Re: [Mailman-Users] spam discard expressions

2017-09-29 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 09/29/17 03:13, Jim Dory wrote: > The > spammers attacking us must not be very smart, though they are persistent. The truth, I think, is that *most* spammers aren't very smart. The smart ones have figured out that the real money isn't in spamming, it's in selling spamming tools and spam

Re: [Mailman-Users] spam discard expressions

2017-09-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 09/29/2017 12:13 AM, Jim Dory wrote: > > I opened a trouble ticket to see if the host support had a solution to all > the spam. They suggested setting the spam reject score in SpamAssassin for > our VPS server at 3.5. When I had it set earlier at 5, it started marking > member's posts as spam

[Mailman-Users] spam discard expressions

2017-09-29 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Sorry, I've been ignoring Mailman for a few days, and I guess you've got a solution that works already. This is a pair of alternatives that each have some advantages and disadvantages compared to your regexp-based solution. FWIW, YMMV Jim Dory writes: > Apparently our host provider performs

Re: [Mailman-Users] spam discard expressions

2017-09-29 Thread Jim Dory
Thanks for the reply Stephen, I opened a trouble ticket to see if the host support had a solution to all the spam. They suggested setting the spam reject score in SpamAssassin for our VPS server at 3.5. When I had it set earlier at 5, it started marking member's posts as spam and rejected them.

Re: [Mailman-Users] spam discard expressions

2017-09-22 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 09/22/2017 07:22 PM, Jim Dory wrote: > Maybe this is how to do it: > > My spam filter is not working. I have this syntax: ^Subject: .*Example And where are you putting this? If you have that in bounce_matching_headers, you don't want the ^. The syntax there is the header followed by a

Re: [Mailman-Users] spam discard expressions

2017-09-22 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 09/22/2017 07:19 PM, Jim Dory wrote: > I'm trying to ask a question about spam filters, using an example of spam > I'm getting, but I'm getting this error: > > The response was: > > 554 permanent error Contact your postmaster/admin for assistance. Please > provide the following information in

Re: [Mailman-Users] spam discard expressions

2017-09-22 Thread Jim Dory
Maybe this is how to do it: My spam filter is not working. I have this syntax: ^Subject: .*Example And mail with this subject is still getting through: Subject: Desperate for a Example What would be correct way to catch messages with "Example"? thanks, jim On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 6:19 PM, Jim

Re: [Mailman-Users] spam discard expressions

2017-09-22 Thread Jim Dory
I'm trying to ask a question about spam filters, using an example of spam I'm getting, but I'm getting this error: The response was: 554 permanent error Contact your postmaster/admin for assistance. Please provide the following information in your problem report: time (Sep 22 22:16:42) and

Re: [Mailman-Users] spam discard expressions

2017-09-20 Thread Jim Dory
Great, thanks! This should help a lot, regards, Jim On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 1:29 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > At Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:59:37 -0800 Jim Dory wrote: > > > > > Apparently our host provider performs spam tests only on outgoing, rather > >

Re: [Mailman-Users] spam discard expressions

2017-09-20 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 09/20/17 15:59, Jim Dory wrote: > Apparently our host provider performs spam tests only on outgoing, rather > than incoming - since my spamassassin blacklists don't have any effect. > > So I've discovered the filters offered in Mailman after being completely > buried by spammers trying to post

[Mailman-Users] spam discard expressions

2017-09-20 Thread Jim Dory
Apparently our host provider performs spam tests only on outgoing, rather than incoming - since my spamassassin blacklists don't have any effect. So I've discovered the filters offered in Mailman after being completely buried by spammers trying to post to our subscriber only list. I've started