Yes, I was thinking of that. There are a few things on this server that need an update most notably a 2.6 kernel. Trouble is it's a server & it's my business. I will build up another machine & swop over.
Many thanks Steve On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 09:28:58 -0400 Bowie Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Downes wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I'm using spamassassin v 3.03 perl 5.8.4 as supplied with Debian > > stable in conjuction with a postfix-procmail-dovecot setup. > > > > It is picking up about 20% of receives spam & the general setup > > (procmail etc) appears to be OK. I am getting error messages in syslog > > of which the example below is typical. I have looked at the locations > > given in the error messages & I'm afraid they are beyond my simple > > brain. Can anybody give me any pointers please? > > I can't help much with the error messages. They are Perl runtime > errors and seem to indicate that your install is screwed up in some > manner. > > I can give you a couple of general suggestions. > > 1) Install a newer version of SA. The current version is 3.1.3. You > can either build the current version yourself, get it from CPAN, or > get a newer version from debian-unstable. Spam is changing > constantly. As with a virus checker, it is important to keep your > SA installation up to date. Whichever update method you choose, > you should probably remove your current version first. This will > avoid have a double installation which can cause some REALLY > frustrating problems. It will also help avoid migrating your > current problems to the new install. > > 2) Enable URIDNSBL, Razor2, and DCC. These network tests will > dramatically increase the effectiveness of SA. > > 3) Install some rules from www.rulesemporium.com. These rules fill in > some gaps in the default rules. > > -- > Bowie >
