I have written a mail filtering script using Perl and the Mail::Audit and
Mail::SpamAssassin modules.
Here's what happens when I run my script with "fetchmail":
1) Message is read in from STDIN using Mail::Audit->new( nomime=>
1);
2) Mail goes through algorithm of known emails that I will
recieve.
3) Creates a Mail::SpamAssassin object using =
Mail::SpamAssassin->new();
4) Then run the test using = $spamtest->check($mail);
- This is where the script hangs.
I went back and and repeated steps 1 and 2 but here is where I change
things:
3) Create a Mail::SpamAssassin object using =
Mail::SpamAssassin->new( { local_tests_only => 1} ).
4) Run the test using = $spamtest->check($mail);
- The script runs, but about half the spam is not caught
b/c SpamAssassin did not access the internet.
So I've concluded that there is a firewall issue.
Two questions:
1) Is there documentation somewhere indicating what methods
SpamAssassin is using to access the internet?
2) Is there a way to perform the internet lookup without going on
the internet, for example getting a copy of the database on my local
machine and then query the database?
I appreciate the help.
-Phil Shon
