On 3/20/2014 3:32 PM, Angus McIntyre wrote: > On Nov 18, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Eric Broch <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've been working on getting DSPAM deployed and have implemented it on my >> own (CentOS 5) email server with great results. > Eric, many belated thanks for this detailed write-up. > > Using this, plus the John M. Simpson page that you pointed to, I was able to > get dspam installed and running on my server. > > I'm now testing it with a single user, and if it works well, then I'll roll > it out to the others. I'll be curious to see how well dspam performs on a lot > of the spam that I see, which is filled with hashbuster text intended > precisely to defeat statistical filters like dspam. > > Two minor corrections to the very helpful instructions that you published. > > First, I think step 4 should come before step 3 (so that you have access to > the dspam setup scripts when you configure your MySQL). > > Second in step 7, it should be 'service dspam start' rather than 'service > start dspam'. > > I don't know if it's worth adding this stuff to the wiki yet, because I don't > know how Eric will choose to support dspam in QMT. When it does get added to > the wiki, it would be worth including some of the configuration information > from JMS's page, as that's crucial to getting dspam working properly. (I > almost got stuck with dspam failing to start because it was still running in > the default mode - as an adjunct to a mail server - rather than as a > client/server-style filtering system, and was throwing an error when it tried > to access a port). > > Thanks again > > Angus > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > Hi Angus,
Your welcome. Since November, I've created a much easier automated install here <ftp://ftp.whitehorsetc.com/pub/dspam/>. Be sure to look at the Readme file. And, as always, check the script. EricB.
