Escaping Characters

2006-04-27 Thread Dan
I built individual escaped and non escaped body tests for every non letter/number symbol on my keyboard and threw an email with every symbol in it, at them.  This was the result:works with and without /! " $ % ' , - : ; = @ ] _ ` { } ~works only with /# ( ) * + . / ? [ \ ^ |The surprise is that

Re: scores

2006-04-27 Thread Michael Monnerie
On Mittwoch, 26. April 2006 22:51 Matt Kettler wrote: That said, you pretty much have to do this for your outbound mailservers because several LARGE ISPs will not accept mail from hosts with no RDNS. This includes AOL and Comcast off the top of my head. If you want to be able to email users at

Re: How to update filters

2006-04-27 Thread Peter Marshall
I have SpamAssassin version 3.0.2 running on Perl version 5.8.5 - This is my current local.cf auto_whitelist_factor 0.5 use_auto_whitelist 1 use_bayes 1 auto_learn 1 auto_learn_threshold_nonspam 1.5 auto_learn_threshold_spam 10 dns_available yes

Re: Rule to select sender starting with string

2006-04-27 Thread Andrew
Matt Kettler wrote: Al Danks wrote: Matt Kettler mkettler at evi-inc.com writes: Try a rule something like this: L_FROM_STRING header From =~ /$string/ It appears that the rule is also hitting senders with the string following a . I.e. From =~ /$com/ hits comalksdfl.net

Re: scores

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
Michael Monnerie wrote: On Mittwoch, 26. April 2006 22:51 Matt Kettler wrote: That said, you pretty much have to do this for your outbound mailservers because several LARGE ISPs will not accept mail from hosts with no RDNS. This includes AOL and Comcast off the top of my head. If you want

Re: Rule to select sender starting with string

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
Andrew wrote: Matt Kettler wrote: Al Danks wrote: Matt Kettler mkettler at evi-inc.com writes: Try a rule something like this: L_FROM_STRING header From =~ /$string/ It appears that the rule is also hitting senders with the string following a . I.e. From =~ /$com/ hits

Blocking specfic content

2006-04-27 Thread Ronald I. Nutter
I have been fight one specific type of spam coming through for several days now. None of the rules I have put in place are stopping the spam coming through. It is stock type scam. Main one I have seen is about IKMA. The content type of the message is image/gif. The actual name of the file

Re: Escaping Characters

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
Dan wrote: I built individual escaped and non escaped body tests for every non letter/number symbol on my keyboard and threw an email with every symbol in it, at them. This was the result: works with and without / ! $ % ' , - : ; = @ ] _ ` { } ~ works only with / # ( ) * + . / ? [ \

Re: Blocking specfic content

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
Ronald I. Nutter wrote: I have been fight one specific type of spam coming through for several days now. None of the rules I have put in place are stopping the spam coming through. It is stock type scam. Main one I have seen is about IKMA. The content type of the message is image/gif. The

RE: Blocking specfic content

2006-04-27 Thread Ronald I. Nutter
I have added most of the rule sets from rulesemporium.com as well as adding several of my own. I update the rules from sare about once a month. I am on perl 5.8. I have the files downloaded for the latest SA. Once I can get the students sent home for the summer, I should be able to get the

Bayes troubles

2006-04-27 Thread Will Nordmeyer
I'm running SA 3.1.1 on my Cobalt RaQ 4 and have been having expiration troubles. A mail message comes in, and as part of the process, the auto_expire runs (it seems) - it frequently times out though, leaving the half finished expire file out there (which then results in grumpy customers

Re: Blocking specfic content

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
Ronald I. Nutter wrote: I have added most of the rule sets from rulesemporium.com as well as adding several of my own. I update the rules from sare about once a month. You mentioned having most of the rulesemporium.com rulesets. Do you have Doc's 70_sare_stocks.cf? That's the one that will

Re: How to update filters

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
Peter Marshall wrote: I have SpamAssassin version 3.0.2 Warning: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 is vulnerable to a remotely exploitable DoS attack. Unless you're using a distro port that has backported fixes, upgrade soon. Regardless of DoSes, I'd suggest upgrading to 3.1.1, as that version has a working

Re: Blocking specfic content

2006-04-27 Thread Igor Chudov
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 09:58:40AM -0400, Matt Kettler wrote: Ronald I. Nutter wrote: I have added most of the rule sets from rulesemporium.com as well as adding several of my own. I update the rules from sare about once a month. You mentioned having most of the rulesemporium.com

RE: Blocking specfic content

2006-04-27 Thread Ronald I. Nutter
Here is the version of 70_sare_stocks.cf - # Version: 01.00.17 # Created: 2005-12-18 # Modified: 2006-04-14 Ron Ron Nutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Infrastructure Security Manager Information

Re: Blocking specfic content

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
Igor Chudov wrote: On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 09:58:40AM -0400, Matt Kettler wrote: Ronald I. Nutter wrote: I have added most of the rule sets from rulesemporium.com as well as adding several of my own. I update the rules from sare about once a month. You mentioned having

Re: How to update filters

2006-04-27 Thread Peter Marshall
This is probably in a doc .. but since oyu suggesed it .. maybe you coupld possible point me to the doc :) How do I upgrade spamassain .. and can I do it on my production mailserver during the day ... (of course I will probably have to shut off the service .. but .. it is not working that

Checking my personal ham with spamassassin

2006-04-27 Thread Igor Chudov
I upgraded and installed a lot of SA rules. (although I suspect that bayes still is not working for some reason. more later) I have a lot of unix mail folders with ham (personal messages, business messages, some mailing list stuff, etc). I would like to somehow test run spamassassin on thsm and

RE: How to update filters

2006-04-27 Thread Bowie Bailey
Peter Marshall wrote: This is probably in a doc .. but since oyu suggesed it .. maybe you coupld possible point me to the doc :) How do I upgrade spamassain .. and can I do it on my production mailserver during the day ... (of course I will probably have to shut off the service .. but ..

Re: How to update filters

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
Peter Marshall wrote: This is probably in a doc .. but since oyu suggesed it .. maybe you coupld possible point me to the doc :) How do I upgrade spamassain .. and can I do it on my production mailserver during the day ... (of course I will probably have to shut off the service .. but ..

RE: Spam coming thru w/high score different SA version

2006-04-27 Thread Tracey Gates
I checked and did find 2 spamd files. One was in /usr/bin with the latest install date. The other one was in /etc/rc.d/init.d with the older install date. I backed up the older files and replaced the ones that are in the init.d directory with the ones from the /usr/bin directory. (replaced the

Re: Checking my personal ham with spamassassin

2006-04-27 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 09:51:39AM -0500, Igor Chudov wrote: How would I run SA on a unix style mailbox to filter spams only? It's not exactly clear what you're trying to do, but you could do something like: spamassassin --mbox file1 file1.out for the spamassassin script to run over all the

Re: Spam coming thru w/high score different SA version

2006-04-27 Thread Jim Maul
Tracey Gates wrote: I checked and did find 2 spamd files. One was in /usr/bin with the latest install date. The other one was in /etc/rc.d/init.d with the older install date. I backed up the older files and replaced the ones that are in the init.d directory with the ones from the /usr/bin

Re: Spam coming thru w/high score different SA version

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
Tracey Gates wrote: I checked and did find 2 spamd files. One was in /usr/bin with the latest install date. The other one was in /etc/rc.d/init.d with the older install date. ACCK /etc/rc.d/init.d is your INIT SCRIPTS! It should NEVER contain binaries or ordinary programs. Just

Re: Spam coming thru w/high score different SA version

2006-04-27 Thread Jim Maul
Tracey Gates wrote: OK. Sorry, I'm a novice at all of this admin stuff. I replaced the old files back and restarted spamd again. I did a find for spamd and here is my results: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# find ./ -name spamd find: ./proc/9832/fd: No such file or directory ./etc/rc.d/init.d/spamd

Re: SA logging with amavis

2006-04-27 Thread Vivek Khera
On Apr 21, 2006, at 12:50 PM, Michael Monnerie wrote: The other idea I have is to disable SA support in amavis, and just use it for the virus checks, and call SA directly. I'm not sure this would why not teach your log analyzer to understand amavisd-new's log format, too?

RES: old option from 2.84

2006-04-27 Thread Marcos Manhanes
Hello to all, How can I change my e-mail on list ? -Mensagem original- De: .rp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviada em: quinta-feira, 27 de abril de 2006 16:18 Para: spamassassin-users@incubator.apache.org Assunto: old option from 2.84 hi, In the procmailrc I had

Re: old option from 2.84

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
First I assume you mean 2.64. There never was a 2.84... .rp wrote: hi, In the procmailrc I had /usr/bin/spamassassin -a I just updated to SA3.1.1 and my log got full of error messages about invalid option. Is the '-a' just gone or has it been replaced? The man spamassasin was

RE: Spam coming thru w/high score different SA version

2006-04-27 Thread Tracey Gates
I had to restart CGPSA and it picked up the new version of 3.1.1. I hope now that it will catch the spam emails better that I have been having problems with. :-) Tracey Gates Lead Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1350 South Boulder, Third Floor / Tulsa, OK 74119-3203 Phone 918-663-0991 / Fax

Re: RES: old option from 2.84

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
Marcos Manhanes wrote: Hello to all, How can I change my e-mail on list ? Read the headers of any message posted to the list. This list, along with many others, uses the RFC standardized method of advertising list management features through the list-help and list-unsubscribe headers. Be

Re: 3.1.2?

2006-04-27 Thread Steve Thomas
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 05:32:45PM -0400, Joe Flowers wrote: Any educated guesses on when 3.1.2 will be released? I was hoping to get it out this month, but I think it'll probably be next early month before it's all ready to go. Any word on whether or not it includes a fix for bug #4590?

Re: Bayes troubles

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
Will Nordmeyer wrote: I added the following fields to local.cf # Enable the Bayes system use_bayes 1 bayes_file_mode 0777 bayes_path /etc/mail/spamassassin/bayes/bayes But it seems that everybody's local bayes system continues to be run. Did you run spamassassin --lint? Perhaps

Re: scores

2006-04-27 Thread Michael Monnerie
On Donnerstag, 27. April 2006 14:53 Matt Kettler wrote: I do agree.. it's not 100% safe.. However, it is also not safe to have a server with no RDNS, because many won't take your mail.. Yes, I just had configured a server today which happens to receive mail from some Austrian government and

Re: bayes stuck at nspam 2165

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
Marc Dufresne wrote: I am using Freebsd 5.4 with Mailscanner-4.52.2-1. I have always encountered this when bayes approaches nspam of arounf 2500. It just locks. I have had this problem on numerous occassions. My bayes database will not learn anymore than 2165 nspam. It seems to be stuck

Re: Escaping Characters

2006-04-27 Thread Dan
First, I assume you mean they work with \ not /. / won't escape things, \ will. Oops, yes Also, your test results are not quite the same as the perl regex docs, but close. This is why I'm doing this.  Everything I've read says "use standard rules" but says nothing about exceptions, which are

Re: Ham messages having subject re-written

2006-04-27 Thread Paul Dulaba
Ok, I changed the tagging slightly, and I can confirm that it is still happening and that the tagging is on my end:===From: Court of Appeal Distribution [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: ***SPAM*** Court of

Re: Blocking specfic content

2006-04-27 Thread jdow
From: Igor Chudov [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 09:58:40AM -0400, Matt Kettler wrote: Ronald I. Nutter wrote: I have added most of the rule sets from rulesemporium.com as well as adding several of my own. I update the rules from sare about once a month. You mentioned having

Re: Re: 3.1.2?

2006-04-27 Thread Joe Flowers
Thanks Theo. That'll be good then. I saw your plea on the Dev list to get another version out this month, so I've been kinda holding off on the upgrades. I'll try to fend off the users until mid-May then. Thank you! Yes, as Steve said, you guys rock!!! Joe -Original Message- From:

Re: Ham messages having subject re-written

2006-04-27 Thread jdow
Is it going through the SpamAssassin tests exactly once or is there a chance it goes through twice? {^_^} - Original Message - From: Paul Dulaba [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ok, I changed the tagging slightly, and I can confirm that it is still happening and that the tagging is on my end:

Re: Spam coming thru w/high score different SA version

2006-04-27 Thread jdow
From: Jim Maul [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tracey Gates wrote: I checked and did find 2 spamd files. One was in /usr/bin with the latest install date. The other one was in /etc/rc.d/init.d with the older install date. I backed up the older files and replaced the ones that are in the init.d directory

Tracking Compound Meta's

2006-04-27 Thread Dan Patnode
I've confirmed that meta's within meta's within meta's work well:body __testA /\ba/ibody __testB /\bb/ibody __testC /\bc/ibody __testD /\bd/ibody __testE /\be/ibody __testF /\bf/ibody __testG /\bg/ibody __testH /\bh/ibody __testI /\bi/ibody __testJ /\bj/ibody __testK /\bk/ibody __testL /\bl/imeta

Re: Tracking Compound Meta's

2006-04-27 Thread jdow
From: Dan Patnode [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've confirmed that meta's within meta's within meta's work well: body __testA /\ba/i body __testB /\bb/i body __testC /\bc/i body __testD /\bd/i body __testE /\be/i body __testF /\bf/i body __testG /\bg/i body __testH /\bh/i body __testI /\bi/i body __testJ

Re: Tracking Compound Meta's

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
Dan Patnode wrote: I've confirmed that meta's within meta's within meta's work well: body __testA /\ba/i snip but, combined with neutralized (__) tests, the score line doesn't show which individual tests were triggered: X-SpamAssassin: score=3.0

Re: Tracking Compound Meta's

2006-04-27 Thread Dan
Is 0.001 a low enough score to be considered to be zero? I'm building a very precise configuration so any variations create headaches, but if I can't find any alternatives, I may have to. You can run the message through spamassassin -tD. The debug output will include the full list of

new type of email spam

2006-04-27 Thread Anton Krall
Guys, today I got a flow of new type of spam, this new email has some sort of gif or image inside that contains like a letter or some letters... Hasanybody seens this and know how to block it?

Re: Tracking Compound Meta's

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
Dan wrote: Is 0.001 a low enough score to be considered to be zero? I'm building a very precise configuration so any variations create headaches, but if I can't find any alternatives, I may have to. You can run the message through spamassassin -tD. The debug output will include the full

Re: Tracking Compound Meta's

2006-04-27 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 12:37:40AM -0400, Matt Kettler wrote: do such detailed analysis on live email... If you really must do it live, the 0.001 score seems to be your best option. If you really really wanted it in the headers, you could open a BZ ticket requesting an enhancement to create a

Re: new type of email spam

2006-04-27 Thread Matt Kettler
Anton Krall wrote: Guys, today I got a flow of new type of spam, this new email has some sort of gif or image inside that contains like a letter or some letters... Hasanybody seens this and know how to block it? I've seen two variants of this. One doing stock pump-and-dump scams, one doing

Re: Ham messages having subject re-written

2006-04-27 Thread Paul Dulaba
It is only passing once.On 4/27/06, jdow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it going through the SpamAssassin tests exactly once or is there achance it goes through twice?{^_^}- Original Message -From: Paul Dulaba [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ok, I changed the tagging slightly, and I can confirm that it is