQs and couldn't find it. Apparently I didn't look good enough as I'm sure it must be somewhere, but heyI really tried. :) Thanks, ---Marius

Re: [SAtalk] Learned from 0 messages

2003-06-04 Thread Adam Denenberg
hmm.. looks like i need --single.. --single is not in the docs, but sneaks its way into the top of the -h output.. adam On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 09:54 PM, Adam Denenberg wrote: i have the following test in my procmailrc.. Doesnt seem that sa-learn is working properly under 2.54.

Re: [SAtalk] Restarting sa

2003-06-04 Thread Duncan Findlay
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:02:25PM -0400, Marius Kirschner wrote: What's the proper command to restart spamassassin? Sorry for the newbie question but I've been all over the documentation, list archives, and FAQs and couldn't find it. Apparently I didn't look good enough as I'm sure it must

Re: [SAtalk] (no subject)

2003-06-04 Thread Robin Lynn Frank
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 18:17, Marge Golomb wrote: I do not want spamassassin - I called my ISP and they do not subscribe to you. I emailed them and they know nothing about you. I found you on my computer, deleted you, and 3 days later you are back again. I want you off my computer - if I

Re: [SAtalk] (no subject)

2003-06-04 Thread Bob
Hi, Let's break this up into smaller pieces... On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 20:17:21 -0500 Marge Golomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not want spamassassin - I called my ISP and they do not subscribe to you. I emailed them and they know nothing about you. To be fair, we know nothing about you or your

Re: [SAtalk] (no subject)

2003-06-04 Thread Ryan Bingham
Didn't this (and all the subsequent flames) just happen? Like several times already in the recent past?? Anyone ever see Groundhog Day? I'm startin to get wigged out... Ryan - Original Message - From: Marge Golomb To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 9:17 PM Subject:

[SAtalk] spamassassin strange low hits

2003-06-04 Thread Steve N
Hi, I have installed spamassassin on two boxes and set it to do the tagging systemwide. All incoming mail were replicated to both box A and B On box A, it works beautifully, or detect 80% of the spam On box B, it seems to work too, but missed about 70% of the spam and tag it with a lower hit

[SAtalk] OT: SpamAssassin in Playboy 07/2003

2003-06-04 Thread Jeremy Kister
in an article written by Randy Cassingham, Randy describes 'why e-mail abuse should be a crime' and suggests ways to stop spam. His fifth suggestion states Ensure that your ISP is taking steps to combat the problem, such as installing SpamAssassin... this is in Playboy July 2003 pg 53 (bottom)

RE: [SAtalk] all roads lead to SA talk [was: no subject]

2003-06-04 Thread Gary Funck
Bob offers an excellent, thourogh response: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SAtalk] (no subject) [...] 3. An ISP you're sending mail to or receiving mail

Re: [SAtalk] (no subject)

2003-06-04 Thread Matt Beland
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 08:40 pm, Ryan Bingham wrote: Didn't this (and all the subsequent flames) just happen? Like several times already in the recent past?? Anyone ever see Groundhog Day? I'm startin to get wigged out... Yeah, but these guys aren't as funny as Bill Murray. One other

RE: [SAtalk] spamassassin strange low hits

2003-06-04 Thread Gary Funck
Is it possible that the second system is behind some sort of firewall router, that prevents it from sending its net queries out? You might try running a test with debug mode set: spamassassin -tD sample_spam.txt and see what it says. -Original Message- From: Steve N Sent: Tuesday,

RE: [SAtalk] OT: SpamAssassin in Playboy 07/2003

2003-06-04 Thread Thomas Kinghorn
sure you don't.we read it for the ARTICLES...;o) -Original Message- From: Jeremy Kister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 June 2003 06:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SAtalk] OT: SpamAssassin in Playboy 07/2003 in an article written by Randy Cassingham, Randy describes 'why

Antwort: RE: [SAtalk] Problems with RBL after migrating to 2.55

2003-06-04 Thread dirk . johannwerner
OK, did what you suggested, and I guess the problem lies in either of the following lines: debug: is Net::DNS::Resolver available? no debug: is Net::DNS::Resolver available? no debug: is Net::DNS::Resolver available? no debug: is Net::DNS::Resolver available? no debug: is Net::DNS::Resolver

Re: [SAtalk] (no subject)

2003-06-04 Thread Jack Gostl
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Matt Beland wrote: On Tuesday 03 June 2003 08:40 pm, Ryan Bingham wrote: Didn't this (and all the subsequent flames) just happen? Like several times already in the recent past?? Anyone ever see Groundhog Day? I'm startin to get wigged out... Yeah, but these guys

Re: Antwort: RE: [SAtalk] Problems with RBL after migrating to 2.55

2003-06-04 Thread Jack Gostl
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, did what you suggested, and I guess the problem lies in either of the following lines: debug: is Net::DNS::Resolver available? no debug: is Net::DNS::Resolver available? no debug: is Net::DNS::Resolver available? no debug: is

Antwort: Re: Antwort: RE: [SAtalk] Problems with RBL after migrating to 2.55

2003-06-04 Thread dirk . johannwerner
Thanks Jack, I just found out by myself that there were some packages missing on my box, so I went to RedHat an got the missing rpms. RBL is now working!!! One more thing (this resource is really useful)...from what I see from others posting here it seems to me that I do not have the Bayesian

Re: [SAtalk] (no subject)

2003-06-04 Thread Reijo Pitkanen
ME_TOO! ... Whatever. Look, guys. Simply put, next time this happens, just send a simple reply offlist. In fact, I feel it would make a lasting impression on the account, if not the person if EVERYONE can send a simple reply, offlist. That should get the message through loud and clear. But

Re: [SAtalk] (no subject)

2003-06-04 Thread Frank Chibesakunda
how many times should i say unsubscribe me from this list - Original Message - From: Jack Gostl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Matt Beland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [SAtalk] (no subject) On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Matt Beland wrote:

[SAtalk] Where have all our brain cells gone? (was no subject)

2003-06-04 Thread Bob Apthorpe
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 22:07:19 -0700 Matt Beland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 03 June 2003 08:40 pm, Ryan Bingham wrote: Didn't this (and all the subsequent flames) just happen? Like several times already in the recent past?? Anyone ever see Groundhog Day? I'm startin to get wigged

Re: [SAtalk] (no subject)

2003-06-04 Thread Ralf Guenthner
Why don't you simply send an e-mail to the correct address?? - Original Message - From: Frank Chibesakunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jack Gostl [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Matt Beland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [SAtalk] (no subject)

[SAtalk] Spamassassin Tag

2003-06-04 Thread Simon Crowther
Hi, Can anyone point me to the file that I can edit which will allow me to change the This mail is probably spam text, I wish to add a few lines asking our users to contact our Helpdesk if they have any Qns or wish to request whitelisting. Thanks, Simon.

RE: [SAtalk] Spamassassin Tag

2003-06-04 Thread Paul Hutchings
On my system it's /etc/mail/spamassassin/10_misc.cf, not sure if that will be the same everywhere. regards, Paul -- Paul Hutchings Network Administrator, MIRA Ltd. Tel: 024 7635 5378, Fax: 024 7635 8378 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Simon Crowther [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [SAtalk] Maybe Spam?

2003-06-04 Thread alan premselaar
On 6/4/03 1:31 AM, "Tyler Hardison" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (B[...] (B Maybe_Factor 1 (default 0) (B (B Where messages within 5.0 - 6.0 (1 offset from threshold) are marked with (B "maybe". This way, messages scoring higher then 6 (or more) are marked with (B a definite. Then the user's