On Friday 01 May 2009, Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: >On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 11:23 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> bayes: unknown packing format for bayes db, please re-learn: 73 at >> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/Mail/SpamAssassin/BayesStore/DBM.pm line >> 1883. >> >> This seems to be repeated at about 3x for every spam I put in the spam >> folder. Obviously someone has figured out a way to poison the bayes_db. > >No. No poison, not triggered externally. > >After a brief look at the code, this is a warning in an internal >function that unpacks the DBM bayes store internal format. Looks like a >corrupted token entry in your DBM format bayes store DB. > >Please don't scream exploit, unless you had a look at the code. > >> Is there a fix? > >Frankly, dunno. If it's just a few token entries, it should be fixable >by dropping them. Though if a large part of your Bayes DB is corrupted, >I'm afraid it's time to start fresh.
The other email procedure I did, and basically, except or a few really long lines that I nuked, all ending in @casabyte.com, it looks rather blah. Is this a clue of something I might be able to find with vim's /str finder? I do note that it sometimes stores the address in the clear, and sometimes in a hash that looks like an md5sum or similar. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If you have nothing to do, don't do it here.
