Yahoogroups not a COI list ?

2008-08-22 Thread ram
I have some users complain to me that their ids get subscribed automatically to some yahoo groups and they want these mails to be scored by SA I had created special rules in SA not to flag yahoogroups mails , but it seems yahoogroups is not that innocent after all Thanks Ram

Re: Yahoogroups not a COI list ?

2008-08-22 Thread Martin Gregorie
On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 11:53 +0530, ram wrote: I have some users complain to me that their ids get subscribed automatically to some yahoo groups and they want these mails to be scored by SA Automatically or maliciously? Subscribing people to inappropriate lists used to be a well-known tactic.

Re: Yahoogroups not a COI list ?

2008-08-22 Thread mouss
Martin Gregorie wrote: On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 11:53 +0530, ram wrote: I have some users complain to me that their ids get subscribed automatically to some yahoo groups and they want these mails to be scored by SA Automatically or maliciously? Subscribing people to inappropriate lists used to

Merge of bases bayesians

2008-08-22 Thread Eduardo Júnior
Hi, I have an e-mail server 1, which has spamassassin with a basic Bayesian. And I also have another e-mail server 2, which is another basic Bayesian. Can I make a merge of the two bases without an overwrite? Thus, my new basis would be a union of two *new_base*(*A* U *B*) []´s -- Eduardo

Re: Yahoogroups not a COI list ?

2008-08-22 Thread Martin Gregorie
On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 11:55 +0200, mouss wrote: you can unsubscribe via email without a password (and without having a yahoo account): OK, thanks for the info. I don't use Yahoo Groups and wasn't sure if there was some gotcha to prevent people from being unsubscribed by 'friends'. Martin

Re: Yahoogroups not a COI list ?

2008-08-22 Thread ram
On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 12:13 +0100, Martin Gregorie wrote: On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 11:55 +0200, mouss wrote: you can unsubscribe via email without a password (and without having a yahoo account): OK, thanks for the info. I don't use Yahoo Groups and wasn't sure if there was some gotcha to

Re: check: no loaded plugin implements 'check_main': cannot scan!

2008-08-22 Thread Thiago Henrique
Matt, thank you for help. Running spamassassin - lint -D the .pre files are read: # spamassassin --lint -D ... [1002] dbg: config: using /etc/mail/spamassassin for site rules pre files [1002] dbg: config: read file /etc/mail/spamassassin/init.pre [1002] dbg: config: read file

Re: Merge of bases bayesians

2008-08-22 Thread Michael Parker
On Aug 22, 2008, at 5:36 AM, Eduardo Júnior wrote: I have an e-mail server 1, which has spamassassin with a basic Bayesian. And I also have another e-mail server 2, which is another basic Bayesian. Can I make a merge of the two bases without an overwrite? Thus, my new basis would be a

RE: e greeting exe link

2008-08-22 Thread Randal, Phil
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Out of memory during ridiculously large request at

2008-08-22 Thread Matthias Häker
Hi i found Wed Aug 20 19:10:54 2008 [81756] warn: rules: failed to run BAYES_99 test, skipping: Wed Aug 20 19:10:54 2008 [81756] warn: (Out of memory during ridiculously large request at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin/BayesStore/DBM.pm line 1851, GEN66 line 1047. Wed

Re: Yahoogroups not a COI list ?

2008-08-22 Thread Martin Gregorie
On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 18:25 +0530, ram wrote: Unfortunately there seems none. Any group owner can approve my id on my friend's request. This is ridiculous. ( Especially After the spamza.com where you get your friend's subscribed into 1000's of unconfirmed opt-ins ... Yahoo should do

Re: Yahoogroups not a COI list ?

2008-08-22 Thread Rob Sharp
ram wrote: OK, thanks for the info. I don't use Yahoo Groups and wasn't sure if there was some gotcha to prevent people from being unsubscribed by 'friends'. Martin Unfortunately there seems none. Any group owner can approve my id on my friend's request. This is ridiculous. (

Re: Yahoogroups not a COI list ?

2008-08-22 Thread Evan Platt
ram wrote: I have some users complain to me that their ids get subscribed automatically to some yahoo groups and they want these mails to be scored by SA I had created special rules in SA not to flag yahoogroups mails , but it seems yahoogroups is not that innocent after all I believe you

Re: check: no loaded plugin implements 'check_main': cannot scan!

2008-08-22 Thread Mark Martinec
Thiago, Running spamassassin - lint -D the .pre files are read: # spamassassin --lint -D ... [1002] dbg: config: using /etc/mail/spamassassin for site rules pre files [1002] dbg: config: read file /etc/mail/spamassassin/init.pre [1002] dbg: config: read file

Spam from your email address.

2008-08-22 Thread JDavila
How can I tackle spam that came from my own e-mail address that I did not send. Any info on how to prevent this will be greatly appreciated.

Re: Spam from your email address.

2008-08-22 Thread Rob McEwen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I tackle spam that came from my own e-mail address that I did not send. Any info on how to prevent this will be greatly appreciated. I'm not a big fan of Sender Policy Framework (SPF). But if/when something like this happens to me or a client, I find it

Re: Spam from your email address.

2008-08-22 Thread John Hardin
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I tackle spam that came from my own e-mail address that I did not send. Any info on how to prevent this will be greatly appreciated. That's called sender forgery. Unfortunately there's no real way to _prevent_ it. You can reduce it

Re: Spam from your email address.

2008-08-22 Thread JDavila
I do have a SPF record. I just dont understand how I can recieve a email from myself. In the headers it show a completely different address. I am not a open relay . I think will try domain keys.next. Rob McEwen [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/22/2008 01:00 PM To users@spamassassin.apache.org

Re: Yahoogroups not a COI list ?

2008-08-22 Thread mouss
ram wrote: On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 12:13 +0100, Martin Gregorie wrote: On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 11:55 +0200, mouss wrote: you can unsubscribe via email without a password (and without having a yahoo account): OK, thanks for the info. I don't use Yahoo Groups and wasn't sure if there was some

Re: Yahoogroups not a COI list ?

2008-08-22 Thread mouss
Evan Platt wrote: ram wrote: I have some users complain to me that their ids get subscribed automatically to some yahoo groups and they want these mails to be scored by SA I had created special rules in SA not to flag yahoogroups mails , but it seems yahoogroups is not that innocent after all

Re: Out of memory during ridiculously large request at

2008-08-22 Thread Luis Hernán Otegui
Matthias: 2008/8/22 Matthias Häker [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi i found Wed Aug 20 19:10:54 2008 [81756] warn: rules: failed to run BAYES_99 test, skipping: Wed Aug 20 19:10:54 2008 [81756] warn: (Out of memory during ridiculously large request at

Re: Spam from your email address.

2008-08-22 Thread mouss
Rob McEwen wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I tackle spam that came from my own e-mail address that I did not send. Any info on how to prevent this will be greatly appreciated. I'm not a big fan of Sender Policy Framework (SPF). But if/when something like this happens to me or a

Re: Spam from your email address.

2008-08-22 Thread John Hardin
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do have a SPF record. I just dont understand how I can recieve a email from myself. Ah. You didn't happen to put a whitelist_from with your address into your SA config file, did you? That's a _bad_ idea. In the headers it show a completely

Re: Out of memory during ridiculously large request at

2008-08-22 Thread Matthias Häker
Luis Hernán Otegui schrieb: Matthias: 2008/8/22 Matthias Häker [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi i found Wed Aug 20 19:10:54 2008 [81756] warn: rules: failed to run BAYES_99 test, skipping: Wed Aug 20 19:10:54 2008 [81756] warn: (Out of memory during ridiculously large request at

Stupid spammer tricks #42398

2008-08-22 Thread John Hardin
Email as an intelligence test: From: andy geller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ..., [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL

Re: Yahoogroups not a COI list ?

2008-08-22 Thread Kelson
mouss wrote: I didn't check since long, but last year, it was possible to subscribe addresses without confirmation. Maybe this only applied to groups that existed since long (and had a lot of traffic)? I just checked, and below the text box for the invite function (which sends a confirmation

Re: Yahoogroups not a COI list ?

2008-08-22 Thread Martin Gregorie
On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 15:28 -0700, Kelson wrote: I just checked, and below the text box for the invite function (which sends a confirmation request) is a link labeled, Add members from an existing email list. That brings up another form where you can paste in a list of addresses, and allows

Re: Spam from your email address.

2008-08-22 Thread Chris
On Friday 22 August 2008 12:45 pm, mouss wrote: Rob McEwen wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I tackle spam that came from my own e-mail address that I did not send. Any info on how to prevent this will be greatly appreciated. I'm not a big fan of Sender Policy Framework (SPF). But