Re: [SAtalk] spamassassin on solaris9 intel based

2003-10-27 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-10-27 15:47:08 -0500, Dominique Bagnato wrote: > I would like to know how could I install spamassassin on a Sun Solaris9 intel > machine. You have read INSTALL? Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ArtCom GmbH, Lise-Meitner-Str 5, 28359 Breme

Re: [SAtalk] filter by recieved time question

2003-10-26 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-10-25 19:22:56 -0700, lindsay adams wrote: > is this something i can do in spamassassin? or is there a procmail way > of doing things? How about switching between two user_prefs with different required_hits via cron? Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, [EMAIL PROT

Re: [SAtalk] [OT] What is next step?

2003-10-20 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-10-20 15:37:46 -0400, Chris Santerre wrote: > Lets say I can track the spammer to the source. What avenue do we have to Forget it. The systems sending the mail are trojaned systems (e.g. on cable modems). > stop them? Should I work with local legislation next? Don't flame me on this The

[SAtalk] documentation (was: Using SPAMD ?)

2003-10-19 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-10-19 11:44:46 -0400, Chris wrote: > What I'm struggling with, and I think others are too, is the lack of > documentation in obvious areas, i.e. on the product homepage. Fire up a browser. Point it to http://www.spamassassin.org . Look to the upper right of the screen. Notice it says "docu

Re: [SAtalk] using sa-learn...

2003-10-10 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-10-10 07:14:56 -0700, Jeff Lasman wrote: > And one more thing... though I don't see it mentioned, I'm presuming > from the sa-learn manpage that I don't have to remove the already > existing SpamAssassin headers from either the spam or the ham; that > sa-learn will ignore them. Is that

Re: [SAtalk] Deleting mail detected as spam

2003-10-07 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-10-07 16:23:36 +1300, Nick Jenkin wrote: > What would i need to stick in the user_prefs file, to delete all emails > detected as spam? RTFM: http://tinyurl.com/q0z7 Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ArtCom GmbH, Lise-Meitner-Str 5, 283

Re: [SAtalk] 2.60 Problems

2003-10-07 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-10-07 09:01:29 -0400, Jeffrey Wheat wrote: > I am seeing problems with 2.60 on a FreeBSD > server, using exim as my mta. Emails are > being tagged as having the required hits > but are not being tagged as spam. Here is > a header. Help would be appreciated. [...] > X-Spam-Level: ** >

[SAtalk] 2.61 (was: spamd and -a option in 2.60?)

2003-10-06 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-10-06 22:11:24 +0200, Malte S. Stretz wrote: > Or wait for 2.61 which will remove these directories from the PATH > automagically :) What's the ETA for 2.61? Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ArtCom GmbH, Lise-Meitner-Str 5, 28359 Bremen,

Re: [SAtalk] spam status no

2003-10-06 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-10-06 15:15:42 -0400, Landy wrote: > this email has a no but it scored 5.0 which is the default > any idea why the status is no? RTFA 4.97 is reported as 5.0, but lower than 5.0 Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ArtCom GmbH, Lise-Meitner-S

Re: [SAtalk] Rule(s) for W32/Swen.A@mm

2003-10-03 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-10-03 17:01:08 -0400, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > Isn't there a page somewhere that posts these recipes as the Virii > come out? I realize this is starting to get a little OT, but I know a > good number of people here are fairly procmail savvy. Search the procmail list archives. The procmail

Re: [SAtalk] Spam Assassin for w32

2003-10-01 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-10-01 13:26:52 -0500, Your Own ISP .com wrote: > Since there seems to be a ton of activity on this list and near zero to do > with SA on Windows, I have created list specific to SpamAssassin on W32 > platforms. Good! Now please all of you who use Outlook, can't quote and send HTML mails pl

Re: [SAtalk] where do i defined what should happen with SPAM mails

2003-10-01 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-10-01 16:05:20 +0200, Mrvka Andreas wrote: > where do i define what should happen with spams? > move to specific folder, get deleted, etc. ? man procmail You might want to read the FAQ, btw. Best regards Martin -- Martin Schröder, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ArtCom Gmb

Re: [SAtalk] Tons of emails that are masqueraded

2003-10-01 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-10-01 02:36:52 +, Peter Richards wrote: > About 95% of the emails are from AOL. Is this something that SpamAssasin > can do ? I do have about 20 "valid" email addresses for the domain, it all Yes. http://www.exit0.us/index.php/VirusBounceRules Best regards Martin --

Re: Re[2]: [SAtalk] Autodeleting spam based on score without deleting all spam

2003-10-01 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-10-01 07:34:32 -0500, Mike Carlson wrote: > How do I set up Sendmail to reject email with a high score or forward email > to a local mailbox if it is within a certain range of score? man procmail Best regards Martin PS: http://www.lemis.com/email/email-tidiness.html --

Re: [SAtalk] [2.54 -> 2.60] AWL not migrated

2003-10-01 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-09-29 11:53:34 +0200, Martin Schröder wrote: > after upgrading to 2.60 via CPAN, the AWL is not migrated. > auto-whitelist just sits there and SA is using new created > auto-whitelist.{dir|pag} . Is there any way to migrate the AWLs > by hand? Well? Best regards Martin --

Re: [SAtalk] spamd suddenly slows down, grinds system to halt

2003-09-30 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-09-30 17:33:54 +0200, Ole Nomann Thomsen wrote: > All of the waiting spamd-processes appears to be in the run-queue, thus > driving the load-factor way above 200. (At which point the command-line spamd(1): -m num, --max-children num Allow maximum num children Use it, otherwise s

Re: [SAtalk] Performance tuning spamd

2003-09-30 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-09-30 13:43:59 -0400, Sean McCrohan wrote: > I've lowered the maximum message size and I'm running spamd with '-m 3' > to lower the number of simultaneous threads. What else can I do to > reduce the processing overhead? 3 ist large for old machines. Use it only if you have enough memory.

[SAtalk] [2.54 -> 2.60] AWL not migrated

2003-09-29 Thread Martin Schroeder
Hi, after upgrading to 2.60 via CPAN, the AWL is not migrated. auto-whitelist just sits there and SA is using new created auto-whitelist.{dir|pag} . Is there any way to migrate the AWLs by hand? Best regards Martin -- Our position is that whatever grievances a nation may have, however obj

Re: [SAtalk] success stories with SA ?

2003-01-15 Thread Martin Schroeder
[Please limit your line length to <=70 chars/line] On 2003-01-15 22:42:07 -, Stephane wrote: > exists today disappears ? With opensource you cannot have a > contractual engagement to provide support or updates, nor can > you really know the roadmap for a product and what is planned > for futur

[SAtalk] How to leave (was: Hispeedmedia: spam with images as content)

2003-01-08 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-01-08 13:33:55 -0500, info wrote: > Im trying to get off this list I cant seem to find a way? It's in the headers AND at the bottom of every mail you get from the list. :-{ HTH. HAND. Martin -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de/calendar/2003/ ---

Re: [SAtalk] Return Spam to Sender

2003-01-07 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-01-07 13:51:49 -0500, Jerry Rasmussen wrote: > user. Does anyone have a suggestion on how best to accomplish this? You could use procmail at the server. Best regards Martin PS: _Please_ learn to quote. -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de/calendar/2003/ --

Re: [SAtalk] Deersoft acquisition

2003-01-07 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-01-07 10:12:50 -0500, Rose, Bobby wrote: > or plan on introducing restrictions. For example: if the open-source > project comes up with or adds some new algorithm of detection does that > automatically become NAI property which ends up in their commercial > product (like bayes in 2.50)!?

Re: [SAtalk] Return Spam to Sender

2003-01-06 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-01-06 15:46:59 -0500, Jerry Rasmussen wrote: > How do you configure SpamAssassin to return spam to the sender? You don't. Google for bouncing spam and get a clue. Best regards Martin -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de/calendar/2003/ ---

Re: [SAtalk] False positive

2003-01-04 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-01-04 12:40:38 +0100, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > I know this is probably not very relevant with 2.5 release so soon. > Anyway - see the attached message. Would have scored even higher (8.7) > with 2.43 default scores. Tell them to generate valid dates and use a senders n

Re: [SAtalk] date -R an anachronism?

2003-01-03 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2003-01-02 18:20:36 -, Tony Hoyle wrote: > Perhaps it's just an old version of date? Mine looks OK: > > $ date -R > Thu, 02 Jan 2003 18:19:46 + > > $ date --version > date (coreutils) 4.5.3 date (GNU sh-utils) 2.0 SuSE 8.0 :-( Best regards Martin -- http://www.tm.

Re: [SAtalk] spamassassin v. snortmonster's sniffer

2002-12-31 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-12-31 12:03:57 -0500, Vivek Khera wrote: > Next, I scanned 482 spams that snuck through SA and reached my mailbox > over the last three months (ie, scored < 7.0 in SA). That took 21.89 7 is way too much. I've set the score to 3, use some white- and blacklists and adjusted some scores and

Re: [SAtalk] spamc/procmail failure (74)

2002-12-31 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-12-31 10:50:57 -0500, Dan Schwartz wrote: > :0fw :0fw: spamc.lock > * < 10 > | spamc Otherwise each mail will spawn a new instance of procmail and spamc immediately. That means 100 instances if 100 mails arrive at a time. Makes for a nice DOS. :-) Best regards Martin --

Re: [SAtalk] date -R an anachronism?

2002-12-30 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-12-30 11:56:14 -0800, Daniel Quinlan wrote: > Martin Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Your date is wrong: > > Mon, 30 Dez 2002 19:18:48 +0100 > > Note the sign before the timezone. > > Umm, so is yours. > > >From RFC 2822: &

Re: [SAtalk] date -R an anachronism?

2002-12-30 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-12-30 17:10:58 +0100, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:08:32 0100 Your date is wrong: Mon, 30 Dez 2002 19:18:48 +0100 Note the sign before the timezone. Best regards Martin -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de/calendar/2003/ -

Re: [SAtalk] whitelist_from_recv??

2002-12-21 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-12-21 16:00:34 -0300, Jose M.Herrera wrote: > what mean the last two columns in the sintaxis of whitelist_from_recv? This is explained in the man page. Best regards Martin -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de/calendar/2003/ -

Re: [SAtalk] Spamassassin slow running from Procmail

2002-12-21 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-12-21 11:24:26 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This brings me to a newbie question. If we're running spamd, is there any > need to even have the spamassassin script? All the man pages seem to > indicate that spamc is a drop-in replacement for the script if you're > running spamd. I jus

Re: [SAtalk] Spamd load problem

2002-12-18 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-12-17 14:50:08 -0500, Administration Dept. wrote: > We are running SpamAssassin server wide via procmail and sendmail through > /etc/procmailrc . We are having a serious load problem even using the Are you locking spamc in procmail for each mail? If not you will get a new instance of spam

Re: [SAtalk] Unable to configure filtering with SpamAssassin and Procmail

2002-12-17 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-12-16 16:37:41 -0800, Somik Raha wrote: ># isn't bigger than a few k and working with big messages can bring ># SpamAssassin to its knees. >:0fw Make that :0fw: spamc.lock otherwise for each spam procmail and spamassassin are started. Makes for a nice DOS when you get more

Re: [SAtalk] What if a Spammer uses my email address in the From?

2002-12-17 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-12-16 18:36:47 -0500, Matt Kettler wrote: > You're right, there's no blacklist_from_rcvd.. but do you really need/want > such precautions there? But unblacklist_from_rcvd would make sense. Please? Best regards Martin -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de/calendar/2003/ ---

Re: [SAtalk] GENUINE_EBAY_RCVD

2002-12-17 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-12-17 04:17:15 +0100, Klaus Heinz wrote: > Martin Schroeder wrote: > > eval:check_for_from_domain_in_received_headers('ebay.de', 'true') doesn't > > work (with --local). :-( > > Did you search for 'ebay.de' in your mail? This s

Re: [SAtalk] GENUINE_EBAY_RCVD

2002-12-16 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-12-15 20:16:58 +0100, Klaus Heinz wrote: > Martin Schroeder wrote: > > > header GENUINE_EBAY_DE_RCVD >eval:check_for_from_domain_in_received_headers('ebay.de', 'true') > > describe GENUINE_EBAY_DE_RCVD Message from eBay.de > >

Re: [SAtalk] GENUINE_EBAY_RCVD

2002-12-13 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-12-10 09:32:54 -0500, rODbegbie wrote: > Adam Henry wrote: > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The "From:" header doesn't end with @ebay.com, therefore the eBay checks > weren't performed. I have the same problem with ebay.de . How does one write a rule GENUINE_EBAY_DE_RCVD? header GENUINE

Re: [SAtalk] qmail catch-22?

2002-12-04 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-12-04 13:22:04 +, Matt Sergeant wrote: > spamd; done". And what do you do when it decides to gobble all available > memory? You can run it ulimited. Best regards Martin -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de/calendar/2003/

Re: [SAtalk] No AWL with uucp?

2002-11-29 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-11-29 15:04:29 +0100, Erik van der Meulen wrote: > Hi - I do not know much about your exact setup, but I have all my mail > delivered by uucp, processed consequently by sendmail and procmail after > which SA filters it with AWL... Yes, same here. But I'm sure your mail has travelled to som

Re: [SAtalk] whitelists and auto-whitelists

2002-11-29 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-11-29 11:36:19 +, Justin Mason wrote: >those doco pages are generated from the > CVS version, rather than 2.43. Could that be changed please? It's irritating. :-) Best regards Martin -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de/calendar/2003/

[SAtalk] No AWL with uucp?

2002-11-29 Thread Martin Schroeder
[SA 2.43] Hi, it seems AWL doesn't work with mails delivered only by uucp. -- Nov 29 11:48:11 artcom8 spamd[16513]: debug: failed to find originating IP in 'from artcom7 by artcom8.artcom-gmbh.de with uucp (Smail3.2 #1) id m18Hifx-001WuFa; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 11:47:13 +0100 (CET) fr

[SAtalk] Re: Problems setting up spamc/spamd on different hosts

2002-11-27 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-11-27 16:30:03 +0100, Martin Schröder wrote: > somehow blocked before reaching spamd. Or is there something > wrong with my configuration? Yes. spamd was only listening on 127.0.0.1, not on the network. Now spamc is looking for ~/.spamassasin/ on the host, not on the client... :-( Best r

[SAtalk] Problems setting up spamc/spamd on different hosts

2002-11-27 Thread Martin Schroeder
Hi, I've got spamc/spamd 2.43 successfully running on one host. However when I try to allow connections to spamd from one machine on the network, it can not connect. Since I get no output from spamd for the tries even with -D, I think the connections are somehow blocked before reaching spamd. Or is

Re: [SAtalk] bouncing as an alternative to /dev/null

2002-11-26 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-11-25 02:29:35 -0800, John Rudd wrote: > Doesn't matter. If the sender address was false information, then they > can't appeal the blacklisting (and I don't want them to), but I'll stop > getting spam from that address (and typically the addresses have been > repetitive). What matters

Re: [SAtalk] bouncing as an alternative to /dev/null

2002-11-25 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-11-25 00:15:11 -0800, John Rudd wrote: > On Sunday, Nov 24, 2002, at 17:19 US/Pacific, Martin Schroeder wrote: > >Automatically bouncing spam is BAD. Look it up on Google. > > > > Well, if google says it, it must be true! :-) > > I automatically bounce spam wit

Re: [SAtalk] bouncing as an alternative to /dev/null

2002-11-24 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-11-24 17:05:47 -0600, Jon Gabrielson wrote: > Anyways, i thought that I would throw up a page > explaining how I bounce spam instead. I bounce Automatically bouncing spam is BAD. Look it up on Google. Best regards Martin -- http://www.tm.oneiros.de/calendar/2003/

Re: [SAtalk] How to list blacklist entries ?

2002-11-20 Thread Martin Schroeder
On 2002-11-20 16:00:02 +0100, Malte Gell wrote: > So, how can I get a plain text list of the addresses added to the > black/whitelist ? You need an application that can parse dbm files. It's better to black/whitelist via entries in user_prefs -- they are also easier to delete. Best regards