RE: dsbl.org down for good

2008-09-26 Thread ram
dsbl has been down for a long long time now Any more DNS checks is just waste of time On Thu, 2008-09-25 at 11:41 -0400, Bowie Bailey wrote: Todd Adamson wrote: Would I be correct or incorrect that this will get updated to our rules through sa-update. If this does get corrected, what

RE: dsbl.org down for good

2008-09-26 Thread Randal, Phil
Updates are still at version 694708 for 3.2.5. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Networks Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: Daryl C. W. O'Shea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 02:25 To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: dsbl.org

Re: Important info for iXhash users

2008-09-26 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Thu, September 25, 2008 23:48, Dirk Bonengel wrote: Important news for all users of the iXhash plugin and the corresponding lists. thanks for good plugin first, i like to know if it can be speed optimized more then it is now, problem from the source code as i see it is that if one use more

RE: Important info for iXhash users

2008-09-26 Thread Randal, Phil
Typo in your example config: bodyCTYME_IXHASH eval:ixhashtest('ctyme.ixhash.net') describeCYTME_IXHASH iXhash found @ ctyme.ixhash.net tflags CYTME_IXHASH net # adjust score as you seem fit score CYTME_IXHASH 0.1 CTYME and CYTME, oops. Phil -- Phil

Re: dsbl.org down for good

2008-09-26 Thread Ned Slider
Randal, Phil wrote: Updates are still at version 694708 for 3.2.5. Cheers, Phil Looks like something has gone awry then as I successfully updated this morning (to 699147, see below), but as you say it's now reporting version 694708: [4349] dbg: channel: attempting channel

Re: rewrite_header subject not working from user_prefs

2008-09-26 Thread Matt Kettler
How do you call SpamAssasin? I ask because some integration tools make their own markups, and only use SA to generate a list of hits. In those tools, it doesn't matter what you set rewrite_header to, SA will ignore you. Have you tried rewrite_header at the local.cf level? Have you run

throwaway addresses for testing spam sites?

2008-09-26 Thread Arvid Ephraim Picciani
Hey, just out of curiosity i'd like to try what actually happens if you enter your email address on some spam site that claims to send you money if you give them your address. (do you receive a virus? a fake bank account? nothing?) is there any public service which examines these sites? --

Re: Important info for iXhash users

2008-09-26 Thread Dirk Bonengel
Original-Nachricht Datum: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:31:45 +0200 (CEST) Von: Benny Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: users@spamassassin.apache.org Betreff: Re: Important info for iXhash users On Thu, September 25, 2008 23:48, Dirk Bonengel wrote: Important news for all users of

updates.spamassassin.org 2ndaries not updating (was re dsbl)

2008-09-26 Thread Justin Mason
Ned Slider writes: Looks like something has gone awry then as I successfully updated this morning (to 699147, see below), but as you say it's now reporting version 694708: [4349] dbg: channel: attempting channel updates.spamassassin.org [4349] dbg: channel: update directory

Re: dsbl.org down for good

2008-09-26 Thread Todd Adamson
If dsbl has been down for awhile, since around June, why hasn't it been removed from the configuration via sa-update before now? That's one of the purposes of sa-update. Todd ram wrote: dsbl has been down for a long long time now Any more DNS checks is just waste of time On Thu,

Re: dsbl.org down for good

2008-09-26 Thread McDonald, Dan
On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 09:38 -0500, Todd Adamson wrote: If dsbl has been down for awhile, since around June, why hasn't it been removed from the configuration via sa-update before now? That's one of the purposes of sa-update. Because nobody complained about it and opened a bug. It was

Re: Problem with People opting in and out of SpamAssassin

2008-09-26 Thread John Hardin
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, slaterm61 wrote: Each users spam preferences are stored in a mysql table and everything is working pretty well, except that people with the required_score option set to a high level.. e.g 99 are still having spam filtered with the option in .procmailrc * ^X-Spam-Level:

Re: dsbl.org down for good

2008-09-26 Thread Raymond Dijkxhoorn
Hi! If dsbl has been down for awhile, since around June, why hasn't it been removed from the configuration via sa-update before now? That's one of the purposes of sa-update. Yeah ... i would file a complaint with your local sales droid. ;) I guess since nobody bothered to open a ticket

Problem with svn

2008-09-26 Thread David Ronis
Hi, I follow spamassassin by svn. I just tried updating, and after sucessfully updating files in lib/Mail/SpamAssassin and rules/ I get: Fetching external item into 'rulesrc' svn: SSL is not supported Something has changed. David

Re: rewrite_header subject not working from user_prefs

2008-09-26 Thread pbr pbr
I'm using a domain hosting service that uses exim for mail. I have little control other than through user_prefs file and can't change the local.cf file. In fact, I can't even find it when I look in /etc. spamassassin --lint: [12158] warn: config: could not find site rules directory check: no

Re: Problem with svn

2008-09-26 Thread Justin Mason
David Ronis writes: Hi, I follow spamassassin by svn. I just tried updating, and after sucessfully updating files in lib/Mail/SpamAssassin and rules/ I get: Fetching external item into 'rulesrc' svn: SSL is not supported Something has changed. nope; something has changed in your

Re: rewrite_header subject not working from user_prefs

2008-09-26 Thread Jake Maul
Some common configurations of Exim are set up such that Exim does *NOT* use the message as provided by Spamassassin. It gives SA a *copy* of the message, then puts the SA headers from the copy into the main message. This has the effect of ignoring any SA-modified headers, like the subject.

Re: dsbl.org down for good

2008-09-26 Thread Todd Adamson
So, it basically boils down to my lack of knowledge that dsbl died back in June, and was used from within spamassassin. I'll admit it. I didn't know about it. My fault. Todd Raymond Dijkxhoorn wrote: Hi! If dsbl has been down for awhile, since around June, why hasn't it been removed from

Re: updates.spamassassin.org 2ndaries not updating (was re dsbl)

2008-09-26 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 03:04:56PM +0100, Justin Mason wrote: Kelsey, Theo, can you check and see why your secondaries aren't picking up the zone change on updates.spamassassin.org? cheers, Grrr. I really need to fix this stupid bind package: Sep 26 11:31:05 eclectic named[29926]: dumping

Re: dsbl.org down for good

2008-09-26 Thread McDonald, Dan
On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 10:44 -0500, Todd Adamson wrote: So, it basically boils down to my lack of knowledge that dsbl died back in June, and was used from within spamassassin. I'll admit it. I didn't know about it. My fault. No, it boils down to the attitude in your e-mail - Why didn't the

RE: updates.spamassassin.org 2ndaries not updating (was re dsbl)

2008-09-26 Thread Randal, Phil
I've just successfully sa-updated. Thanks guys. Phil -- Phil Randal Networks Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 September 2008 15:05 To: Ned Slider Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED];

Re: rewrite_header subject not working from user_prefs

2008-09-26 Thread pbr pbr
I think using procmail might be the best solution, giving me more control without having to go through support at the hosting company. --- On Fri, 9/26/08, Jake Maul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some common configurations of Exim are set up such that Exim does *NOT* use the message as provided by

RE: dsbl.org down for good

2008-09-26 Thread RobertH
No, it boils down to the attitude in your e-mail - Why didn't the SpamAssassin benefactors do their job better. I for one am impressed with their willingness to provide such a useful piece of software, and maintain it. But most of them have real jobs, and don't spend every waking moment

RE: dsbl.org down for good

2008-09-26 Thread Raymond Dijkxhoorn
Hi! When people design and build a system(s) of any type, there should be checks and balances designed in that can check and see if sub parts of the systems (or called by the system(s)) are broken or disappeared or what have you so that allowances / changes can be made in a quicker, more

RE: dsbl.org down for good

2008-09-26 Thread RobertH
Visionary people can read messages, many RBL servers have announce lists. So go ahead and report of file a bug whenever needed :-) Bye, Raymond. So what is your point Raymond? That we are end users should find out every external subsystem call and document it and search for and get on

RE: dsbl.org down for good

2008-09-26 Thread McDonald, Dan
On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 10:35 -0700, RobertH wrote: No, it boils down to the attitude in your e-mail - Why didn't the SpamAssassin benefactors do their job better. I for one am impressed with their willingness to provide such a useful piece of software, and maintain it. But most of

RE: dsbl.org down for good

2008-09-26 Thread RobertH
They run a bunch of tests every night, and are notified by nagios if the tests fail. lurk on the -dev mail list every now and again and you'll see it. -- Daniel J McDonald, Thanks Dan I know some and figured some of the rest. Yeah, I went to the dsbl website some time back and

Re: Important info for iXhash users

2008-09-26 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Fri, September 26, 2008 15:51, Dirk Bonengel wrote: There will be a new version that caches the hashes, so that will be taken care of. Just gimme a few more days super duper -- Benny Pedersen Need more webspace ? http://www.servage.net/?coupon=cust37098

Re: dsbl.org down for good

2008-09-26 Thread Jason Haar
McDonald, Dan wrote: No, it boils down to the attitude in your e-mail - Why didn't the SpamAssassin benefactors do their job better. I for one am impressed with their willingness to provide such a useful piece of software, and maintain it. But most of them have real jobs, and don't spend

ixhash - failed to run CYTME_IXHASH test, skipping

2008-09-26 Thread Chris
I've changed the ixhash.cf per Dirk's instructions, the whole error is: [15617] warn: rules: failed to run CYTME_IXHASH test, skipping: [15617] warn: (Can't locate object method check_ixhash via package Mail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgStatus at (eval 1500) line 1450. [15617] warn: ) Realize it's a

Re: ixhash - failed to run CYTME_IXHASH test, skipping

2008-09-26 Thread Bill Landry
Chris wrote: I've changed the ixhash.cf per Dirk's instructions, the whole error is: [15617] warn: rules: failed to run CYTME_IXHASH test, skipping: [15617] warn: (Can't locate object method check_ixhash via package Mail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgStatus at (eval 1500) line 1450. [15617] warn:

Re: dsbl.org down for good

2008-09-26 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 26/09/2008 2:03 PM, McDonald, Dan wrote: someone noticed and mentioned it on the user list. another person saw that and filed a bug. Then one of the developers made the change, pushed out the update, and closed the bug. I don't see that there is any crisis here that needs to be solved.

Re: dsbl.org down for good

2008-09-26 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 26/09/2008 11:44 AM, Todd Adamson wrote: So, it basically boils down to my lack of knowledge that dsbl died back in June, and was used from within spamassassin. I'll admit it. I didn't know about it. My fault. No problem. We didn't know either. It wasn't causing any problems so there's