Using sa-learn and fetchmail

2007-02-27 Thread Matthew Bickerton
Hi all, As described in the SA wiki, I have set up fetchmail to read a mail folder in to sa-learn. However I get the following error: > /usr/local/bin/fetchmail -a -s -n --uidl --keep --folder LearnAsSpam -m '/usr/local/bin/sa-learn --spam' archive-iterator: invalid (undef) format in target list,

RE: Trying to get sa-update to work

2007-02-06 Thread Matthew Bickerton
To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: Trying to get sa-update to work On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 11:13:53AM -0000, Matthew Bickerton wrote: > dig txt 7.1.3.updates.spamassassin.org works fine. > > So I tried reinstalling Net::DNS and get the following (any help would be > most appreciated, I ha

RE: Trying to get sa-update to work

2007-02-06 Thread Matthew Bickerton
ped. Failed 4/24 test scripts, 83.33% okay. 113/1057 subtests failed, 89.31% okay. *** Error code 255 Stop in /tmp/.webmin/Net-DNS-0.59. -Original Message- From: Daryl C. W. O'Shea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 February 2007 01:05 To: Matthew Bickerton Cc: users@spamassassin.apache

Trying to get sa-update to work

2007-02-05 Thread Matthew Bickerton
Hi If I run : sa-update -D After a long pause I get (at the end of the debug trace): ... [8551] dbg: channel: attempting channel updates.spamassassin.org [8551] dbg: channel: update directory /var/lib/spamassassin/3.001007/updates_spamassassin_org [8551] dbg: channel: channel cf file /var/lib/sp

Is Pyzor server down

2007-02-03 Thread Matthew Bickerton
Hi I am trying to set up Pyzor with SA. When I run: spamassassin -t -D pyzor --mbox < Spam I see : [19636] dbg: pyzor: network tests on, attempting Pyzor [19636] dbg: pyzor: pyzor is available: /usr/local/bin/pyzor [19636] dbg: pyzor: opening pipe: /usr/local/bin/pyzor --homedir /usr/local/etc/m

RE: spamc using different perl

2007-02-01 Thread Matthew Bickerton
Thanks, you were correct. It works I re built it in your order. Thanks every one for the help. Matthew _ From: maillist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 31 January 2007 19:53 To: Matthew Bickerton Cc: 'Daryl C. W. O'Shea'; users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject:

RE: spamc using different perl

2007-01-30 Thread Matthew Bickerton
I am having a problem with the Net::DNS module. It just hangs up when trying to resolve a domain to get the TXT data for SPF tests in spanassassin. If I try to reinstall the module it fail the make test. How did you solve the problem? Matthew -Original Message- From: Daryl C. W. O'Shea [m

milter-sender from SnertSoft.com

2007-01-30 Thread Matthew Bickerton
Has any body been using milter-sender from SnertSoft.com for Sender Address Verification? Are there any problems? Does it help reduce the load on SA? Is there another way to undertake Sender Address Verification? Thanks Matthew

RE: Should I use greylisting

2007-01-29 Thread Matthew Bickerton
Thanks Mike. Roughly what percentage of spam gets through? I am a bit worried about blocking people with dynamic IP addresses say from their ISP, if they "inherit" an IP address recently used by an infected PC they will still be in the RBL and get blocked. Do you get many problems like that? Is

RE: Should I use greylisting

2007-01-25 Thread Matthew Bickerton
: Should I use greylisting Check out http://policyd.sourceforge.net/ then as it allows you to specify Servers/IP that should not be greylisted. Works very well. On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:33:19 - "Matthew Bickerton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am setting up a new

Should I use greylisting

2007-01-25 Thread Matthew Bickerton
Hi, I am setting up a new server, so have a chance to make big changes to my email server. I have been thinking about implementing Greylisting. However, I am worried about blocking/long delays with e-mails from mail farms (gmail, yahoo etc.) I would very much appreciate other people's recommenda