Re: New to Spamassassin. Have a few ?s...

2009-11-09 Thread Anthony Cartmell

Generally matters like this are handled by integration tools such as
MailScanner, amavisd-new, etc, although I do not know of any that
provide comprehensive quarantine management. That said, I've never
desired such, so I've not looked at length for one. (I mostly just tag
mail, and let users filter at the client level as they see fit.)


The (slightly-dormant) MailWatch project integrates with MailScanner and  
SpamAssassin to add quarantine notifications, management, message release,  
etc. It stores message information in MySQL which you can query to find  
interesting things.


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Re: New to Spamassassin. Have a few ?s...

2009-11-09 Thread Computerflake



Kurt Buff wrote:
 
 On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 19:30, Computerflake gledf...@phhw.com wrote:

 I'm looking into a free spam filter that can do the following. Will
 Spamassassin do these things?

 1) Will it filter multiple domains so I can filter for many different
 companies?
 2) Will it send individual users an email once a day (for example) to
 inform
 them of the spam that was captured in case they were not actually spam?
 3) Will it allow users to add people to an individual whitelist so they
 can
 handle their own spam settings?
 4) I understand it connects in to ClamAV using a plugin. How easy is it
 to
 install the plugin so I can also scan for viruses for folks?

 Thanks for any help. I don't want to spend a fortune on a spam filter if
 I
 can find a free filter that will do everything I would need.
 
 Try this:
 
 http://www.maiamailguard.com
 
 Kurt
 
 

That sounds exactly like what I'm looking for. Thanks for the help!
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New to Spamassassin. Have a few ?s...

2009-11-08 Thread Computerflake

I'm looking into a free spam filter that can do the following. Will
Spamassassin do these things?

1) Will it filter multiple domains so I can filter for many different
companies?
2) Will it send individual users an email once a day (for example) to inform
them of the spam that was captured in case they were not actually spam?
3) Will it allow users to add people to an individual whitelist so they can
handle their own spam settings?
4) I understand it connects in to ClamAV using a plugin. How easy is it to
install the plugin so I can also scan for viruses for folks? 

Thanks for any help. I don't want to spend a fortune on a spam filter if I
can find a free filter that will do everything I would need. 
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Re: New to Spamassassin. Have a few ?s...

2009-11-08 Thread Matt Kettler
Computerflake wrote:
 I'm looking into a free spam filter that can do the following. Will
 Spamassassin do these things?

 1) Will it filter multiple domains so I can filter for many different
 companies?
   
Sure. Depending on how you set it up, you can even have per-domain
customization of the whole ruleset.
 2) Will it send individual users an email once a day (for example) to inform
 them of the spam that was captured in case they were not actually spam?
   
Directly? No.. SpamAssassin, by itself, is really just a scanning engine
with header modification abilities. It does not do email management,
quarantines, etc at all. It receives a message, evaluates it, and
modifies it based on the results, nothing more, nothing less.  (this is
done to make SA flexible.. it's a mail pipe, so you can glue it into
almost anything.)

Generally matters like this are handled by integration tools such as
MailScanner, amavisd-new, etc, although I do not know of any that
provide comprehensive quarantine management. That said, I've never
desired such, so I've not looked at length for one. (I mostly just tag
mail, and let users filter at the client level as they see fit.)

See also:
http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/IntegratedInMta

 3) Will it allow users to add people to an individual whitelist so they can
 handle their own spam settings?
   
Yes, provided the tools integrate it in a per-user manner.
 4) I understand it connects in to ClamAV using a plugin. How easy is it to
 install the plugin so I can also scan for viruses for folks? 
   
Personally, I'd suggest letting an integration tool call ClamAV and
SpamAssassin independently. The clamav plugin for SA is functional, and
not difficult to set up, but it's not what I would consider an ideal
solution. All it does is cause viruses to show up as a SA rule named
CLAMAV. However, Since SpamAssassin can't drop mail directly, you'll
still need to get an integration tool to detect that marker in the
header and delete the message.
 Thanks for any help. I don't want to spend a fortune on a spam filter if I
 can find a free filter that will do everything I would need. 
   



Re: New to Spamassassin. Have a few ?s...

2009-11-08 Thread Computerflake



 Directly? No.. SpamAssassin, by itself, is really just a scanning engine
 with header modification abilities. It does not do email management,
 quarantines, etc at all. It receives a message, evaluates it, and
 modifies it based on the results, nothing more, nothing less.  (this is
 done to make SA flexible.. it's a mail pipe, so you can glue it into
 almost anything.)
 
 Generally matters like this are handled by integration tools such as
 MailScanner, amavisd-new, etc, although I do not know of any that
 provide comprehensive quarantine management. That said, I've never
 desired such, so I've not looked at length for one. (I mostly just tag
 mail, and let users filter at the client level as they see fit.)
 
 See also:
 http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/IntegratedInMta
 

Wow. Really? Barracuda and Sonicwall both include this feature and it's one
of the most popular features my clients (who own these products) enjoy. I'll
have to take a look at the products you mentioned. Anyone else have any
experience with these types of functions?
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Re: New to Spamassassin. Have a few ?s...

2009-11-08 Thread Aaron Wolfe
On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Computerflake gledf...@phhw.com wrote:



 Directly? No.. SpamAssassin, by itself, is really just a scanning engine
 with header modification abilities. It does not do email management,
 quarantines, etc at all. It receives a message, evaluates it, and
 modifies it based on the results, nothing more, nothing less.  (this is
 done to make SA flexible.. it's a mail pipe, so you can glue it into
 almost anything.)

 Generally matters like this are handled by integration tools such as
 MailScanner, amavisd-new, etc, although I do not know of any that
 provide comprehensive quarantine management. That said, I've never
 desired such, so I've not looked at length for one. (I mostly just tag
 mail, and let users filter at the client level as they see fit.)

 See also:
 http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/IntegratedInMta


 Wow. Really? Barracuda and Sonicwall both include this feature and it's one

You're comparing apples to oranges.  SA can be used as one part of a
system that does the same things that those products do.  It is not,
by itself, the same thing.   Barracuda is to automobile as SA is to
gasoline engine.


 of the most popular features my clients (who own these products) enjoy. I'll
 have to take a look at the products you mentioned. Anyone else have any
 experience with these types of functions?
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Re: New to Spamassassin. Have a few ?s...

2009-11-08 Thread Kurt Buff
On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 19:30, Computerflake gledf...@phhw.com wrote:

 I'm looking into a free spam filter that can do the following. Will
 Spamassassin do these things?

 1) Will it filter multiple domains so I can filter for many different
 companies?
 2) Will it send individual users an email once a day (for example) to inform
 them of the spam that was captured in case they were not actually spam?
 3) Will it allow users to add people to an individual whitelist so they can
 handle their own spam settings?
 4) I understand it connects in to ClamAV using a plugin. How easy is it to
 install the plugin so I can also scan for viruses for folks?

 Thanks for any help. I don't want to spend a fortune on a spam filter if I
 can find a free filter that will do everything I would need.

Try this:

http://www.maiamailguard.com

Kurt