Re: SA team lambasted in RISKS Digest

2010-03-05 Thread jd
to an invalid conclusion based on incomplete research." > Mind you aren't hoist by your own petard. == jd A: Because it fouls the order in which text is normally read. Q: Why is top posting bad? A: top posting Q: What is the most annoying thing in email?

OT::Making a PC explode (was Re: Newest spammer trick - non-blank subject lines?)

2010-02-10 Thread jd
times my boss's boss would yell at me when a PC quit working, afraid I'd given it some command that would cause it to explode. -- jd

Re: [Sare-users] painting everybody in Taiwan with the same brush

2010-01-28 Thread jd
s? It seems to me that the hinet rule is just an half-assed catch-all written by someone who couldn't be bothered to refine it to catch only the dynamic IPs, which is, according to mail gurus, really bad form. Or is this rule produced by the kind of mindset that punishes isp's for not

Re: Rules

2009-07-28 Thread jd
u "ho" a row anyways? Mixed metaphors, no emulsifiers--shaken, not stirred? -- jd superbly inextraordinaire residing somewhere on a planet called Dirt

Re: US Senate as "bad internet citizens"???

2007-11-14 Thread jd
Jerry Durand wrote: > At 02:22 PM 11/13/2007, Philip Prindeville wrote: >> So I'm wondering... if they send emails out that can't be replied to... >> doesn't that correspond to the very definition of a "spammer"? Aren't >> they concealing their identity? >> Not if you know who they are and, obvio

RE: TEXTAREA style="visibility: hidden"

2006-04-13 Thread JD Smith
So, what exactly is bayes poison? Best regards, JD Smith -Original Message- From: Magnus Holmgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 8:58 AM To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: TEXTAREA style="visibility: hidden" I see a fair amount of spam using

bayes db issue

2006-04-11 Thread JD Smith
I recently switched to using mysql bayes. I am getting a [1135] dbg: bayes: unable to initialize database for root user, aborting! When I do spamassassin -d --lint any idea what I need to change? Best regards, JD Smith

RE: SpamAssassin Woes

2006-04-11 Thread JD Smith
Does amavisd-new happen to have a pre-built front-end similar to MailWatch? If not then it's no use to me as I don't have time to build one from scratch, especially not after the time I've already spent customizing MailWatch. Best regards, JD Smith -Original Message- Fr

RE: SpamAssassin Woes

2006-04-10 Thread JD Smith
on a per user basis could be difficult as this is a gateway scanning and feeding mail on to around ten or so domains some of which are rather large such as the Caddo Parish School Board that puts through around 10,000 mails per day. Best regards, JD Smith -Original Message- From: Sander Hol

FW: SpamAssassin Woes

2006-04-10 Thread JD Smith
Forwarding, I ws replying directly to Martin for some reason. -Original Message- From: JD Smith Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 9:51 AM To: 'Martin Hepworth' Subject: RE: SpamAssassin Woes Aye, that's in my lint so I guess I do have that turned on. :) I don't have

FW: SpamAssassin Woes

2006-04-10 Thread JD Smith
Forwarding this as I was replying directly to martin for some reason. -Original Message- From: JD Smith Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 9:14 AM To: 'Martin Hepworth' Subject: RE: SpamAssassin Woes My boss wanted me to flag mail coming in that doesn't have a valid RDNS as sp

SpamAssassin Woes

2006-04-10 Thread JD Smith
Greetings List: My name is JD Smith and I have been put in charge of setting up a spam solution for my organization. I have chosen to go with MailScanner + Postfix + SA + MailWatch. I have everything pretty much setup and it is working, however my spam filtering is far from the 90th percentile