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________________________________ From: Kris Deugau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 11/9/2006 5:29 PM To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: MAILLOG Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > I hope I don't get bashed as it seems like this should be common knowledge, > but with the significant increase in spam I need to PROVE to management that > SA is still doing a good job- (and that I'm doing mine) Turn it off for an hour? <g> If you divert spam on a per-account basis to individual spam folders, hack up a quick script to count messages in the spam folder, and send that data (broken down by day, maybe) along with "How many times have you had a legitimate message go missing?" or "How many spams do you see in your inbox?". > I see that spamstats as well as sa-stats both read/process/parse/examine > only maillog files I do not have a maillog file. > How does one create a functioning maillog and have it record the appropriate > info for retrieving stats? > > My setup is as follows > > BSD 5.4 > EXIM > CLAMAV > SPAMASSASSIN > > Currently the logs I have to record mail activity and spam data are > > Mainlog > Rejectlog > Paniclog Those appear to be Exim-specific logs (handled via its own internal logger?) If not, colour me clueless. SA logs via the "mail" facility of syslog (IIRC - I don't think this has changed except in the details of *what* is logged in quite some time). Check your syslog configuration to see where mail.* syslog messages get stored. -kgd I neglected to mention that i use my box only as a filter , once the mail "passes inspection" so to speak, it passses it over to my excange box, there are no mailboxes on the BSD box itslef. I will look into my syslog and see what I can find.
