[SAtalk] Rule for no web site?

2003-08-14 Thread Michael Clark
Would a rule that adds points for no pingable web site for a domain be useful? If spam comes in from [EMAIL PROTECTED], could http://www.example.com be tested? If you get a 404 or no response, give the message a couple points. Just an idea, Mike -- Michael Clark, Webmaster Center for

[SAtalk] Is there a rule for "username" in Subject line?

2003-06-06 Thread Michael Clark
the subject. Thanks, Mike -- Michael Clark, Webmaster Center for Democracy and Technology 1634 Eye Street NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20006 voice: 202-637-9800 http://www.cdt.org/ Join our Activist Network! Your participation can make a difference

Re: [SAtalk] Is there a rule for "username" in Subject line?

2003-06-06 Thread Michael Clark
-0400 6/5/03, Theo Van Dinter wrote: On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 05:49:48PM -0400, Michael Clark wrote: Is there a rule for matching the username in the subject line? I've been getting lots of spam with a subject line of "mclark, information for you" or "webmaster turn back ti

[SAtalk] Upgrading from 2.11 to 2.42

2002-10-17 Thread Michael Clark
I need to upgrade a few mail servers copies of SpamAssassin from 2.11 to 2.42 (and one from 2.01). Should I delete the ancient existing copy, and then install, or simply install 2.42 per the standard instructions? The old versions are working fine. Thanks, Michael -- Michael Clark, Webmaster

Re: [SAtalk] Help the ignorant

2002-03-13 Thread Michael Clark
Never mind. I'm a fool. It is working fine, and reading from the correct ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs file. I'll be over on the corner. That's the odd thing about computers. They only do exactly what they're told to do. Mike >I thought the < looked odd. But it doesn't work either way. But is >t

Re: [SAtalk] Help the ignorant

2002-03-13 Thread Michael Clark
I thought the < looked odd. But it doesn't work either way. But is the -c even needed? I thought the users_pref under .spamassassin was read automatically. >On 13 March 2002, Rob McMillin said: >> -p only reads user scores. Did you try >> >> :0fw: >> | spamassassin -P -c

Re: [SAtalk] Help the ignorant

2002-03-13 Thread Michael Clark
My user_prefs aren't being read. It seems that the user_prefs should be read automagically when processing mail. I added -c /home/mclark/.spamassassin/user_prefs and then -p /home/mclark/.spamassassin/user_prefs to the .procmailrc and they user_prefs aren't processed. Complete /home/mclark/.p