RE: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-05 Thread Bowie Bailey
mikemacfr wrote: > OK, but isn't spamd the "settings" file for spamassassin? > How does spamassassin know how to work if spamd is not used when > amavis is doing the routing? The way it works is that Amavis uses SpamAssassin routines to score the mail and then uses its own settings to decide what

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-03 Thread mikemacfr
Mike, with all due respect, these questions show you have not > read one word of the documentation. > > -- > _________________ > John Andersen > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/OS-X-Server-spam-still-getting-through-%3A-%28-tf2206629.html#a6130515 Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users forum at Nabble.com.

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-03 Thread John Andersen
On Sunday 03 September 2006 01:14, mikemacfr wrote: > OK, but isn't spamd the "settings" file for spamassassin? No. > How does spamassassin know how to work if spamd is not used when amavis is > doing the routing? Amavis calls spamassassin directly. Mike, with all due respect, these questio

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-03 Thread Loren Wilton
Do this stats from our server give you (or anyone else) any clue about whats causing spam to get through? http://65.170.183.59:16080/amavis-stats/ This can only be a guess without more data. However it is obvious your mail volume is up greatly in the past two months, and the spam detection r

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-03 Thread Loren Wilton
OK, but isn't spamd the "settings" file for spamassassin? How does spamassassin know how to work if spamd is not used when amavis is doing the routing? And if spamassissin is still the "anti-spammer" where do I tell it that it's not doing SA is a really big bunch of perl modules that process

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-03 Thread mikemacfr
us, and some other more rarely used options) and then (optionally) > hands it back to your MTA for delivery via yet another engine, procmail, > cyrus, etc. > > Its glue-ware. > -- > _ > John Andersen > > -- View this message i

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-03 Thread mikemacfr
ack to your MTA for delivery via yet another engine, procmail, > cyrus, etc. > > Its glue-ware. > -- > _________________ > John Andersen > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/OS-X-Server-spam-still-getting-through-%3A-%28-tf2206629.html#a6120705 Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users forum at Nabble.com.

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-02 Thread John Andersen
On Saturday 02 September 2006 15:18, mikemacfr wrote: > I'm a bit confused? > > I thought amavis was the virus scanner bit? And spamassassin took care of > the spam bit? Amavis is a router sort of. It takes mail from your mta, sends it thru one or more engines (spamassassin, antivirus, and som

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-02 Thread mikemacfr
f you start seeing hit information in your messages they will show > moderately well whether you are using network tests, since typically some > of > the network test rule anmes should show up on almost any spam. > > Loren > > > -- View this message in context:

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-02 Thread Loren Wilton
Edit your spamd start-up script, or start-up options file (depending on which OS you're running, these may be different). There should be a -L or --local switch in that file. Remove it to enable network tests. I have commented out this line in the spamd file and done a restart. So this may have

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-02 Thread Bill Randle
On Sat, 2006-09-02 at 12:49 -0700, mikemacfr wrote: > Ok, one of the first replies to this thread pointed to: > > Have you checked out http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/UsingSpamAssassin > ("Spam getting through?")? > > > Which I have looked at and saw the following there: > > Edit your spa

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-02 Thread mikemacfr
e trust path, since that is a common > misconfiguration. We will be able to tell that from the headers. > > Loren > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/OS-X-Server-spam-still-getting-through-%3A-%28-tf2206629.html#a6115926 Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users forum at Nabble.com.

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-02 Thread Loren Wilton
Assuming you also restarted amvis so it will see the change, you should now be getting some more headers in your mail messages. You should see headers similar to the following in a typical non-spam mail: X-Spam-Virus: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-25) on morticia.wiza

RE: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-02 Thread Michael Scheidell
> -Original Message- > From: mikemacfr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 1:55 PM > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-( > (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 26144-09; Sat, 2

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-02 Thread mikemacfr
;> at the moment, so you want me to change 2.0 to -99? > > Yes. At 2.0, it means that a spam will have to score 2.0 or greater > before amavis logs the spam detection info. > > -Bill > > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/OS-X-

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-02 Thread Bill Randle
On Sat, 2006-09-02 at 10:59 -0700, mikemacfr wrote: > This reads $sa_tag_level_deflt = 2.0; # add spam info headers if at, or > above that level; > > at the moment, so you want me to change 2.0 to -99? Yes. At 2.0, it means that a spam will have to score 2.0 or greater before amavis logs the spa

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-02 Thread mikemacfr
e is located. This will report the > SA info in the mail logs for any mail scored greater than -99. > > -Bill > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/OS-X-Server-spam-still-getting-through-%3A-%28-tf2206629.html#a6115089 Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users forum at Nabble.com.

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-02 Thread mikemacfr
ar, that he might be off the team, but of course, a close personal friendship with the captain does help. . . ." m1 What sort of spams are making it through? Stock spams? Or just all the usual stuff? You may not be running any addon rule sets, and SA out of the box isn't as good as it

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-02 Thread Bill Randle
On Sat, 2006-09-02 at 09:59 -0700, Loren Wilton wrote: > > In the meantime ere is the mail I got based on your reply! > > > MTA-Interface: amavisd-new-2.3.3 (20050822) at mail.powerconsult.no > > X-Spam-Scanned: using SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-25) at > > mail.powerconsult.no > > It looks like

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-02 Thread Loren Wilton
In the meantime ere is the mail I got based on your reply! MTA-Interface: amavisd-new-2.3.3 (20050822) at mail.powerconsult.no X-Spam-Scanned: using SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-25) at mail.powerconsult.no It looks like you are using amvis-new to integrate SA in to the mail chain. One of its

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-02 Thread mikemacfr
6 04:54:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Nabble Alerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-( MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_Part_543_9535095.1157198043606" MTA-Interface: amavisd-new-2.3.

Re: OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-02 Thread Magnus Holmgren
On Saturday 02 September 2006 12:31, mikemacfr took the opportunity to say: > I'm completely new to this list and am not a UNIX person. > > I have SpamAssassin 3.1.4 installed on our mail server together with > Squirrel and Amavis-new. > > Spam is still getting through at an unacceptable rate and I

OS X Server spam still getting through :-(

2006-09-02 Thread mikemacfr
nyone who could help me with this? Mike -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/OS-X-Server-spam-still-getting-through-%3A-%28-tf2206629.html#a6111393 Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users forum at Nabble.com.