Hello, Thanks for the info people :-) I tried Tim Jackson's guide, and it looks great, but the link to the webpage on "dman.ddts.net" no longer works, and google's cache of it has gone too. Therefore, I think his approach is not going to help me much. I don't really want to patch or reinstall/recompile exim if I can help it.
I am therefore going to go down the route suggested by Nigel Wade of adding a router and transport into my existing exim4 configuration. However, I'm not too sure where to place the router... My routers are currently in the following order: mailman_router: dnslookup: system_aliases: userforward: localuser: Where should spamassassin be placed? I presume it should go in between mailman and dnslookup, right? Also, as a passing question, should mailman actually be at the top of the router list?? Thanks again, Richard. -- Richard Hobbs (Systems Administrator) Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. - Speech Technology Group Web: http://www.toshiba-europe.com/research/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1223 376964 Mobile: +44 7811 803377 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nigel Wade > Sent: 11 July 2005 10:47 > To: 'Exim Users' > Subject: Re: [exim] Per-User SpamAssassin config > > Richard Hobbs wrote: > > Hello, > > > > We have a mail server on which I would like to enable > spamassassin, but only > > for individual users. We're running Exim 4.50 and > SpamAssassin 3.0.3 on a > > Debian 3.0 box. Mailman 2.1.5 is also running on the > machine if it makes a > > difference. > > > > Some users do not want spam checking to be done at all, but > other users > > would like it to be done. The part I'm having trouble with > is understanding > > how to get exim to use spamassassin at all, let alone for > some accounts and > > not others. > > > > Also, i have already spent hours on Google trying to find a > guide or a > > how-to somewhere, and I can't find anything. > > > > I have already got spamassassin working in daemon mode (by > running spamd). > > All I have done so far is change 'ENABLED' to '1' in > > "/etc/default/spamassassin". All other spamassassin config > is default apart > > from the following line in "/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf": > > > > rewrite_header Subject ****SPAM**** > > > > SpamAssassin detects spam successfully if I type: > > > > spamassassin -t < sample-spam.txt > > > > But I don't think this is using the spamd daemon, is it? > How can I test > > using 'spamc'? > > No, that's not using spamd. Try 'man spamc', that will tell > you how to use it. > > > > > Once we know spamc can successfully talk to spamd which > successfully detects > > spam, how can I let individual users enable or disable spam > checking on > > their account as they please? I have not changed the exim > configuration at > > all yet because I can't quite figure out what needs to be done. > > You need a router which checks for each local recipient > whether they want to > have their messages spam scanned. This routes messages to be > scanned to a > transport which will scan the message and then re-inject it > into the queue > for delivery. The normal test for a user who wants to have > their messages > scanned is the existence of the user_prefs file in their directory > $HOME/.spamassassin. > > This is the router I use: > > HOME_DIR=/var/mail/home > > spamtest: > driver = accept > no_verify > check_local_user > require_files = HOME_DIR/$local_part/.spamassassin/user_prefs > condition = ${if eq {$received_protocol}{spam-scanned}{no}{yes}} > transport = spamcheck_transport > > and this is my transport: > > spamcheck_transport: > driver = pipe > home_directory = /var/spool/mail > batch_max = 1000 > use_bsmtp > headers_remove = > X-Spam-Score:X-Spam-Status:X-Spam-Flag:X-Spam-Checker-Version: X-Spam-Report:X-Spam-Level: > command = /usr/sbin/exim -oMr spam-scanned -bS > transport_filter = /usr/bin/spamc -f -s 5000000 -u $local_part > user = mail > log_output = true > return_fail_output = true > return_path_add = false > message_prefix = > message_suffix = > > > > -- > Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group, > University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK > E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone : +44 (0)116 2523548, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555 > > -- > ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users > ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ > ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/ > > _____________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MCI's Internet > Managed Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For > further information visit http://www.mci.com > > _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MCI's Internet Managed Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.mci.com -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
