Stevan, Bradley, Quite welcome!
Thanks, On 05/09/2012 11:34 AM, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: > Yes, thanks Tim. > > On May 8, 2012, at 4:13 PM, Stevan Bajić wrote: > >> Hello Tim, >> >> thanks for sharing your experience with us! >> >> >> -- >> Kind Regards from Switzerland, >> >> Stevan Bajić >> >> >> >> On 08.05.2012 19:10, Tim Streit wrote: >>> Greetings everyone, >>> >>> I've been now running successfully running DSPAM for the past 3 days or so. >>> Its not trained as fast as I'd hoped yet, but it is definitely improving >>> (as long as we get to the finish line, thats what counts, right?). >>> >>> Stevan suggested that I document the things he helped me with to get things >>> going, and to which I fully agree (and had planned to). >>> >>> I had several problems. I'll list them by key points. >>> >>> - - - - >>> I was using TEFT. I'm sure its not WRONG, but from what I gather, TOE is a >>> lot more popular among the people who should know best. Stevan cited a >>> good example of the differences between TUM, TEFT and TOE on another post. >>> I am now using TOE. >>> >>> - - - - >>> I had an issue with DSPAM not retraining. It errored with the error : >>> >>> May 2 14:59:47 bp01 dspam[3104]: bailing on error 22 >>> May 2 14:59:47 bp01 dspam[3104]: received invalid result (!DSR_ISSPAM&& >>> !DSR_ISINNOCENT): 22 >>> May 2 14:59:47 bp01 dspam[3104]: process_message returned error -5. >>> delivering. >>> >>> >>> I had no clue what the problem was. As it turned out, I had followed a bad >>> tutorial (or at least an outdated one) which had dropped a lot of settings. >>> Once a complete configuration was put into place, retraining did not throw >>> this error. >>> >>> - - - - >>> I was using the wrong retraining command. >>> echo X-DSPAM-Signature: XXXX | /usr/bin/dspam --client --mode=teft >>> --class=spam --source=error --user dspam >>> -becomes- >>> /usr/bin/dspam --client --class=spam --source=error --user dpsam >>> --signature=XXXX >>> >>> - - - - >>> I was receiving an empty email for every spam retrained (or attempted, >>> since it was not working for me before). It was sent to the dspam user, >>> and had no body or subject, but did contain the DSPAM signature in >>> its headers. Figured out the problem to be (at least for me, using a >>> global group) >>> ServerParameters "--deliver=innocent,spam -d %u" >>> -becomes- >>> ServerParameters "--deliver=innocent,spam" >>> >>> >>> The '-d %u' was causing it. Note that I am having it deliver innocent and >>> spam mail both. I have my mail server configured to drop any mail >>> containing the dpsam 'spam' header into my junk boxes. >>> >>> - - - - >>> I also had an issue initially after getting past the 'bailing on error 22' >>> error above where a "#015" was being appended to the end of my DSPAM >>> signature. This was of course freaking DSPAM out, it can't find the >>> signature! >>> >>> Problem turned out to be in how I was re-training. Long story short, my >>> script was looping through a list of signatures, and this list had a hidden >>> control character at the end of the line which was apparently interpreted >>> by DSPAM as a #015. Fixed my script, problem disappeared. >>> >>> >>> - - - - >>> I wrote a bash script that uses pure IMAP (not Maildir, as Zarafa uses >>> another storage format) and pulls the DSPAM signatures out of both the >>> 'DSPAM/Not Spam' and 'DSPAM/Spam', trains, and moves the messages either to >>> INBOX or Junk Mail, depending on what it is. It might not be the best way >>> to do it, but I can tell you its working like a top, and it is doing >>> everything that I wanted it to do (it easily processes 300+ messages at a >>> crack and does not even break a sweat). I just schedule it to run every 15 >>> mintes. Additionally, I am using this script to purge spam and deleted >>> stuff over 30 days old every night. >>> >>> For those who decide to write their own script, I remember seeing on >>> another post that it is important to include a locking mechanism to prevent >>> the script from running more than once at a time. >>> >>> Hope this information above helps someone out there. Thanks much to >>> Stevan, who without his help, I'd have probably gone another route or still >>> be stuck trying to figure out why its not working! >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> On 05/05/2012 04:45 AM, Stevan Bajić wrote: >>>> Hello Tim, >>>> >>>> perfect! Can you now please write back on the DSPAM mailing list that it >>>> works and what you did for getting it working? The mailing list is the >>>> place users search when they have issues and your experience could help >>>> others in the future. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kind Regards from Switzerland, >>>> >>>> Stevan Bajić >>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Live Security Virtual Conference >>> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >>> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. 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