On 10/21/2014 8:18 PM, Eric Shubert wrote:
> On 10/21/2014 05:45 PM, Dan McAllister wrote:
>> OK, to review:
>>
>>   I have a QMT install that doesn't seem to be running SpamAssassin
>> against inbound mail. I hope here to show what is going on so that
>> someone can interpret the logs (better than I can).
>>
>> I have setup a forward on the domain that is not being scanned properly.
>> Messages go into the account (through what should be a spam/virus
>> scanner) and then gets bounced back to my regular mail server.
>>
>> Here are the header entries for the message going into the client's mail
>> server (remember, log file entries work their way UP -- that is, new log
>> entries go at the TOP of the header):
>>
>>     *Received:*(qmail 13916 invoked by uid 89); 22 Oct 2014 00:10:45
>> -0000
>>     *Received:*by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 13908, pid: 13912, t: 0.3950s
>>           scanners: attach: 1.4.0 clamav: 0.98.1/m:55/d:19525
>>     *Received:*from unknown (HELO b-b-b.com) ([email protected]
>>    
>> <https://mail.it4soho.com/src/compose.php?send_to=dan%40it4soho.com>@10.11.12.13)
>>     by
>>           mail.host.com with ESMTPA; 22 Oct 2014 00:10:45 -0000
>>
>> And here are the headers for when the message comes back into my
>> server...
>>
>>     *Received:*(qmail 13967 invoked by uid 89); 22 Oct 2014 00:11:03
>> -0000
>>     *Received:*by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 13952, pid: 13955, t: 3.6881s
>>           scanners: attach: 1.4.0 clamav: 0.98.1/m:55/d:19525 spam:
>> 3.3.2
>>     *X-Spam-Checker-Version:*SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on
>>     host.it4soho.com
>>     *X-Spam-Level:****
>>     *X-Spam-Status:*No, score=3.3 required=5.0
>>     tests=AWL,BAYES_99,HTML_MESSAGE,
>>           RDNS_NONE autolearn=no version=3.3.2
>>     *Received:*from unknown (HELO a-a-a.com) (1.2.3.4)
>>           by mail.it4soho.com with SMTP; 22 Oct 2014 00:11:00 -0000
>>
>> Note the conspicuous ABSENCE of the X-Spam-* entries that come from
>> SpamAssassin in the first collection...
>>
>> Now, when I look at the contents of the spamd log file, I see the same
>> types of entries I see in the main server that DOES put the headers
>> where they are expected.
>>
>> So I am next thinking there is an issue with SpamAssassin itself... but
>> I have ZERO experience with SA (I have so much else to do, I typically
>> turn it on and just let it go! Never debugged SA before!) :)
>>
>> Any help is appreciated..
>>
>> Dan
>> IT4SOHO
>
> I'm real glad other have chimed in, because from what you've
> described, I don't really have a clue.
>
> The Received: by simscan line above shows that spamassassin isn't
> being used. Yet your simcontrol says that it should be.
>
> I think EricB may be on to something. Run cdb to activate the latest
> simcontrol file.
>
> Short of that, I'd like to see samples of your spamd log file, and the
> contents of your local.cf configuration file. Maybe something's
> defeating sa there.
>
> Who knows what you did to turn it off??? ;)
> The normal way would be to modify the simcontrol file, then run
> "qmailctl cdb".
>
> Let us know how you make out.
> Thanks.
>

According to the Spamassassin web site you can clear headers by
configuring options in /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf; however,
you cannot clear the X-Spam-Checker-Version header. Spamassasin always
puts that in according to this site
(http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.1.x/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html)
as described below:
/remove_header { spam | ham | all } header_name//
//Headers can be removed from the specified type of messages (spam, ham,
or ``all'' to remove from either). All headers begin with X-Spam- (so
header_name will be appended to X-Spam-). //
//See also clear_headers for removing all the headers at once.//
//_*Note that X-Spam-Checker-Version is not removable*_ because the
version information is needed by mail administrators and developers to
debug problems. //
//Without at least one header, it might not even be possible to
determine that SpamAssassin is running./

So, you might have to check elsewhere as you cannot completely eradicate
email headers using options in local.cf.

Eric


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