Re: Running on Debian stable

2006-08-20 Thread Raymond Wan
Hi Loren, On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Loren Wilton wrote: For the main rules files you basically can't do this. It would theoreticaly be possible, but it would take someone a lot of work to figure out what could be done and then do it. It is far easier to update the whole package, which will insur

Re: Running on Debian stable

2006-08-20 Thread Raymond Wan
Hi Michel, On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Michel Vaillancourt wrote: Hi, Ray. I'm a Debian admin as well. However, my experience has been that for Spamassassin in particular, don't use the .deb package. Instead, run the CPAN install process; I have it set as a CRON job that fires monthly. You'll f

RE: Running on Debian stable

2006-08-20 Thread Raymond Wan
Hi Gary and others, On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Gary V wrote: read this, it may validate your choice to stay stable: http://www200.pair.com/mecham/spam/kernel.html No, I'll definitely stay with stable. I have dabbled with testing for a bit and it was "fun" learning about Debian and breaking it an

Re: Registrar RBL: nomination and scoring

2006-08-20 Thread John D. Hardin
On Sun, 13 Aug 2006, David Cary Hart wrote: > If someone can figure out the mechanics, I have a volunteer > (working on her MBA) who is great at crafting policy. I also have > the mirrors and structure. I am willing to add the zone. My first > listing would be Gandi. I have beta versions of this

MySQL, DBI, transactions problem

2006-08-20 Thread Dimitar G. Katerinski
Hello, I'm trying to setup Spamassassin to use mysql for bayes storage. However I'm experiencing problems with DBI complaining about "Transactions not supported by database at /usr/lib/perl5/DBI.pm line 670." I know that this is not strictly a spamassassin issue, but maybe someone from this li

RE: Running on Debian stable

2006-08-20 Thread Gary V
Hi Gary and others, Thanks for the instructions; I will give that a try. My upgrade with backports.org went successful and I did it before reading Michel's message about using CPAN to install SA. It's catching 25% of the spam now, instead of 0%...I've seen a few messages about boosting its

Userprefs Spamassassin 2.55

2006-08-20 Thread H. Etzel
Hi people, I have do use an old Version of Spamassassin (2.55) with a new version of Confixx (which should not realy be the problem...) However, the database is set, data is within the database, but no user prefs are used!! Where is the configuration error? I'm runnig a SuSE 9.1 System Spamd is

Re: Userprefs Spamassassin 2.55

2006-08-20 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 09:37:36PM +0200, H. Etzel wrote: > I have do use an old Version of Spamassassin (2.55) with a new version > of Confixx (which should not realy be the problem...) > However, the database is set, data is within the database, but no user > prefs are used!! > Where is the confi

Is there a new spambot army on the march?

2006-08-20 Thread Jason Haar
We are getting HAMMERED with a dictionary attack that is on a scale we have never experienced before. We have recipient verification on our edge servers, so basically it's all just bouncing off us, but it has been impacting us as we've already had to up the maximum number of simultaneous SMTP conn

Re: Is there a new spambot army on the march?

2006-08-20 Thread The Doctor
On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 11:23:19AM +1200, Jason Haar wrote: > We are getting HAMMERED with a dictionary attack that is on a scale we > have never experienced before. > > We have recipient verification on our edge servers, so basically it's > all just bouncing off us, but it has been impacting us a

Re: Is there a new spambot army on the march?

2006-08-20 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 11:23:19AM +1200, Jason Haar wrote: > We are getting HAMMERED with a dictionary attack that is on a scale we > have never experienced before. Yeah. I had >260k "user unknown" entries per day last week (that's over 3 per second for a whole day straight). The weekends are a

Re: Is there a new spambot army on the march?

2006-08-20 Thread Jason Haar
Theo Van Dinter wrote: > On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 11:23:19AM +1200, Jason Haar wrote: > >> We are getting HAMMERED with a dictionary attack that is on a scale we >> have never experienced before. >> > > Yeah. I had >260k "user unknown" entries per day last week (that's > over 3 per second f

Re: Is there a new spambot army on the march?

2006-08-20 Thread Jason Haar
The Doctor wrote: > > I may have a server side solution using spamikaze but first > what is the SMTP server software taht you are using? > We're using Qmail with assorted patches - like the recipient checking one. I think the only solution that would improve our situation would be getting these (

Re: Userprefs Spamassassin 2.55

2006-08-20 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Sun, August 20, 2006 22:35, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 09:37:36PM +0200, H. Etzel wrote: >> I have do use an old Version of Spamassassin (2.55) with a new version >> of Confixx (which should not realy be the problem...) >> However, the database is set, data is within the d

Re: MySQL, DBI, transactions problem

2006-08-20 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Sun, August 20, 2006 20:21, Dimitar G. Katerinski wrote: > I'm trying to setup Spamassassin to use mysql for bayes storage. However I'm > experiencing problems with DBI complaining about "Transactions not supported > by database at /usr/lib/perl5/DBI.pm line 670." yep see bug http://bugs.gen

Re: Is there a new spambot army on the march?

2006-08-20 Thread jdow
From: "Jason Haar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Theo Van Dinter wrote: On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 11:23:19AM +1200, Jason Haar wrote: We are getting HAMMERED with a dictionary attack that is on a scale we have never experienced before. Yeah. I had >260k "user unknown" entries per day last week

Re: Is there a new spambot army on the march?

2006-08-20 Thread The Doctor
On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 11:49:54AM +1200, Jason Haar wrote: > The Doctor wrote: > > > > I may have a server side solution using spamikaze but first > > what is the SMTP server software taht you are using? > > > We're using Qmail with assorted patches - like the recipient checking > one. I think t

Under heavy load mail is not processed by spamc (usng fetchmail & procmail)

2006-08-20 Thread Damon McMahon
Greetings, I am using fetchmail 6.3.4 and sendmail 8.13.6 on MacOS X 10.3.9 to download and deliver mail, and spamd/spamc 3.1.3 run from procmail. Under a heavy load (typically when we download a whole weekend's worth of spam first thing Monday morning) most mail is not passed through to spamc by

DCC in SA 3.1.3

2006-08-20 Thread LDB
Does SA support DCC anymore? The directives I used a few versions back do not work anymore. THanks, LDB

Re: MySQL, DBI, transactions problem

2006-08-20 Thread Mark Martinec
> On Sun, August 20, 2006 20:21, Dimitar G. Katerinski wrote: > > I'm trying to setup Spamassassin to use mysql for bayes storage. However > > I'm experiencing problems with DBI complaining about "Transactions not > > supported by database at /usr/lib/perl5/DBI.pm line 670." > > yep see bug > http:

Re: DCC in SA 3.1.3

2006-08-20 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Mon, August 21, 2006 02:54, LDB wrote: > Does SA support DCC anymore? The directives > I used a few versions back do not work anymore. yes, enable the plugin, if its still not, ask again where you provide more info on with version of dcc and sa you are running i only guesing here, you have a

Re: Is there a new spambot army on the march?

2006-08-20 Thread Jason Haar
jdow wrote: > >> We're getting around 60/sec for over 24 hours now :-( >> >> It ain't getting in, but the logs are filling my disk ;-) > > 5 MILLION a day! Who hates Trimble Navigation THAT much? (IMAO they're > fairly good guys. I used to do GPS related work - satellite and ground.) I guess that's

Re: DCC in SA 3.1.3

2006-08-20 Thread LDB
Benny Pedersen wrote: On Mon, August 21, 2006 02:54, LDB wrote: Does SA support DCC anymore? The directives I used a few versions back do not work anymore. yes, enable the plugin, if its still not, ask again where you provide more info on with version of dcc and sa you are running i only gu

Re: Is there a new spambot army on the march?

2006-08-20 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 8/20/2006 8:37 PM, jdow wrote: From: "Jason Haar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We're getting around 60/sec for over 24 hours now :-( It ain't getting in, but the logs are filling my disk ;-) 5 MILLION a day! Who hates Trimble Navigation THAT much? (IMAO they're fairly good guys. I used to do GPS

Re: Is there a new spambot army on the march?

2006-08-20 Thread Gino Cerullo
Yeah, I've been getting hammered by these too. I've configured Postfix to do HELO checks and the vast majority (95%) are failing at the MTA. -- Gino Cerullo Pixel Point Studios 21 Chesham Drive Toronto, ON M3M 1W6 T: 416-247-7740 F: 416-247-7503 smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptogra

Can't locate object method "type"

2006-08-20 Thread John Andersen
On one of my machines, my logs are getting a fair amount of the following message: Any clue would be welcome. Aug 20 21:55:26 norcomix spamd[12046]: Can't locate object method "type" via package "Net::DNS::RR::MX" at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/Mail/SpamAssassin/Dns.pm line 212. Aug 20 21:5