Re: having trouble with SA

2006-04-25 Thread Matt Kettler
Bill Landry wrote: > > So, Matt, are you doing something like: > >bayes_ignore_from [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can check the exact syntax, but yes. > > How does this compare to: > >bayes_ignore_to users@spamassassin.apache.org > > Is one way preferable to the other? The bayes_ignore_to will fail f

Re: having trouble with SA

2006-04-25 Thread Bill Landry
- Original Message - From: "Matt Kettler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> No.. the only thing I generally whitelist is spam discussion lists like this one (and I do bayes_ignore_from for them as well). It would be better to bypass SA entirely, but I don't have that option in my setup. Matt, just

Re: having trouble with SA

2006-04-25 Thread Matt Kettler
Bill Landry wrote: > - Original Message - From: "Matt Kettler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Final question for the moment... our old local.cf file had a lengthy >>> whitelist included. Is there any reason necessarily to have a >>> whitelist? >> >> No.. the only thing I generally whitelist i

Re: having trouble with SA

2006-04-25 Thread Bill Landry
- Original Message - From: "Matt Kettler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Final question for the moment... our old local.cf file had a lengthy whitelist included. Is there any reason necessarily to have a whitelist? No.. the only thing I generally whitelist is spam discussion lists like this o

Re: having trouble with SA

2006-04-25 Thread Matt Kettler
Jeff Portwine wrote: > Is there any good method > for users to submit email as spam when spam gets through to help SA > learn it as spam? Yes, that can be a tough one. If you have a standardized mail client, you might look and see if it has a reasonable "redirect" or "bounce" feature that preser

Re: having trouble with SA

2006-04-25 Thread Jeff Portwine
- Original Message - From: "Matt Kettler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeff Portwine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:38 PM Subject: Re: having trouble with SA Jeff Portwine wrote: The spam levels are getting high again, users

Re: having trouble with SA

2006-04-25 Thread Stuart Johnston
Matt Kettler wrote: Jeff Portwine wrote: The spam levels are getting high again, users are complaining, and so today I did an apt-get spamassassin to upgrade to version 3.1.0. I then used the configuration tool at http://www.yrex.com/spam/spamconfig.php to create a new local.cf and replace

Re: having trouble with SA

2006-04-25 Thread Matt Kettler
Jeff Portwine wrote: > The spam levels are getting high again, users are complaining, and so > today I did an apt-get spamassassin to upgrade to version 3.1.0. I > then used the configuration tool at > http://www.yrex.com/spam/spamconfig.php to create a new local.cf and > replaced the old one

having trouble with SA

2006-04-25 Thread Jeff Portwine
I am running exim 3.35 in debian.We were using spamassassin 3.0, but we have been having a lot of trouble with spam getting through.Some gets caught but a lot doesn't and over time it gets worse and worse. The person who originally set up our mailserver and spamassassin left the com