Re: Bayes "corpus" - how old?

2024-01-30 Thread joe a
On 1/30/2024 10:58:52, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: On 30.01.24 09:59, joe a wrote: Advisable to "prune" Bayes data based on age? While cleaning up recent Ham/Spam, found my "saved SPAM" goes back to 2013. Why that's over . . . wait, I need to take off my socks . . .

Bayes "corpus" - how old?

2024-01-30 Thread joe a
Advisable to "prune" Bayes data based on age? While cleaning up recent Ham/Spam, found my "saved SPAM" goes back to 2013. Why that's over . . . wait, I need to take off my socks . . . So, how old is "too old". For saved SPAM?

Re: when whitelisting, do what with marked SPAM?

2023-11-14 Thread joe a
On 11/14/2023 13:46:11, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: On 14.11.23 13:05, joe a wrote: Low volume home office user and system. Occasionally when first dealing with a new entity, their correspondence gets flagged as SPAM. When I whitelist these, what should be done with those messages

Re: when whitelisting, do what with marked SPAM?

2023-11-14 Thread joe a
On 11/14/2023 20:48:27, John Hardin wrote: On Tue, 14 Nov 2023, joe a wrote: Low volume home office user and system. Occasionally when first dealing with a new entity, their correspondence gets flagged as SPAM. When I whitelist these, what should be done with those messages that might

when whitelisting, do what with marked SPAM?

2023-11-14 Thread joe a
Low volume home office user and system. Occasionally when first dealing with a new entity, their correspondence gets flagged as SPAM. When I whitelist these, what should be done with those messages that might remain in "flagged SPAM" or "Missed SPAM"?, thinking along lines of keeping BAYES

Re: Stealth HREF= (missed by SA)

2023-09-20 Thread Joe Wein via users
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Stealth HREF= (missed by SA)

2023-09-14 Thread Joe Wein via users
ot see the URI and therefore not it through any of the rules for URIs. This means even if the bad site is listed on domain RBLs (SURBL, Spamhaus or URIBL), the mail is not tagged for that. Joe Wein SURBL

Re: BAYES scores

2023-02-28 Thread joe a
On 2/28/2023 12:05 PM, Jeff Mincy wrote: > From: joe a > Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:37:34 -0500 > > Curious as to why these scores, apparently "stock" are what they are. > I'd expect BAYES_999 BODY to count more than BAYES_99 BODY. > > Noted in a head

BAYES scores

2023-02-28 Thread joe a
Curious as to why these scores, apparently "stock" are what they are. I'd expect BAYES_999 BODY to count more than BAYES_99 BODY. Noted in a header this morning: * 3.5 BAYES_99 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 99 to 100% * [score: 1.] * 0.2 BAYES_999 BODY: Bayes spam probability is

Re: BAYES_00 BODY. Negative score?

2023-02-18 Thread joe a
On 2/17/2023 10:41 PM, Loren Wilton wrote: They receive wildly different BAYES scores. * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% *  [score: 0.0002] *  2.2 BAYES_20 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 5 to 20% *  [score: 0.0881] This looks like you have per-user Bayes

Re: BAYES_00 BODY. Negative score?

2023-02-17 Thread joe a
On 2/17/2023 3:25 PM, joe a wrote: Did a simple test today sending an email from a gmail account to two email accounts on my system. The only difference was the email address, both were on the same "To:" line in the composed messages. They receive wildly different BA

Re: BAYES_00 BODY. Negative score?

2023-02-17 Thread joe a
On 2/17/2023 11:44 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote: On Fri, 2023-02-17 at 10:54 -0500, joe a wrote: Could it have been that simple? If, like myself, you find reference books useful, you may want to get a copy of "Linux in a Nutshell" - an O'Reilly book. It tends to assume you know at

Re: BAYES_00 BODY. Negative score?

2023-02-17 Thread joe a
On 2/17/2023 4:42 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: On 16.02.23 15:57, joe a wrote: Re-energized having recently heroically wrestled an elusive issue (to me) into surrender . . . we now turn to another issue. Probably I need to retrain BAYES "From scratch".  I have a mess (years?)

Re: BAYES_00 BODY. Negative score?

2023-02-17 Thread joe a
On 2/17/2023 7:37 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 16.02.23 um 23:34 schrieb joe a: I have no idea what you refer to when you state "don't user proper packages".  "Proper" in what sense? A rhetorical question. i have no idea how you installed SA but rpm packages or debs u

Re: BAYES_00 BODY. Negative score?

2023-02-16 Thread joe a
On 2/16/2023 8:28 PM, Matija Nalis wrote: On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 05:34:37PM -0500, joe a wrote: Oh, of course. I installed as root initially, being foolish perhaps, but did create a specific user "later" and adjusted permissions as needed. Or, so I thought. well, installi

Re: BAYES_00 BODY. Negative score?

2023-02-16 Thread joe a
. . . it also runs with another environment, so it may miss PATHes or @INC directories. That throws me a curve.  What is an @INC directory?  SA specific? I do not find any with the locate command, but if the are an actual directory may need to escape the @ sign somehow.  \ does not seem to do

Re: BAYES_00 BODY. Negative score?

2023-02-16 Thread joe a
On 2/16/2023 5:32 PM, hg user wrote: On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 9:57 PM joe a <mailto:joea-li...@j4computers.com>> wrote: plugin: failed to parse plugin (from @INC): Can't locate Mail/SpamAssassin/Plugin/SpamCop.pm: lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/Plugin/SpamCop.pm: Permissi

Re: BAYES_00 BODY. Negative score?

2023-02-16 Thread joe a
. . . I have no idea what you refer to when you state "don't user proper packages".  "Proper" in what sense? A rhetorical question. i have no idea how you installed SA but rpm packages or debs usually have correct permissions Oh, of course. I installed as root initially, being foolish

Re: BAYES_00 BODY. Negative score?

2023-02-16 Thread joe a
On 2/16/2023 4:30 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 16.02.23 um 21:57 schrieb joe a: I understand that sa-learn should be run as the same user as spamd, however I find it has always been run as root and when running as the spamassassin user results in errors, such as: ~su -c "sa-learn -

Re: BAYES_00 BODY. Negative score?

2023-02-16 Thread joe a
On 2/14/2023 6:09 PM, joe a wrote: Please let this sit for a while, I've discovered a fundamental issue with my scheme of feeding messages to BAYES.  Unfortunately I was remiss, apparently, it setting up logging for some bits, so have no idea how long this has been failing. Sorry

Re: BAYES_00 BODY. Negative score?

2023-02-14 Thread joe a
Please let this sit for a while, I've discovered a fundamental issue with my scheme of feeding messages to BAYES. Unfortunately I was remiss, apparently, it setting up logging for some bits, so have no idea how long this has been failing. Sorry for the clutter. joe a. On 2/14/2023 5:37 PM

Re: BAYES_00 BODY. Negative score?

2023-02-14 Thread joe a
On 2/14/2023 2:56 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: On 13.02.23 17:42, joe a wrote: Have some annoying SPAM that consistently shows a negative score on BAYES.  Is the default scoring or influenced by BAYES in some way? *-1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% *  [score

Re: BAYES_00 BODY. Negative score?

2023-02-13 Thread joe a
On 2/13/2023 5:51 PM, Benny Pedersen wrote: joe a skrev den 2023-02-13 23:42: Have some annoying SPAM that consistently shows a negative score on . . . time to upgrade imho :=) . . . And, yes, I should upgrade.

Re: BAYES_00 BODY. Negative score?

2023-02-13 Thread joe a
On 2/13/2023 5:51 PM, Benny Pedersen wrote: joe a skrev den 2023-02-13 23:42: Have some annoying SPAM that consistently shows a negative score on BAYES.  Is the default scoring or influenced by BAYES in some way? *-1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% *  [score: 0.

BAYES_00 BODY. Negative score?

2023-02-13 Thread joe a
Have some annoying SPAM that consistently shows a negative score on BAYES. Is the default scoring or influenced by BAYES in some way? *-1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.] SpamAssassin 3.4.5 Thanks for any pointers.

Re: excluding specific RBL checks

2023-01-09 Thread joe a
ore 0 are not run. However, joe a aka the OP should be more interested in finding out why are his DNS queries going through an open resolver and fixing the real issue. Right you are. It now appears resolved (cough, cough . . .). Spamhaus site provided this quick test: "dig 2.0.0.127.ze

Re: excluding specific RBL checks

2023-01-08 Thread joe a
: dns_query_restriction deny spamhaus.org Ah Hah! Seems to work for me. See? I CAN be taught! joe a.

Re: excluding specific RBL checks

2023-01-08 Thread joe a
On 1/8/2023 4:38 PM, Benny Pedersen wrote: joe a skrev den 2023-01-08 21:50: SA version 3.4.5 Gears are clashing, clutch is slipping, among other things. Trying to exclude certain checks, via spamhouse services "by the book" what book ? The good one? Several places. Most looke

Re: excluding specific RBL checks

2023-01-08 Thread joe a
On 1/8/2023 4:23 PM, Charles Sprickman wrote: What did you end up with? score RCVD_IN_ZEN_BLOCKED_OPENDNS 0 I am not certain if that stops the test or simply reporting of the message. Looks like I will need to do some packet capture after all. I have a bunch of zero rules for these yet

Re: excluding specific RBL checks

2023-01-08 Thread joe a
On 1/8/2023 4:00 PM, joe a wrote: On 1/8/2023 3:50 PM, joe a wrote: SA version 3.4.5 Gears are clashing, clutch is slipping, among other things. Trying to exclude certain checks, via spamhouse services "by the book" When placing these values in local.cf: RCVD_IN_ZEN 0 RCV

Re: excluding specific RBL checks

2023-01-08 Thread joe a
On 1/8/2023 3:50 PM, joe a wrote: SA version 3.4.5 Gears are clashing, clutch is slipping, among other things. Trying to exclude certain checks, via spamhouse services "by the book" When placing these values in local.cf: RCVD_IN_ZEN 0 RCVD_IN_XBL 0 RCVD_IN_PBL 0 "spam

excluding specific RBL checks

2023-01-08 Thread joe a
SA version 3.4.5 Gears are clashing, clutch is slipping, among other things. Trying to exclude certain checks, via spamhouse services "by the book" When placing these values in local.cf: RCVD_IN_ZEN 0 RCVD_IN_XBL 0 RCVD_IN_PBL 0 "spamassassin --lint" complains. Yet SA starts without

Re: Refused by block lists

2023-01-08 Thread joe a
On 1/8/2023 2:08 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote: On 07.01.23 14:06, joe a wrote: Pretty sure.  Or, I was.  Ran various tests with unbound running and not running confirmed it was working, at least providing a response. Thats pretty simple to check, provided you've got Wireshark installed: Fire

Re: Refused by block lists

2023-01-08 Thread joe a
On 1/8/2023 12:36 PM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: On 07.01.23 12:03, joe a wrote: Thanks.  I think I actually got unbound working but still was getting URIBL rejects from spamhaus. On 1/7/2023 1:25 PM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: - do you actually use that unbound server? is 127.0.0.1

Re: Refused by block lists

2023-01-07 Thread joe a
On 1/7/2023 12:16 PM, Benny Pedersen wrote: joe a skrev den 2023-01-07 18:03: That will give me some time to review how to disable specific checks, such as dnswl.org which caused a score of -5.0 for some obviously spammy stuff. please report spam https://www.dnswl.org/?page_id=17 especily

Re: Refused by block lists

2023-01-07 Thread joe a
your own non-forwarding caching nameserver https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SPAMASSASSIN/CachingNameserver On 07.01.23 12:03, joe a wrote: Thanks.  I think I actually got unbound working but still was getting URIBL rejects from spamhaus. - do you actually use that unbound server

Re: Refused by block lists

2023-01-07 Thread joe a
On 1/7/2023 9:06 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: On Fri, 6 Jan 2023, joe a wrote: Attempting to utilize the various block lists and find rejection messages in mail headers "blocked due to usage of an open resolver". On 06.01.23 09:49, John Hardin wrote: Are you forwarding your Sp

Re: Refused by block lists

2023-01-06 Thread joe a
On 1/6/2023 12:49 PM, John Hardin wrote: On Fri, 6 Jan 2023, joe a wrote: . .. I think you're getting distracted by the word "resolve" there... This sounds like a DNS issue. Agree it is likely a DNS issue. Apparently one I do not yet grasp. Is there an online tool to which

Re: Refused by block lists

2023-01-06 Thread joe a
On 1/6/2023 12:15 PM, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: My interpretation is thus: You have a firewall with a public IP and an private IP You have a box with email behind that firewall. When it talks to the world, it should do helo that maps back to your Firewall's public IP not to a private RFC1918

Refused by block lists

2023-01-06 Thread joe a
Attempting to utilize the various block lists and find rejection messages in mail headers "blocked due to usage of an open resolver". One of many things puzzling me at the moment is something found in the related Wiki that states "A: Third, if your email gateway is behind a firewall make sure

Re: local rule exclude all domains except "my list of approved"

2023-01-05 Thread joe a
On 1/5/2023 3:24 AM, Loren Wilton wrote: You can simplify your rule code a little if you want: header __LOCAL_FROM_BE  From =~ /.\.beauty/i meta LOCAL_BE (__LOCAL_FROM_BE) score  LOCAL_BE 2 describe LOCAL_BE from beauty domain    to header LOCAL_BE  From =~ /.\.beauty/i score  LOCAL_BE 2

local rule exclude all domains except "my list of approved"

2023-01-04 Thread joe a
As an increasing amount of SPAM from "boutique" domains began slipping through, I resorted assuring they are marked as SPAM by adding custom rules when sufficiently annoyed. The local rules take this form (thanks to whoever provided the "template" for this): header __LOCAL_FROM_BE From =~

Re: spamd config error

2023-01-02 Thread joe a
On 1/2/2023 4:27 PM, Bill Cole wrote: On 2023-01-02 at 16:18:53 UTC-0500 (Mon, 2 Jan 2023 16:18:53 -0500) joe a is rumored to have said: On 1/2/2023 4:01 PM, joe a wrote: On 1/2/2023 2:49 PM, joe a wrote: Noticed this line in /var/log/mail: spamd[31188]: config: failed to parse line

Re: spamd config error

2023-01-02 Thread joe a
On 1/2/2023 4:01 PM, joe a wrote: On 1/2/2023 2:49 PM, joe a wrote: Noticed this line in /var/log/mail: spamd[31188]: config: failed to parse line, skipping, in "/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf": Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URIDNSBL It seems to have started a few weeks ag

Re: spamd config error

2023-01-02 Thread joe a
On 1/2/2023 2:49 PM, joe a wrote: Noticed this line in /var/log/mail: spamd[31188]: config: failed to parse line, skipping, in "/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf": Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URIDNSBL It seems to have started a few weeks ago and does not appear to be related t

spamd config error

2023-01-02 Thread joe a
Noticed this line in /var/log/mail: spamd[31188]: config: failed to parse line, skipping, in "/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf": Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URIDNSBL It seems to have started a few weeks ago and does not appear to be related to the date of any deliberate changes on my part.

Re: subscribe to blacklist for domains

2022-08-13 Thread joe a
I am far from an anti SPAM expert, but: On 8/13/2022 4:52 PM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2022-08-13 14:05:43 -0400, joe a wrote: On 8/13/2022 12:38 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote: . . . 2) There's no mandatory need to REJECT spam. It has always been up to the recipient to decide whether

Re: subscribe to blacklist for domains

2022-08-13 Thread joe a
I'll be sure to look this over well to see what I can use or adapt, thanks. On 8/13/2022 11:04 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 13.08.22 um 16:21 schrieb joe a: Ah, thanks for describing that.  I am somewhat more brain fogged than usual this morning, so am uncertain any of those would work

Re: subscribe to blacklist for domains

2022-08-13 Thread joe a
On 8/13/2022 12:38 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote: . . . 2) There's no mandatory need to REJECT spam. It has always been up to the recipient to decide whether to return it to the sender or not. Agreed in part. I see returning SPAM to sender as an exercise in futility or perhaps further

Re: subscribe to blacklist for domains

2022-08-13 Thread joe a
And, of course, I must edit my last reply: On 8/13/2022 10:21 AM, joe a wrote: My first thought was, the postfix stuff would work, because . . . My first thought was, the postfix stuff would NOT work, because . . .

Re: subscribe to blacklist for domains

2022-08-13 Thread joe a
solutions for some time, if ever. So, I should stop here and look them over. However, any real world "we did that" exists, please let me know. joe a. On 8/13/2022 9:52 AM, Bert Van de Poel wrote: I think what Noel is referring to is Postfix configuration li

Re: subscribe to blacklist for domains

2022-08-13 Thread joe a
On 8/12/2022 11:43 PM, Noel Butler wrote: Why are you not blocking with blacklists at the border, ie: MTA. I'm not familiar with how to do that or if it can be done. Since SA offers this functionality, so did not even consider that. I'll look into it. Given its 0 resources for your MTA,

subscribe to blacklist for domains

2022-08-12 Thread joe a
I need to refresh my brain on using blacklists with SA, before looking more deeply into why this got through. Today a email slipped through with a very low score that was clearly phishy. A url in question, posing as another, hits no less that 6 blacklists. I was going to look at clamav

OT - logrotate size parameter

2022-08-08 Thread joe a
This is OT, but perhaps someone here knows. In the context of the logrotate conf file, what does the + sign indicate when used as a prefix size directive? Example: "size +4096k" Some conf files have it, some don't. Man pages do not mention it AFAICT and the internet is rather seems to

Re: Hits on item with " No description available"

2022-01-20 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
> On 2022-01-20 at 16:21:40 UTC-0500 (Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:21:40 -0500) > Joe Acquisto-j4 > is rumored to have said: > . . . . . > To figure out what matched, you'll need to check a message with the > "rules" debug channel on: > > spamassassin -t -

Re: Hits on item with " No description available"

2022-01-20 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>>>> >> On 2022-01-20 15:47, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: >> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5 (2021-03-20) >> >> old version >> >>> * 1.8 FSL_HELO_NON_FQDN_1 No description available >> >> have you configured internal_netw

Re: Hits on item with " No description available"

2022-01-20 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>>> > On 2022-01-20 15:47, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: > >> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5 (2021-03-20) > > old version > >> * 1.8 FSL_HELO_NON_FQDN_1 No description available > > have you configured internal_networks, trusted_networks ? Yes

Re: Hits on item with " No description available"

2022-01-20 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
> I followed my own advice about egrep -R and found this immediately > > it's in > > 3.004006/updates_spamassassin_org/72_active.cf > > and it is > > ##{ FSL_HELO_NON_FQDN_1 > header FSL_HELO_NON_FQDN_1 X-Spam-Relays-External =~ /^[^\]]+ > helo=[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+ /i > ##} FSL_HELO_NON_FQDN_1

Re: Hits on item with " No description available"

2022-01-20 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
> > Am 20.01.22 um 15:47 schrieb Joe Acquisto-j4: >> Where can I get some idea of what the rule below actually checks for? I > noticed some normally passed email was flagged as SPAM. >> >> Started seeing it sometime after making some configuration changes to l

Hits on item with " No description available"

2022-01-20 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
them all, or one at a time, I'd rather have a clue. Semi-informed hacking about can be problematic. X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5 (2021-03-20) * 1.8 FSL_HELO_NON_FQDN_1 No description available Thanks joe a.

Re: SPAM scanned twice

2021-07-12 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
lue x four. But, no . . . In the words of Lt. Commander Data, I was "chasing an untamed ornithoid without cause". Perhaps sheepishly yours . . . . joe a. > On Monday 12 July 2021 at 20:07:16, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: > >> SpamAssassin 3.4.5 (2021-03-20) on Suse Leap 15.2 (their distr

SPAM scanned twice

2021-07-12 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
SpamAssassin 3.4.5 (2021-03-20) on Suse Leap 15.2 (their distro IIRC) Noticed that mail marked as SPAM was scanned again by SA after it had been "disposed" as an attachment. I uncommented "report_safe 0" and did a restart of SA. Next SPAM came through as a normal email, still marked as SPAM

Re: number in sender name

2021-07-11 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
Thanks for all the solutions and suggestions. joe a. > Anyone have a regex example handy that can detect any number of digits before > @ sign? > Not a regex maven at all. What searching I did on this topic just served to > kick the bee hive. > > Pe

Re: number in sender name

2021-07-10 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
Anyone have a regex example handy that can detect any number of digits before @ sign? Not a regex maven at all. What searching I did on this topic just served to kick the bee hive. >> Perhaps memory fails, but was there not, once, a standard rule that >> detected non alpha characters in >

number in sender name

2021-07-10 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
Using SpamAssassin 3.4.5 (2021-03-20) Perhaps memory fails, but was there not, once, a standard rule that detected non alpha characters in sender name? The domain/provider is not of interest for this question. Such as this item (not the actual sender name) * 1.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender

Re: Why single periods in regex in spamassassin rules?

2021-04-25 Thread Joe Quinn
On 4/23/21 2:52 PM, David B Funk wrote: On Fri, 23 Apr 2021, Steve Dondley wrote: I'm looking at KAM.cf. There is this rule: body    __KAM_WEB2  /INDIA based IT|indian.based.website|certified.it.company/i I'm wondering if there is a good reason why a singe period is used instead of

Re: results from lint

2021-01-26 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
> On 26 Jan 2021, at 17:04, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: > >> running version 3.42. > > Presumably you meant 3.4.2... > > Unless that's a distro-patched variant, such as the ones RH and Debian > produce, you should update to 3.4.4. There are significant secur

Re: results from lint

2021-01-26 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>> On Tue, 26 Jan 2021, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: >> >> On 2021-01-26 23:04, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: >>>>> >>> Any suggestions? >>>>> >>>>> does it lint if local.cf is empty or non exists ? >>>> >>>> Just

Re: results from lint

2021-01-26 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
> On Tue, 26 Jan 2021, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: > >>>> On 2021-01-26 23:04, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: >>>> >> Any suggestions? >>>> >>>> does it lint if local.cf is empty or non exists ? >>> >>> Just renamed local.cf a

Re: results from lint

2021-01-26 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>On Tue, 26 Jan 2021 17:04:17 -0500 > Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: > > >> Ran lint (spamassassin -D --lint) and noticed numerous (20-30 ?) >> "__E_LIKE_LETTER," in sequence, followed by >> > "__GATED_THROUGH_RCVD_REMOVER,__HAS_FROM,__HAS_MESSAGE_ID,

Re: results from lint

2021-01-26 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>> On 2021-01-26 23:04, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: >> Any suggestions? >> >> does it lint if local.cf is empty or non exists ? > > Just renamed local.cf and get the same results. Now I am more confused. Too > late for more coffee. spamd was stopped at the time.

Re: results from lint

2021-01-26 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
> On 2021-01-26 23:04, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: > >> Any suggestions? > > does it lint if local.cf is empty or non exists ? Just renamed local.cf and get the same results. Now I am more confused. Too late for more coffee.

results from lint

2021-01-26 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
running version 3.42. I added a rule in local.cf and restarted spamd. (systemctl restart spamd.service) It hit. Changed the score on it and an existing rule and did a restart and they it but neither score changed. Ran lint (spamassassin -D --lint) and noticed numerous (20-30 ?)

Re: message size, mark if too large?

2020-12-26 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
/sendmail -i "$@" exit $? It's been there all along. t sure why I did it that way. I guess I need to re-read something as I have been changing the -s value in spamc.conf and is seems to have an effect after a restart. 00I would have thought the value in master.cf would take preced

Re: message size, mark if too large?

2020-12-26 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
Umm, err, . . . well . . . Just what I robotically entered in postfix master.cf smtp inet n - n - - smtpd -o content_filter=spamassassin Is that what you were after? >>> > What glue are you using to call SA? > > On Sat, Dec 26, 2020,

message size, mark if too large?

2020-12-26 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
Some mail with attached suspect files are larger than can be processed. Looking for a way to flag such "oversize" messages as suspect even if not processed. Is there a simple way? SpamAssassin version 3.4.2

Re: adding AV scanning to working Postfix/SA system

2020-12-03 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
> What, specifically, is the config you're using to invoke CLAMAVPlugin? > > You need to have at least two things set up in your spamassassin config > files: > 1) load the plugin in a "v*.pre" > 2) invoke the check_clamav() procedure > > EG: > in v320.pre > > # AntiVirus - some simple

Re: adding AV scanning to working Postfix/SA system

2020-12-02 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
> Am 03.12.20 um 03:00 schrieb Joe Acquisto-j4: On Wed, 02 Dec 2020 19:38:22 -0500 >>> Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: >>> >>>> Malware is not being detected in the test form >>> >>> Just to be clear, do you have EICAR as an attached .com file? &

Re: adding AV scanning to working Postfix/SA system

2020-12-02 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
> On Wed, 02 Dec 2020 19:38:22 -0500 > Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: > >> Malware is not being detected in the test form > > Just to be clear, do you have EICAR as an attached .com file? I thought so, but it appears not. has a form that has both "clean" a eicar.com at

Re: adding AV scanning to working Postfix/SA system

2020-12-02 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
to 1% * [score: 0.] Received: from auxilary (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aux.a.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 853C029D72 Might verbose or debug level loggin be of any help? Not seeing anything different when I tail /var/log/mail. joe a.

Re: adding AV scanning to working Postfix/SA system

2020-12-02 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
> On Wed, 2 Dec 2020, Tom Hendrikx wrote: > >> >> >> On 02-12-2020 16:18, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: X-Spam-Virus: _CLAMAVRESULT >> >> I never integrated Clam using this plugin, but this seems a config typo to >> be: there should be a Yes/No in there

Re: adding AV scanning to working Postfix/SA system

2020-12-02 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>On Wed, 2 Dec 2020, Tom Hendrikx wrote: > >> >> >> On 02-12-2020 16:18, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: X-Spam-Virus: _CLAMAVRESULT >> >> I never integrated Clam using this plugin, but this seems a config typo to >> be: there should be a Yes/No in there

Re: adding AV scanning to working Postfix/SA system

2020-12-02 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>>> > On Wed, 2 Dec 2020, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: > >> Hacking away, seem to have it working?, Using CLAMAVPlugin. At least mail >> does not appear "broken". >> >> But EICAR is not detected. I "think" it is being scanned as I

Re: adding AV scanning to working Postfix/SA system

2020-12-02 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>> Am 23.11.20 um 17:37 schrieb Joe Acquisto-j4: So, beyond "experiences" any leads on generic "how to" guides that actually >> work in >>> practice? I've found a few, rather than chase geese, I'm sure some here >> have done >>> si

Re: adding AV scanning to working Postfix/SA system

2020-12-01 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
> Am 23.11.20 um 17:37 schrieb Joe Acquisto-j4: >> So, beyond "experiences" any leads on generic "how to" guides that actually > work in >> practice? I've found a few, rather than chase geese, I'm sure some here > have done >> similar t

Re: adding AV scanning to working Postfix/SA system

2020-11-30 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
> > I would also be interested in newer/supported AV alternatives. > > Regards, > Dave > Where did you hear this? I was just informed it will continue until 2023 at least. The "Free" version is no longer available, apparently, b

Re: adding AV scanning to working Postfix/SA system

2020-11-24 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>> > On 11/24/20 12:40 PM, Axb wrote: >> Fuglu supports Sophos AV >> See fuglu.org > > Sophos recently discontinued their support for SAVI on Linux. They now > only support "Server Central Intercept X Advanced" which is an entirely > different product. > > I would also be interested in

Re: adding AV scanning to working Postfix/SA system

2020-11-23 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
So, beyond "experiences" any leads on generic "how to" guides that actually work in practice? I've found a few, rather than chase geese, I'm sure some here have done similar things, even if with other AV scanners. > SOHO system, on virtual machines. Fairly recent versions. Running openSUSE

adding AV scanning to working Postfix/SA system

2020-11-18 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
SOHO system, on virtual machines. Fairly recent versions. Running openSUSE Leap 15.1. Due to some recent malware (obvious stuff) wanted to add AV scanning. I gather "Amavis-new" is the hot ticket these days, I deal with Sophos products and would like to use their linux product to do the

Re: Why the new changes need to be "depricated" forever

2020-07-26 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>>> > On 7/24/20 7:41 PM, Noel Butler wrote: > >> On 24/07/2020 23:26, Benny Pedersen wrote: >> Noel Butler skrev den 2020-07-24 14:57: >>> because it shits trolls like you off >>> >>> > https://imgur.com/pHlUeZY?fbclid=IwAR2l8HBDnXST5-adnmyIbBAsq16sZeGNhfqHwBNM8I > kQZsir2aUw-H919hk >> >>

Re: How to define rule?

2020-01-27 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>>> > Not sure how to phrase the question, but I wonder about creating a rule. > > In /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf I see the following, and believe it is a > long forgotten custom rule: > > header PW_IS_BAD_TLD From =~ /\.pw\b/ > describe PW_IS_BAD_TLD PW TLD ABUSE > score PW_IS_BAD_TLD

How to define rule?

2020-01-27 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
Not sure how to phrase the question, but I wonder about creating a rule. In /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf I see the following, and believe it is a long forgotten custom rule: header PW_IS_BAD_TLD From =~ /\.pw\b/ describe PW_IS_BAD_TLD PW TLD ABUSE score PW_IS_BAD_TLD 4.0 Could someone

Re: Yet another simple question - how to reprocess an email

2019-11-29 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>>> > On Thu, 2019-11-28 at 22:12 -0500, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: >> I use fetchmail on a different box to pull mail from several >> accounts at an ISP and send those messages to the SA/postfix box. >> > OK, more similar to my setup, then, than I'd guessed.

Re: Yet another simple question - how to reprocess an email

2019-11-28 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>>> >>>> >> On Thu, 2019-11-28 at 18:38 -0500, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: >> > > Is there any tangent down this path were I can get the dropped >>> > > "test" message to actually flow through, in "normal" fashion? >&

Re: Yet another simple question - how to reprocess an email

2019-11-28 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>>> > On Thu, 2019-11-28 at 18:38 -0500, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: > >> > > Is there any tangent down this path were I can get the dropped >> > > "test" message to actually flow through, in "normal" fashion? >> >> >

Re: Yet another simple question - how to reprocess an email

2019-11-28 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>>> >>>> >> On Thu, 2019-11-28 at 11:56 -0500, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: I want to be able to reprocess a particular email, marked as SPAM, >>> after making some SA tweaks. >>> >> I do something similar with with collection of test messages, most

Re: Yet another simple question - how to reprocess an email

2019-11-28 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>>> > On Thu, 2019-11-28 at 11:56 -0500, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: >> I want to be able to reprocess a particular email, marked as SPAM, >> after making some SA tweaks. >> > I do something similar with with collection of test messages, mostly > received spam,

Yet another simple question - how to reprocess an email

2019-11-28 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
Well, here goes, asbestos pants on. I did, honest, do some searching before asking this. I want to be able to reprocess a particular email, marked as SPAM, after making some SA tweaks. Basically I have saved the email, which was received as an attachment, as a text file. Thinking to

Re: Large email -size limits?

2019-04-01 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>>> On 4/1/2019 at 3:04 PM, in message <20190401200413.26170...@gumby.homeunix.com>, RW wrote: > On Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:55:31 -0400 > Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: > >> >>> On 4/1/2019 at 12:02 PM, in message >> <86dcd67b-89d7-b1d7-ff98-627b

Re: Large email -size limits?

2019-04-01 Thread Joe Acquisto-j4
>>> On 4/1/2019 at 12:02 PM, in message <86dcd67b-89d7-b1d7-ff98-627b06a4f...@thelounge.net>, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 01.04.19 um 17:53 schrieb Joe Acquisto-j4: >> Occasionally an obvious phish gets through, traced to being over the "skip > it" size

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