[spamdyke-users] SpamAssassin not getting Invoked

2011-01-12 Thread Michael Colvin
I can't believe I sent the last message w/o a subject. Here it is again so the thread can be followed. Hey Sam. I'm experiencing something weird, and am hoping you can straighten me out. :-) Running QmailToaster, which uses SimScan to scan mail, SpamAssassin is not being invoked.

Re: [spamdyke-users] SpamAssassin not getting Invoked

2011-01-12 Thread Michael Colvin
Did you try using Upper Case ALLOW (not shouting)? That's what's shown in the documentation. In any case, I would expect Spamdyke to show some sort of error if/when configuration parameters aren't quite kosher. No, because that's not what I'm seeing in the

Re: [spamdyke-users] reject-identical-sender-recipient - how, it works?

2011-01-12 Thread Michael Colvin
Yes... After seeing Eric post this a while back, I thought about it, and it's so glaringly obvious that this works so well... In my case, all my inbound mail comes into a group of servers, none of which should be being used by any of my users to send mail...So, anything coming into them,

Re: [spamdyke-users] SpamAssassin not getting Invoked

2011-01-12 Thread Michael Colvin
and scan all email regardless of origin or authentication. You're welcome to try it but be warned: I haven't tested it at all, I haven't even tried to compile it (I don't have a simscan environment set up). -- Sam Clippinger On 1/12/11 3:39 PM, Michael Colvin wrote: I can’t believe I sent

Re: [spamdyke-users] SpamAssassin not getting Invoked

2011-01-12 Thread Michael Colvin
, 2011 4:38 PM To: spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org Subject: Re: [spamdyke-users] SpamAssassin not getting Invoked You're correct. I didn't read it thoroughly. Sorry. -- -Eric 'shubes' On 01/12/2011 04:56 PM, Michael Colvin wrote: Did you try using Upper Case ALLOW (not shouting)? That's

Re: [spamdyke-users] Mail serving operational...

2010-06-03 Thread Michael Colvin
So, what exactly Broke when you implemented Spamdyke? I also have a couple Qmailrocks mail servers running Spamdyke. I've not had any issues. If I remember correctly, there may be some different paths used in QMR versus some other Standard Qmail installations. If you can give more details as

Re: [spamdyke-users] [patch01] TLS hung processes

2010-04-26 Thread Michael Colvin
As a side note on this thread... I've not applied the patch on my boxes yes, just haven't had the time. I've just run the script that was provided every couple days, and that cleared the hung process. However, I have noticed something interesting. I used to have to run it every couple days.

Re: [spamdyke-users] [patch01] TLS hung processes

2010-04-26 Thread Michael Colvin
on the qmr forum and see that was not a Spamdyke Problem. On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Michael Colvin mcol...@norcalisp.com wrote: As a side note on this thread... I've not applied the patch on my boxes yes, just haven't had the time. I've just run the script that was provided every couple

Re: [spamdyke-users] Hanging spamdyke process causing problems?

2010-03-15 Thread Michael Colvin
I'm running several QMT servers with spamdyke, and am now of the opinion that there's a bug in spamdyke. All are running v4.0.10. Also, I believe that DNS resolution is configured and working properly in all cases (local caching DNS, forwarding to root servers), so that should not be an

Re: [spamdyke-users] spamdyke configuration finetuneing

2009-12-16 Thread Michael Colvin
Are you using the reverse DNS check in SpamDyke? If a sending mail server does not have an MX record, you should reject it outright. That would have stopped this e-mail. If a mail server admin is too incompetent to know that they need to have an MX record for their mail server, they are

Re: [spamdyke-users] Web app for configuring spamdyke

2009-11-03 Thread Michael Colvin
I've not seen one. I've often thought of building something, and tying it into SpamAssassin also...A basic spam setting configuration page, that let users config options that are applicable to their accounts...Not so much for the Global settings...I still like doing those from a CLI... Maybe a

Re: [spamdyke-users] Web app for configuring spamdyke

2009-11-03 Thread Michael Colvin
for configuring spamdyke Michael Colvin wrote: I've not seen one. I've often thought of building something, and tying it into SpamAssassin also...A basic spam setting configuration page, that let users config options that are applicable to their accounts...Not so much for the Global settings

Re: [spamdyke-users] Databases revisited

2009-10-22 Thread Michael Colvin
After looking into QMT, which has recipient validation built in, I'm not sure Spamdyke really needs it... The implementation in QMT allows for VPOPmail and non-VPOPmail qmail servers to easily validate recipients. If Spamdyke implemented a version based on cdb files, with VPOPmail servers,

Re: [spamdyke-users] Qmail + spamdyke + chkuser

2009-09-04 Thread Michael Colvin
Can't Spamdyke block mail using wildcards? Something like *.mydomain.com..??? I think in the recipients blacklist area... Not sure..Haven't played with that much. If it's only the one domain (or a list of known domains), then I'd look into that.   Michael J. Colvin NorCal Internet Services

Re: [spamdyke-users] recipient check

2009-05-04 Thread Michael Colvin
of spamdyke is a decision only you can make. -- Sam Clippinger Michael Colvin wrote: In regards to this Feature, Sam, can you give a brief overview of how you implemented it? Is it similar to the CHKUSR patch that queries VPOPMAIL, or ? I'm trying to decide if I want to wait

Re: [spamdyke-users] recipient check

2009-04-30 Thread Michael Colvin
In regards to this Feature, Sam, can you give a brief overview of how you implemented it? Is it similar to the CHKUSR patch that queries VPOPMAIL, or ? I'm trying to decide if I want to wait for it to be included in Spamdyke, or implement to patch to Qmail and not utilize it when it's available

Re: [spamdyke-users] spamdyke 4.0.3 not allowing?

2008-08-27 Thread Michael Colvin
As Rosanna Rosannadanna would say, Never mind. ;) -- You're dating yourself. :-) I'm probably one of only a few that even get that. :-P Michael J. Colvin NorCal Internet Services www.norcalisp.com ___ spamdyke-users mailing list

[spamdyke-users] Blacklist

2008-08-12 Thread Michael Colvin
FYI Sam, Your ISP has been listed on a blacklist... :-) http://www.mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx and put in 208.110.65.146 This is a new list I added a couple weeks ago, and I finally realized I hadn't been getting any messages from the list... I'd take it off, but lately, I've been

[spamdyke-users] Also

2008-08-12 Thread Michael Colvin
I'm still not getting e-mails from the list... I've added the mail server's IP to whitelisted IP's, but I'm not even seeing an attempt to deliver in the logs... I tried to re-signup, but I got an e-mail that said I was already signed up? I'm thinking my account got put on hold from bounces due

Re: [spamdyke-users] Also

2008-08-12 Thread Michael Colvin
but... :) The blacklist entry is actually against my data center -- apparently the blacklist provider has concluded that they host spammers. According to their site, the entry should expire in 7 days. -- Sam Clippinger Michael Colvin wrote: I'm still not getting e-mails from the list... I've added

Re: [spamdyke-users] super long _none directory nesting on 4.0.1

2008-07-28 Thread Michael Colvin
The _none directories are caused by mail attempting to be delivered to addresses with an empty From field. You can see this in your log with something like: Jul 28 12:47:06 limelight spamdyke[21357]: DENIED_GRAYLISTED from: (unknown) to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] origin_ip: 64.183.66.155 origin_rdns:

Re: [spamdyke-users] Still Around?

2008-07-26 Thread Michael Colvin
this afternoon. I leave first thing tomorrow morning. -- Sam Clippinger Michael Colvin wrote: Sam, I know you're leaving, but are you still around tonight for a question? Michael J. Colvin NorCal Internet Services www.norcalisp.com

[spamdyke-users] Still Around?

2008-07-25 Thread Michael Colvin
Sam, I know you're leaving, but are you still around tonight for a question? Michael J. Colvin NorCal Internet Services www.norcalisp.com ___ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org

[spamdyke-users] Next Version

2008-05-15 Thread Michael Colvin
Sam, Quick question about the next version. Will that version include the valid receipient checking? I believe you've mentioned it will, but I want to make sure. And, a more specific questions about its implementation, if you've figured that much out yet...Will it support VPopmail w/MySql?

Re: [spamdyke-users] Next Version

2008-05-15 Thread Michael Colvin
That was partly why I was asking... I'm currently NOT filtering based on valid rcptto, and the arguements for and against both have merits. My initial concern was against harvest attacks for e-mail addresses. However, at least John Simpson's validrcptto patch takes that into account and adds

Re: [spamdyke-users] PLESK SSL

2008-05-12 Thread Michael Colvin
Aaa The next version. :-) I'm getting ready to roll out like 4 new mail servers... Any chance 4.0 will be out in the next week or so? (I'm not pressing, just curious if I should install the current version, or hold off for a week or so.) Thanks! Michael J. Colvin NorCal Internet

Re: [spamdyke-users] OT: Spambot attack

2008-05-08 Thread Michael Colvin
Im my case, although I haven't looked at it in a week or so, the spam Waves would come in 5 or so e-mails, to non-existant e-mail accounts at one of my domains, each message from the same IP. Then, I'd get the same message, different To address, different IP, 5 or so of them. This would

Re: [spamdyke-users] OT: Spambot attack

2008-05-07 Thread Michael Colvin
I was in a similar situation a couple months ago when I took over service for another ISP that had been hosting it's domain with yet another ISP, who had poor spam filtering... For years, the domain I took over had likely been used for spam, either directly or through backscatter, the result,

Re: [spamdyke-users] DENIED_IP_IN_(CC)_RDNS

2008-05-01 Thread Michael Colvin
Not to be a pushy little whinner...But, it is May now. :-) You've got so many new toys in the new version that you've been teasing us with, and then teasing that you're trying to get it out in April. :-) Just kiddin'. Michael J. Colvin NorCal Internet Services www.norcalisp.com

Re: [spamdyke-users] DENIED_IP_IN_(CC)_RDNS

2008-05-01 Thread Michael Colvin
... mid-May for sure. :) -- Sam Clippinger Michael Colvin wrote: Not to be a pushy little whinner...But, it is May now. :-) You've got so many new toys in the new version that you've been teasing us with, and then teasing that you're trying to get it out in April. :-) Just

Re: [spamdyke-users] Backscatter Spam Question

2008-04-29 Thread Michael Colvin
Maybe doing it in a kind of Greylist fasion might work... Where, instead of denying the first one, you allow the first one, then block subsequent NDR's from the same IP? That would allow legit bounces through, as well as the bogus backscatter, but it will limit the backscatter to 1 copy. Maybe

Re: [spamdyke-users] Timeout problem

2008-04-28 Thread Michael Colvin
Doing this, kind of negates the need for doing it in SpamDyke, except for maybe a Backup in case Qmail doesn't for some reason. I think the problem is, some people don't have a timeoutsmtpd file. I had a Stock Qmailrocks install that did not have it, and apparently, the Default value used by

Re: [spamdyke-users] Timeout problem

2008-04-28 Thread Michael Colvin
. Sam, I would appreciate your thoughts on this. Bruce Michael Colvin wrote: Doing this, kind of negates the need for doing it in SpamDyke, except for maybe a Backup in case Qmail doesn't for some reason. I think the problem is, some people don't have a timeoutsmtpd

Re: [spamdyke-users] Timeout problem

2008-04-28 Thread Michael Colvin
long enough that the sending server times out when autoexpire kicks in. To get around this, I turn off autoexpire and run a daily cron job to handle that. Michael Colvin wrote: I wasn't trying to say SpamDyke was responsible for the issue I saw, nor that it would solve anyone's issue

Re: [spamdyke-users] feature request spamdyke user interface

2008-04-27 Thread Michael Colvin
There's alread been something similar contributed... I've been using it for a few weeks, and it's great... Here's the thread. Read through it though, the initial post had a couple typos, so you'll need to read through it to find the working version of the script.

Re: [spamdyke-users] Greylisting wishes

2008-04-24 Thread Michael Colvin
] On Behalf Of Marcin Orlowski Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 1:17 AM To: spamdyke users Subject: Re: [spamdyke-users] Greylisting wishes Michael Colvin wrote: Doesn't it already log DENIED GREYLISTED when it greylists an address, then when it is sent again, and passes the greylist test

Re: [spamdyke-users] Greylisting wishes

2008-04-24 Thread Michael Colvin
Good point, although, I would think an appropriate log tag would be ALLOWED GREYLIST_WHITELIST, not ALLOWED GREYLIST... And, that may have been mentioned in this thread at some point...The e-mails have been flying on this one! :-) Michael J. Colvin NorCal Internet Services www.norcalisp.com

Re: [spamdyke-users] feature request: Test mode

2008-04-24 Thread Michael Colvin
Now that one I like. :-) Michael J. Colvin NorCal Internet Services www.norcalisp.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcin Orlowski Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 11:50 AM To: spamdyke users Subject: [spamdyke-users]

Re: [spamdyke-users] Greylisting wishes

2008-04-23 Thread Michael Colvin
Doesn't it already log DENIED GREYLISTED when it greylists an address, then when it is sent again, and passes the greylist test, it logs ALLOWED... Doesn't that already identify greylisted e-mails? Or, are we talking about logging the fact that e-mails are allowed AND have already been

Re: [spamdyke-users] let qmail decide if it accepts a recipient before doing RHSBL?

2008-04-14 Thread Michael Colvin
.) -- Sam Clippinger Michael Colvin wrote: To find real numbers, you would have to consider how many connections are accepted, how many are rejected and for what reasons. Then look at the popularity of different spamdyke features and specifically the popularity of different DNS