SpamAssassin not launched

2006-12-21 Thread menashe
Until recently, I had the spamassassin launched for every email received via a VB program that did a CreateProcess to which I passed the a command like spamassassin.bat < infile > outfile. Since several days, the CreateProcess is executed and the command syntax has not changed but it looks like t

Re: Capturing regular expression while testing new rule?

2006-12-21 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 06:09:23PM -0700, Kelly Jones wrote: > Many people write test rules w/ small negative scores like this: > header SUBJ_FOO_BAR_TEST Subject =~ /foo.*bar/ Really? Why would you write a rule like that? > header SUBJ_FOO_BAR_TEST Subject =~ /foo(.*)bar/ > will the parentheses

Re: Gif Spam

2006-12-21 Thread Matt Kettler
san wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any rule to stop mails which has .Gif attachment in SA 2.64. > Generally speaking, not much. If anything, you can try the SARE stocks ruleset, but I'm not sure if that ruleset supports such an old version of spamassassin. http://www.rulesemporium.com/rules/70_sar

Re: Botnet 0.7 Plugin is available

2006-12-21 Thread Rob Mangiafico
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, John Rudd wrote: > > 1) BOTNET_SOHO -- If the sender's (chosen from Envelope-From, > > Return-Path, or From, in that order) mail domain (the part after the @ > > sign) resolves back to the relay's IP address, or has an MX host which > > resolves back to the IP address, AND t

Capturing regular expression while testing new rule?

2006-12-21 Thread Kelly Jones
Many people write test rules w/ small negative scores like this: header SUBJ_FOO_BAR_TEST Subject =~ /foo.*bar/ describe SUBJ_FOO_BAR_TEST Subject contains both "foo" and "bar" in that order score SUBJ_FOO_BAR_TEST -0.001 The logs will then show when SUBJ_FOO_BAR_TEST is hit. I want to go one s

RE: --lint reports "failed to parse line, skipping: _ _2_ _R_TEXT_"; can't find the problem

2006-12-21 Thread Dan Horne
> it turns out that there was a hidden file in the same > directory as my "local.cf" named, > > "._local.cf" > > filled with garbage, which the --lint was loading/reading. > > deleting it makes the --lint failure go away. This looks like the type of hidden files Apple computers leave

RE: FP on SARE_MLB_Stock6 rule from 70_sare_stocks.cf

2006-12-21 Thread Bowie Bailey
Vivek Khera wrote: > On Dec 21, 2006, at 2:56 PM, Chris Santerre wrote: > > How about you just post the section that it FP'd on. Then we can > > all enjoy the party. > > Not sure which section it is, but here's the whole shebang. Oddly enough, it seems to match on the word "ALUMNI". -- Bowie

Re: what does "Image is single non-interlaced" mean ?

2006-12-21 Thread Magnus Holmgren
On Monday 18 December 2006 09:41, Halid Faith wrote: > I see a messages as below in Fuzzyocr.log. > Image is single non-interlaced Since nobody else has answered yet: > What does it mean? I don't really know, but IMHO it *should* mean that an image consisted of a single non-interlaced block (as

Re: FP on SARE_MLB_Stock6 rule from 70_sare_stocks.cf

2006-12-21 Thread Vivek Khera
On Dec 21, 2006, at 2:56 PM, Chris Santerre wrote: How about you just post the section that it FP'd on. Then we can all enjoy the party. Not sure which section it is, but here's the whole shebang. --cut here-- Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from fp01.4rsg.net (fp01.4rsg.net [206.

Re: --lint reports "failed to parse line, skipping: _ _2_ _R_TEXT_"; can't find the problem

2006-12-21 Thread snowcrash+spamassassin
> [7718] warn: config: failed to parse line, skipping: _ _2_ _R_TEXT_ No idea what that's about. The underscores could be other random/non-print chars btw. it turns out that there was a hidden file in the same directory as my "local.cf" named, "._local.cf" filled with garbage,

RE: FP on SARE_MLB_Stock6 rule from 70_sare_stocks.cf

2006-12-21 Thread Chris Santerre
> -Original Message- > From: Vivek Khera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 2:11 PM > To: SpamAssassin Users > Subject: FP on SARE_MLB_Stock6 rule from 70_sare_stocks.cf > > > I just got an email from my alma mater that triggered > SARE_MLB_Stock6 > rule, s

FP on SARE_MLB_Stock6 rule from 70_sare_stocks.cf

2006-12-21 Thread Vivek Khera
I just got an email from my alma mater that triggered SARE_MLB_Stock6 rule, so I went to see why... The comments in the file indicate it matches 0 ham in all tested collections. Is there someone to whom I can send this message (it is not private) to see if the rule can be tightened?

RE: Help! rewrite_header subject not working for me

2006-12-21 Thread Bowie Bailey
Tony Guadagno wrote: > I see, yes, I am calling SA directly, no Amavis etc involved.. > > > > > > Bowie Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/21/2006 9:37 am >>> > Tony Guadagno wrote: > > I guess i don't understand, you say that "Rewriting the subject is > > ultimately the responsibility of the MTA.", b

Re: Gif Spam

2006-12-21 Thread Mathias Homann
Am Donnerstag, 21. Dezember 2006 19:28 schrieb san: > Hi, > > Is there any rule to stop mails which has .Gif attachment in SA 2.64. Yes, upgrade to 3.1.7. bye, MH -- Die unaufgeforderte Zusendung einer Werbemail an Privatleute verstößt gegen §1 UWG und 823 I BGB (Beschluß des LG Berlin

Gif Spam

2006-12-21 Thread san
Hi, Is there any rule to stop mails which has .Gif attachment in SA 2.64. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Gif-Spam-tf2866950.html#a8012562 Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

RE: non existent directory errors

2006-12-21 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 11:50:02AM -0500, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > >trying to access the calling user's home directory, so you need to set > >things > >like bayes_path and auto_whitelist_path when running in a site-wide config. > > So now where do I make these adjustments, is the local.cf ? Ye

Re: --lint reports "failed to parse line, skipping: _ _2_ _R_TEXT_"; can't find the problem

2006-12-21 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 08:46:24AM -0800, snowcrash+spamassassin wrote: > [7718] dbg: plugin: fixed relative path: > /etc/mail/spamassassin/updates/3.001008/updates_spamassassin_org/80_additional.cf /etc/mail/spamassassin/updates ? > [7718] warn: config: failed to parse line, skipping

Re: non existent directory errors

2006-12-21 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 11:50:02AM -0500, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > >trying to access the calling user's home directory, so you need to set > >things > >like bayes_path and auto_whitelist_path when running in a site-wide config. > > So now where do I make these adjustments, is the local.cf ? Yes

Re: Spamassassin and Oracle bayesians DB

2006-12-21 Thread Michael Parker
Jose Javier Sianes Ruiz wrote: > Now I’m studding the possibility to build a very large Bayesian database. > Due to a huge amount of user I got (over 100,000 and possibly doubled next > year, with 8MB of Bayesian information each one on theirs Maildirs), I have > discarded use MySQL or PostgreSQL,

RE: non existent directory errors

2006-12-21 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 10:26:16AM -0500, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > No I have not modified the AWL path- actually that's where I'm really > confused > > I see that spamd's home dire is > spamd:*:58:58:SpamAssassin user:/var/spool/spamd:/sbin/nologin > > is that what I need to change? >No, that

--lint reports "failed to parse line, skipping: _ _2_ _R_TEXT_"; can't find the problem

2006-12-21 Thread snowcrash+spamassassin
i have installed, > spamassassin --version SpamAssassin version 3.1.8-r454679 running on Perl version 5.8.8 after a recent sa-update, --lint returns, [7718] dbg: plugin: fixed relative path: /etc/mail/spamassassin/updates/3.001008/updates_spamas

Re: Botnet 0.7 soon

2006-12-21 Thread John Rudd
Erik Dasque wrote: Once installed, how do I know it's working ? If you take a message that came from a host with no reverse DNS, bad DNS (if you're using sendmail, and it said "[may be forged]" in the received header), or a machine that has any other "botnet like characteristics", then you c

Spamassassin and Oracle bayesians DB

2006-12-21 Thread Jose Javier Sianes Ruiz
Now I’m studding the possibility to build a very large Bayesian database. Due to a huge amount of user I got (over 100,000 and possibly doubled next year, with 8MB of Bayesian information each one on theirs Maildirs), I have discarded use MySQL or PostgreSQL, my only choice now is Oracle. Is it eas

READ THIS (was: Re: Botnet 0.7 Plugin is available)

2006-12-21 Thread John Rudd
Botnet.pm had a small problem in it (I rewrote the IPINHOSTNAME check, and forgot one of the 4 stanzas, so some hosts may have gotten past it). I've put up a new version of the tar file with the problem fixed. Since there weren't any other problems, I'm not incrementing the version number or

Re: Adding TO in custom header

2006-12-21 Thread Sebastian Ries
Hi > Yes, it is, probably. At least with a plugin. But you'd have to define > "recipient"... Envelope recipient, To/Cc/etc? If the latter, what's wrong > with those headers? If the former, it'd probably be better to have the MTA > do it when passing to the MDA. Otherwise SpamAssassin would hav

Re: non existent directory errors

2006-12-21 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 10:26:16AM -0500, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > No I have not modified the AWL path- actually that's where I'm really > confused > > I see that spamd's home dire is > spamd:*:58:58:SpamAssassin user:/var/spool/spamd:/sbin/nologin > > is that what I need to change? No, that's

Re: Adding TO in custom header

2006-12-21 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 08:01:32AM +0100, Sebastian Ries wrote: > Does noone know if it is possible to add the recipient to a custom header? Yes, it is, probably. At least with a plugin. But you'd have to define "recipient"... Envelope recipient, To/Cc/etc? If the latter, what's wrong with tho

Re: fuzzyocr slowing up my server

2006-12-21 Thread decoder
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 pinoyskull wrote: > decoder wrote: > > pinoyskull wrote: I've been using fuzzyocr plugin for some time now and I think I noticed is its high cpu/memory usage resulting on delayed delivery of mails. The server is serving 2000+ clients. >

Re: Botnet 0.7 soon

2006-12-21 Thread Erik Dasque
Once installed, how do I know it's working ? Also, what's the perl file for ? I only copied the pm & cf files to the sa plugin directory. Erik On Dec 21, 2006, at 8:07 AM, John Rudd wrote: Tim B. wrote: John Rudd wrote: out of curiosity, which release branches of SA is supported with

RE: non existent directory errors

2006-12-21 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 04:32:41PM -0500, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > I'm noticing a lot of entries in my maillog regarding a non-existent > directory It means that some user calling spamd has a homedir set to /nonexistant. > I do not have per-user config- and spamd runs as root- So you're runni

RE: Help! rewrite_header subject not working for me

2006-12-21 Thread Tony Guadagno
I see, yes, I am calling SA directly, no Amavis etc involved.. *** Tony Guadagno Guadagno Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] 585.703.6700 *** >>> Bowie Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/21/2006 9:37 am >>> Tony Guadagno

Re: fuzzyocr slowing up my server

2006-12-21 Thread pinoyskull
Sander Holthaus wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 pinoyskull wrote: I've been using fuzzyocr plugin for some time now and I think I noticed is its high cpu/memory usage resulting on delayed delivery of mails. The server is serving 2000+ clients. The server is a P4 2.6Ghz

Re: fuzzyocr slowing up my server

2006-12-21 Thread pinoyskull
decoder wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 pinoyskull wrote: I've been using fuzzyocr plugin for some time now and I think I noticed is its high cpu/memory usage resulting on delayed delivery of mails. The server is serving 2000+ clients. The server is a P4 2.6Ghz, 1GB memor

Re: URIBL_*_SURBL

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Chan
On Wednesday, December 20, 2006, 5:44:09 AM, Dhaval Patel wrote: > Hello all, I have been using spamassassin for quite some time and just > recently I have > seen some false positives. Looking at the content analysis I see that it is > the > URIBL*SURBL rules that is throwing it over the edge. Wh

RE: Help! rewrite_header subject not working for me

2006-12-21 Thread Bowie Bailey
Tony Guadagno wrote: > I guess i don't understand, you say that "Rewriting the subject is > ultimately the responsibility of the MTA.", but SA has this option, > so that means that it is SA's responsibility...right? It depends on how you call it. If you call SA directly, then yes, it does the m

Re: Botnet 0.7 soon

2006-12-21 Thread John Rudd
Tim B. wrote: John Rudd wrote: out of curiosity, which release branches of SA is supported with this plugin? the 3.1.x & 3.0.x or just the 3.1.x? I've only tried it on 3.1.7.

Re: Botnet 0.7 soon

2006-12-21 Thread Tim B.
John Rudd wrote: New things: 1) BOTNET_SOHO -- If the sender's (chosen from Envelope-From, Return-Path, or From, in that order) mail domain (the part after the @ sign) resolves back to the relay's IP address, or has an MX host which resolves back to the IP address, AND the sender's mail dom

Botnet 0.7 Plugin is available

2006-12-21 Thread John Rudd
Botnet 0.7 is up and available. http://people.ucsc.edu/~jrudd/spamassassin/Botnet-0.7.tar Botnet is a SpamAssassin plugin which attempts to identify hosts which are likely to be spambot/virusbot hosts, using various DNS fingerprints of the submitting relay. New things in 0.7: 1) BOTNET

Re: fuzzyocr slowing up my server

2006-12-21 Thread decoder
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 pinoyskull wrote: > I've been using fuzzyocr plugin for some time now and I think I > noticed is its high cpu/memory usage resulting on delayed delivery > of mails. The server is serving 2000+ clients. > > The server is a P4 2.6Ghz, 1GB memory running

Re: [OT] Re: ORDB.org is shutting down

2006-12-21 Thread Matthias Leisi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nigel Frankcom wrote: > On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:16:43 +0100, Emmanuel Lesouef > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> reject_rbl_client sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org, >> reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org, >> reject_rbl_client rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org, >> reject_rbl_cl

Re: [OT] Re: ORDB.org is shutting down

2006-12-21 Thread Nigel Frankcom
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:16:43 +0100, Emmanuel Lesouef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Thanks Ian, I didn't know rbl-plus.mail-abuse.ja.net. I therefore added >rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org as I'm outside of Janet. > >This gives me for my postfix based installlation : > >reject_rbl_client sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org

[OT] Re: ORDB.org is shutting down

2006-12-21 Thread Emmanuel Lesouef
Thanks Ian, I didn't know rbl-plus.mail-abuse.ja.net. I therefore added rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org as I'm outside of Janet. This gives me for my postfix based installlation : reject_rbl_client sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org, reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org, reject_rbl_client rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org, reject_rb

Re: DNSBL's activated, but where in config?

2006-12-21 Thread Martin
Theo Van Dinter wrote: You can override this stuff in local.cf, but for things like SBL+XBL->ZEN, we keep up with that in the normal updates (sa-update), fyi. Theo, just what i wanted to know, thank you. / Martin

fuzzyocr slowing up my server

2006-12-21 Thread pinoyskull
I've been using fuzzyocr plugin for some time now and I think I noticed is its high cpu/memory usage resulting on delayed delivery of mails. The server is serving 2000+ clients. The server is a P4 2.6Ghz, 1GB memory running on FreeBSD 6.0. Should i upgrade the memory to 2GB or 4GB? Will it fix

Re: Help! rewrite_header subject not working for me

2006-12-21 Thread Rainer Dorsch
Sietse, my spamassassin classifies your mail as spam. Maybe that holds for others too. This are the reasons: X-Spam-Flag: YES X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on alzental-castle.de X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: Yes, score=5.3 required=5.2 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,