On Sun, 1 Jun 2003, Simon Byrnand wrote: > > Jack Gostl wrote: > > > >>On Sat, 31 May 2003, Steve Wilson wrote: > >> > >>>My /home/$user/.procmail/rules.rc file is: > >>>:0fw > >>>| /usr/bin/spamc > >>>:0: > >>>* ^X-Spam-Status: Yes > >>>SPAM > >>>----------- > >>>That now works only if I change line2 to /usr/bin/spamassassin. > >>> > >>>This isn't a terribly big system here, so I suppose I could get away > >>>with that, but I'd much prefer to use spamd/spamc. > >>> > >>> > >> > >>The two obvious questions are (1) is spamd running and (2) are you sure > >>that spamc is in /usr/bin and has proper permissions. > >> > > Well, my apologies. It appears to be working (spamd/spamc). It's just > > scoring REAL low. If I forward > > a SPAM I got on my regular mail server that has a SA score of 16.9 to > > the new MS (same version RH and SA), > > it gets a score of 6.6. Strange.... > > No, > > Not strange at all. Perfectly normal. You can't "forward" a message to a > machine running spamassassin and expect it to score it properly, because > none of the message headers will now be the originals, you've created a > NEW message with YOUR message headers in it, and only forwarded the body > of the message. > > On average, more of the scoring comes from the headers than the body, so > most messages, even ones that are quite spammy, wont even score high > enough to trip the threshold. > > Moral of the story - forget about forwarding spam for testing purposes....
I misunderstood. I thought you were saving the message, including headers. -- Jack Gostl [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
