[Assp-test] MalDoc in PDF

2023-08-29 Thread K Post
Info released today on a new technique called MalDoc in PDF https://blogs.jpcert.or.jp/en/2023/08/maldocinpdf.html Will ASSP_AFC be able to block these if we already reject VBS / OLE / VBA in Office docs? Will it know it's an office doc, or will it think PDF? _

Re: [Assp-test] Unable to create UDP Socket errors

2022-12-28 Thread K Post
I never saw this prior to 22326, but have seen it twice on 22326 running on Windows. ASSP will run for days/weeks without issue, but once the UDP socket errors start, I need to restart or else they'll continue every 5 minutes or so. I get 2 of the same error messages in a row, every 5 min or so,

[Assp-test] Comments in ASSP_AFCKnownGoodEXE file

2022-12-17 Thread K Post
Minor issue/bug with ASSP_AFCKnownGoodEXE config file comments. I've got 2 sha256 entries in my ASSP_AFCKnownGoodEXE. The file looks like # PDF from accounting Dec 2022 7B366390CD4E3DB19E06009FCE54DF272BEE0D3B34003F3A786C4835239BFDFF # PDF from IRS Dec 2022 1EBE9B7DC3AEF7F492FCD22D4430123FEEA

Re: [Assp-test] Allowing certain javascript in HTML to pass

2022-10-31 Thread K Post
quick question - before I dig deeper, did the previous AFC plugin not block javascript in HTML at all? On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 10:21 AM K Post wrote: > The new AFC is blocking a nightly report that comes in HTML format with > javascript in it -- as I would expect, but before his new AFC

[Assp-test] Allowing certain javascript in HTML to pass

2022-10-31 Thread K Post
The new AFC is blocking a nightly report that comes in HTML format with javascript in it -- as I would expect, but before his new AFC, they were erroneously slipping through. I don't know why these reports weren't being blocked before, it's basic HTML with a short block of javascript at the end.

Re: [Assp-test] Line Continuation in config files

2022-09-09 Thread K Post
inuation was not working for > the analyzer - the matching line in a file was not found (and not shown) > > This will be fixed. > > Thomas > > > > Von:"K Post" > An:"ASSP development mailing list" < > assp-test@lists.sourceforge.n

[Assp-test] Line Continuation in config files

2022-09-08 Thread K Post
Back in November 2011, I saw: fixed in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21317: - files used in configuration parameters are now supporting line continuation by adding a backslash '\' at the end of a line I'm just trying this now, but it doesn't seem to be working. *When you say "files used in

Re: [Assp-test] soft hyphen fooling Bayesian analysis

2022-09-07 Thread K Post
e of time, both engines will have learned also > obscured words (word combinations). > > > Thomas > > > > > Von:"K Post" > An:"ASSP development mailing list" < > assp-test@lists.sourceforge.net> > Datum:06.09.2022 21:3

Re: [Assp-test] soft hyphen fooling Bayesian analysis

2022-09-06 Thread K Post
hings are easy to find > for example : <<<\P{Cyrillic}\p{Cyrillic}+\P{Cyrillic}>>> > finds a sequence where cyrillic (a p b ) are used in words - commonly > used by spammers > > Thomas > > > > Von:"K Post" > An:"ASSP

[Assp-test] soft hyphen fooling Bayesian analysis

2022-09-06 Thread K Post
Is there a way to improve the way that ASSP parses certain special, non-printing, characters? I'm having trouble with spam emails that have their body heavily obfuscated with "soft hyphens" slipping through. They all seem to have multipart bodies, first with an iso-8559-1 text part with *=AD* int

[Assp-test] Warnings for unable to resolve IP

2022-08-09 Thread K Post
Has anything changed with recent dev versions of ASSP in terms of warnings in the logs for being unable to lookup an IP? For example: warning: can't resolve the IP-address for the destination stonewallkitchenvip.com using the configured DNS-servers Nothing's wrong with assp, stonewallkitchenvip

Re: [Assp-test] blockStrictDKIMRe -- also thoughts on DMARC rejects

2022-07-16 Thread K Post
they are added to > the mail header > translateReply - translate MTA SMTP reply codes (some MTA's provides bad > reply codes) > customAnalyze - called before a mail is parsed and processed by the > analyzer > > from ASSP_AFC.pm: > > AFC_Executa

Re: [Assp-test] blockStrictDKIMRe -- also thoughts on DMARC rejects

2022-07-14 Thread K Post
alty of 20 points, which is > harmless if there is everything else ok with the mail > if dkim fails, the penalty limit will be reached and the mail will be > blocked > this can be finetuned using :>NWLI > > You are also able to implement code in to the regex (for example to chec

Re: [Assp-test] blockStrictDKIMRe -- also thoughts on DMARC rejects

2022-07-07 Thread K Post
(more or less strict, overwrite, skip ), some these options also exists > for DKIM. > If we ignore/change/override sender policies for SPF and DKIM, it is > not wise to honor the reject DMARC policy strictly. > > Thomas > > > > > Von:"

[Assp-test] blockStrictDKIMRe -- also thoughts on DMARC rejects

2022-06-16 Thread K Post
The ability to block failed SPF, instead of just scoring them, for delect regex matches has been a terrific feature of ASSP for a long time. (Block SPF Processing Regex* (blockstrictSPFRe) ) *Would you please consider adding a feature to do the same for a failed DKIM signature?* Outright blocki

Re: [Assp-test] blocking new MS doc vunerability (URI attack vector)

2022-06-14 Thread K Post
will be able to detect the malicious download and playload. > > > Solutions for CVE-2022-30190 are provided by Microsoft: > > > https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2022/05/30/guidance-for-cve-2022-30190-microsoft-support-diagnostic-tool-vulnerability/ > > Thomas > > >

Re: [Assp-test] bombHeaderRe matching every email

2022-06-07 Thread K Post
Hi Scott, Did you ever figure this out? I'm no regex wiz like Thomas is, but what you have appears pretty simple to me -- and I don't see anything wrong with it... I tried from\:.*\_ in testRE and see it matching everything too. I don't understand why. I know this doesn't help you with why this

[Assp-test] blocking new MS doc vunerability (URI attack vector)

2022-05-31 Thread K Post
Hello Thomas, Any way for ASSP to block this kind of thing? https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/New+Microsoft+Office+Attack+Vector+via+msmsdt+Protocol+Scheme+CVE202230190/28694 Hopefully clamav will eventually catch it, but be nice great to be able strip documents off using AFC if they contain the

Re: [Assp-test] assp development switched to perl 5.34.0

2022-03-08 Thread K Post
Nicely done! How'd you get this done it's released at strawberryperl.com? On Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 10:18 AM Thomas Eckardt wrote: > Hi all, > > the assp development is switched to perl 5.34.0 > > strawberry perl 5.34.0 (for win_x64) is available at the sourceforge assp > download repository > > A

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 22019

2022-01-24 Thread K Post
Thank you Thomas. You know that I love the SPF addition option for IP address lists!! Happy to no longer need to use the script I wrote to accomplish this. I'm glad (and proud) that you've recognized this as a good idea. I have some questions about the new SPF functionality as well as the auto-

Re: [Assp-test] Concept Question: Scan entire message for Bombs, regardless of MaxBytes setting? New MaxBytes recommendation?

2021-11-14 Thread K Post
ay use the forum, where everyone is free to skip reading your endless > posts and blogs. It takes simply too much time to pick up the 1 to 5% of > helpful content and to be forced by you to answer also the rest. > > > Thomas > > > > > > Von:"K Post&qu

Re: [Assp-test] Concept Question: Scan entire message for Bombs, regardless of MaxBytes setting? New MaxBytes recommendation?

2021-11-13 Thread K Post
ultimately bring some good to the ASSP world by offering suggestions and asking questions. On Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 3:56 AM Thomas Eckardt wrote: > Ken , it would be nice if you consider to signoff this list or at least to > no longer post here. > > Thank you. > > Thomas

Re: [Assp-test] Concept Question: Scan entire message for Bombs, regardless of MaxBytes setting? New MaxBytes recommendation?

2021-11-12 Thread K Post
pamdb records in 25 seconds > building 7.200.000 hmmdb records in 1:33 seconds > > complete processing time is 6 minutes. > > populating the records to the mysql database takes some minutes longer > > > So - maxBytes:=100.000 seems to be a possible setting (but this wi

Re: [Assp-test] Concept Question: Scan entire message for Bombs, regardless of MaxBytes setting? New MaxBytes recommendation?

2021-11-12 Thread K Post
age sized spam > and average sized not-spam message. > > DID YOU EVER thougth about that ??????? Or do you only write > something to fillup the community mailing list? > > No - no way! > > Thomas > > > > > > > > Von:"K Post" >

Re: [Assp-test] Concept Question: Scan entire message for Bombs, regardless of MaxBytes setting? New MaxBytes recommendation?

2021-11-10 Thread K Post
ge sized not-spam message. On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 2:43 PM K Post wrote: > When looking at the "Use this HTML Parser" section on the GUI, I found > this line: > > it is recommended to set MaxBytes to 5 (be carefull on heavy load > systems - spam bomb regular expressi

Re: [Assp-test] Another Concept Question: DKIMBousScoreList

2021-11-09 Thread K Post
the bonus score, > > Invalid DKIM signatures should be blocked or scored very high, so the > bonus score does not matter > > Thomas > > > > Von:"K Post" > An:"ASSP development mailing list" < > assp-test@lists.s

Re: [Assp-test] Another Concept Question: DKIMBousScoreList

2021-11-08 Thread K Post
ah, wait, are you saying that BombRe will look at headers that ASSP ads, like X-ASSP-DKIM-Identity (which would only be added for a valid signature)? (!) I always assumed that the bomb functionality was only on the mail's original headers. On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 2:28 PM K Post

Re: [Assp-test] Another Concept Question: DKIMBousScoreList

2021-11-08 Thread K Post
nted_negative_score > - e.g. -10 > (?(DEFINE)(?the_wanted_identity|ident5|ident6|..))\nDKIM-Signature:(?:[ > \t]*[^= \;]+=[^= \;]+\;(?:\r\n)?)+?[ > \t]*([di]=\@?(?&IDENTITY20))\;=>the_wanted_negative_score > - eg -20 > ... > > CLOSED for me >

Re: [Assp-test] RegEx Backreferences - the basics

2021-11-05 Thread K Post
it can be, except one small trick - the negative > lookahead (?!\k). So, yes - looking around the string without moving > the position around makes some things more easy. > > > This thread should be stopped here. This is a test list for development > versions - it is not a blog and it

Re: [Assp-test] Another Concept Question: DKIMBousScoreList

2021-11-05 Thread K Post
#x27;s a good idea. On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 10:37 AM Thomas Eckardt wrote: > Another useless post about concepts without reading the manual. > > >dkimBonusValancePB > > there is already dkimOkValencePB - increase it > > and > > reduce the score for certain domains

Re: [Assp-test] RegEx Backreferences - the basics

2021-11-04 Thread K Post
optimized - default is : 'no extra group capturing is allowed' > > >I've got to be missing something incredibly obvious. > > assp-do-not-optimize-regex > > > (?:^|\n\r).*(searchstring).*@.*\1.* > > assp makes it: > > (?is:(?:^|\n\r).*(searchstring)

[Assp-test] Another Concept Question: DKIMBousScoreList

2021-11-04 Thread K Post
SUMMARY: Would there be benefit (that wouldn't be terrible to code) in adding the ability for use to assign a score to emails that match a list of DKIM signature identities? The DKIMWLAddress and DKIMNPAddress functionality has been an absolute game changer here. Thank you so much for implementi

[Assp-test] RegEx Backreferences - the basics

2021-11-03 Thread K Post
I've got nothing in my TestRe file except for a single line: ~<<<(?:^|\n\r).*(searchstring).*@.*\1.*>>>~ The idea is to log any time there's a line that includes "searchstring" on the right and left of an @. This is just a very rudimentary test because backreferences seem to error for me. I wo

[Assp-test] Manual clarification suggestions for RedList

2021-11-03 Thread K Post
Under the spam control section, I suggest: 1) Moving the "Redlist serves 2 purposes..." bit from the GUI up to its own explanation section instead of having it in the RedRE section. That useful description applies to more than just RedRE 2) Adding some information to the redlist description. My

Re: [Assp-test] Concept Question: Scan entire message for Bombs, regardless of MaxBytes setting? New MaxBytes recommendation?

2021-11-01 Thread K Post
ion of the GUI? On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 8:40 PM K Post wrote: > Summary: > *Should/could any consideration be given to having ASSP scan the entire > message at the time it is received for Bombs (only), while still using > MaxBytes for Bayesian/HMM?* > > We've been havin

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21302

2021-11-01 Thread K Post
Outlook itself is a typo. I think it's supposed to be called LookOut! -Using the outlook function "send email as attachment" or "forward email as attachment" has NEVER worked - because outlook destroys the original MIME header. But the original header is particularly important for analysis system

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21302

2021-10-30 Thread K Post
test of report message[CR][LF] > > > > Is there any one else on this mailing list, who expects an email received > by assp to start with an empty line followed by (html code) or that > the first header line of such a mail is the subject header line ? > > Thomas >

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21302

2021-10-30 Thread K Post
s the subject header line ? > > Thomas > > > > > > Von:"K Post" > An:"ASSP development mailing list" < > assp-test@lists.sourceforge.net> > Datum:30.10.2021 09:15 > Betreff:Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21302

2021-10-30 Thread K Post
sorry, I sent the last message before proofing or finishing. Grr, gmail. I'll wait to hear from you. I have more thoughts on NWLI and other sections. On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 6:00 PM K Post wrote: > This is simply terrific. You keep making ASAP better! The rebuild config >

[Assp-test] Concept Question: Scan entire message for Bombs, regardless of MaxBytes setting? New MaxBytes recommendation?

2021-10-29 Thread K Post
Summary: *Should/could any consideration be given to having ASSP scan the entire message at the time it is received for Bombs (only), while still using MaxBytes for Bayesian/HMM?* We've been having some cleverly crafted messages slipping through all filters that would be easy to catch with Bombs i

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21302

2021-10-29 Thread K Post
This is simply terrific. You keep making ASAP better! The rebuild config efficiency improvements are especially appreciated. Thanks so much as usual for spending what must have been a long time thinking about and making all of these changes. SURPRISE, I have questions and comments: *Fix to ema

Re: [Assp-test] Main_Thread is unable to transfer connection to any worker - try again

2021-10-28 Thread K Post
threading/workers actually work, why is the regex rebuild seemingly using all workers and not just the maintenance worker, leaving the other workers available? thanks On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:40 PM K Post wrote: > > Apart from the fact that the MaintThread (1) does not store the >

Re: [Assp-test] Main_Thread is unable to transfer connection to any worker - try again

2021-10-27 Thread K Post
the statusassp gui > 1 33 s call to > ConfigChangeTLSPorts->(TLStoProxyListenPorts,'',,Initializing) > > > > This is the last finished (debug) step (and the seconds since then - 33) > in rereading the config, before the new regular expressions (IP) are build > by each

[Assp-test] Analyze email report from spam report not fully processing headers from Outlook attached .eml

2021-10-27 Thread K Post
*SUMMARY*: Emailed analyze reports when in response to a forward as attachment error report .eml from Outlook, doesn't seem to find the subject, from, and potentially more. The .eml is extracted and saved properly in the error-spam/error-notspam folder though, with the subject/from/etc. For the

Re: [Assp-test] Main_Thread is unable to transfer connection to any worker - try again

2021-10-26 Thread K Post
"Edit included file " button. It looks normal, not hex encoded. Note: the bottom of the editor window says: "First line specifies text that appears in the subject of report message. The remaining lines are the report message body." I'm guessing that's just an oversight.

Re: [Assp-test] Concept question: At rebuild, look at DKIMWLAddresses?

2021-10-26 Thread K Post
npRe, DKIMWLAddresses, DKIMNPAddresses, > redRe - for assp/spam > - checking denySMTPConnectionsFromAlways, denySMTPConnectionsFrom, > blackListedDomains for assp/notspam > > The slowest case is 12 times slower than the fastest. > > Thomas > > > > >

Re: [Assp-test] Main_Thread is unable to transfer connection to any worker - try again

2021-10-26 Thread K Post
n > Oct-25-21 23:13:07 [Worker_5] Worker_5 will sleep now > Oct-25-21 23:13:08 [Worker_1] Worker_1 finished reloading > configuration > Oct-25-21 23:13:10 [Worker_10001] Worker_10001 finished reloading > configuration > Oct-25-21 23:13:29 [Worker_1] Downloading Ext

[Assp-test] NotifyRE matches whole log line, including timestamp

2021-10-25 Thread K Post
Question summary: *In the mLog function where ASSP does the NotifyRe comparison, does it make sense to consider having ASSP look at $comment instead of the full $m variable which starts with the timestamp?* For a long time, I've had the GUI example of warning: in my NotifyRe configuration. It

Re: [Assp-test] Main_Thread is unable to transfer connection to any worker - try again

2021-10-25 Thread K Post
n message queued to sent to assp-not...@ourcharity.org Oct-25-21 11:30:04 Warning: Main_Thread is unable to transfer connection to any worker - try again! On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 8:53 PM K Post wrote: > I'm desperate for help. It seems that ASSP has thread problems frequently >

Re: [Assp-test] Concept question: At rebuild, look at DKIMWLAddresses?

2021-10-24 Thread K Post
AM Thomas Eckardt wrote: > >During rebuild, ASSP runs rb_whitelisted against each message in the > spam corpus > > only for spam (not for corrected spam) AND only if enabled (DoRBWhite , > DoRBRed) ! > > Thomas > > > > > > Von:"K Post" >

[Assp-test] Concept question with sample code: DKIMWLAddresses single line for .domain.com and @domain.com?

2021-10-23 Thread K Post
(I believe I have this working, see code please) I estimate that at least 90% of the time that I want to add an entry to DKIMWLAddresses that I put two lines, one for @domain.com and the other to match the subdomains, so .domain.com. That's fine,and works well, but I'd like to see ASSP allow admi

[Assp-test] Concept question: At rebuild, look at DKIMWLAddresses?

2021-10-23 Thread K Post
*Would it be possible to have ASSP consider DKIMWLAddress matches during rebuild, removing matching messages from spam, without rebuild taking too much of a performance hit? * During rebuild, ASSP runs rb_whitelisted against each message in the spam corpus, and if a match is found against the whit

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21293

2021-10-20 Thread K Post
Thanks for giving this more consideration. I think these GUI changes will help many! The examples of NWLI are great and clarify a lot. The only thing I don't see in the example is* the use of the + (only) switch and how it differs from just having a N instead of N+ for example. * I see where you

Re: [Assp-test] Does Message Score build from Bomb matches override a DKIMNP match??

2021-10-18 Thread K Post
!! and I stop here - otherwise I would > lose my way and my composure > > > > Thomas > > NWLI will get an improvement and a small fix in the next version. > > > > > Von:"K Post" > An:"ASSP

Re: [Assp-test] Does Message Score build from Bomb matches override a DKIMNP match??

2021-10-18 Thread K Post
I guess I should have written . !!!N-W-L-I-!!! option to override this default behavior On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 11:24 AM K Post wrote: > Well that'll do it! I incorrectly thought all these years that "no > processing" actually meant NO processing.Looking back, th

Re: [Assp-test] Does Message Score build from Bomb matches override a DKIMNP match??

2021-10-18 Thread K Post
sp is configured to score > noprocessing mails. > bombReNP > or > =>NWLI is used (N at least for this regex) > > Thomas > > > > > > Von:"K Post" > An:"ASSP development mailing list" < > assp-test@lists.sourcefor

[Assp-test] Does Message Score build from Bomb matches override a DKIMNP match??

2021-10-16 Thread K Post
I had an inbound message rejected by ASSP, where the DKIM signature matched DKIMNP. I would have thought that if there's a DKIMNP match, that the message will just be passed and saved in discarded. Also, Senderbase is white for the network that it came from. so that should have reduced the score b

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21287

2021-10-16 Thread K Post
679) line 5. - BDB: On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 12:51 PM K Post wrote: > Again, thanks. > So are you recommending that $BDBerrLog stay at the default of 0 under > normal circumstances, and only be changed to 1 if there appears to be > something awry with one or more BDB actions? > >

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21287

2021-10-15 Thread K Post
ASSP catches all errors at init-time of BerkeleyDB (and recovers if > possible). If there occure errors at runtime for BerkeleyDB, someone can > enable 'BDBErrLog' to get the runtime errors recorded. > > Thomas > > > > Von:"K Post" > An:&qu

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21287

2021-10-14 Thread K Post
Whew you've been busy! Thank you. - If msvcrt is being used, would 512 open files ever not be enough? I feel like I was getting the file issues when many links to BDB-error.txt files were getting stuck open, so exceeding 512, but that was ultimately because of my stupid griplist dire

Re: [Assp-test] Too many open files - Windows

2021-10-11 Thread K Post
a bad path to the griplist!!! Thank you, as always, to Thomas for helping figure this one out!! On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 1:35 PM K Post wrote: > Looking way better Thomas. Thank you. > > Connected: session:23D15F00 154.21.28.20:60788 > (assp internal ip):25 > > (smtp internal ip):25

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21280

2021-10-11 Thread K Post
a bad path to the griplist!!! Thank you, as always, to Thomas for helping figure this one out!! On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 8:34 PM K Post wrote: > So this is odd running handle on perl.exe gives me stuff I'd expect > (though I don't know what it all is) > >78: File

Re: [Assp-test] Multiple topics: Griplist vs GripList, stuck open handles to dbd-error on windows, more.

2021-10-11 Thread K Post
thread max handles : ~ 10.000 (configurable in the registry - > hex(2710)) > > use Testlimit.exe / Testlimit64.exe -h > > How ever - the c-library used by the process sets the handle (and other) > limits! If a valid but not-default-system c-lib is found in the PATH, it > will b

Re: [Assp-test] Multiple topics: Griplist vs GripList, stuck open handles to dbd-error on windows, more.

2021-10-11 Thread K Post
- > hex(2710)) > > use Testlimit.exe / Testlimit64.exe -h > > How ever - the c-library used by the process sets the handle (and other) > limits! If a valid but not-default-system c-lib is found in the PATH, it > will be used (with there internal limit settings). > > a

Re: [Assp-test] Multiple topics: Griplist vs GripList, stuck open handles to dbd-error on windows, more.

2021-10-10 Thread K Post
And I'm noticing that each time rebuildspamdb runs, at least one more (it >think< it may be two every time) handle to \tmpDB\rebuildDB\BDB-error.txt is left open. On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 4:35 PM K Post wrote: > answering part of one of my own questions - I hope correctly. > >

Re: [Assp-test] Multiple topics: Griplist vs GripList, stuck open handles to dbd-error on windows, more.

2021-10-09 Thread K Post
t, so I believe that's where the explanation should go, instead of in the section where you decide to share and use a shared griplist. (I still can't figure out if you do share and download the griplist it that download replaces your local griplist or what) On Sat, Oct 9, 2021

[Assp-test] Multiple topics: Griplist vs GripList, stuck open handles to dbd-error on windows, more.

2021-10-09 Thread K Post
Several related items here: 1. Bug? Rebuild process still uploading griplist, even if disabled, due possibly to case error in code. 2. ASSP not checking for valid griplist, if an invalid folder name is entered 3. On windows, Rebuild process leaving \tmpDB\rebuildDB\BDB-error.tx

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21280

2021-10-08 Thread K Post
problem at all. I feel like some loop happens when there TLS errors with the new versions though that somehow gets more of these griplist\dbd-error.txt handels to open until there no more file handles left On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 7:27 PM K Post wrote: > That's funny Bob, I wa

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21280

2021-10-08 Thread K Post
at 1:56 PM Robert K Coffman Jr. -Info From Data Corp. < bcoff...@infofromdata.com> wrote: > I'm curious what handle (Sysinternals tool) says when you hit the file > limit... > > - Bob > > On 10/8/2021 10:47 AM, K Post wrote: > > And a similar thing just happened

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21280

2021-10-08 Thread K Post
And a similar thing just happened again with 21280. ASSP gets to the point where it can't open any more files, griplist can't be opened, and it goes into a shutdown process. On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 2:50 PM K Post wrote: > Here's excerpts from my log. Odd stuff and concerni

Re: [Assp-test] Crashed ASSP with fat-fingered Regex mistake

2021-10-07 Thread K Post
Thanks for the fix in 21280! " the definition of an invalid regular expression in 'NotifyRe' may caused a crash of the assp process" On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 1:53 PM K Post wrote: > Nothing urgent, but I managed to completely crash assp by entering an > invalid regex. &g

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21280

2021-10-07 Thread K Post
21 12:00:03 Error: unable to rename file d:/assp/assp.cfg.tmp to d:/assp/assp.cfg - No such file or directory Oct-07-21 12:00:03 Finished saving config Oct-07-21 12:00:03 BerkeleyDB-ENV-ERROR Griplist: Cannot open file d:/assp/tmpDB/Griplist/BDB-error.txt: Too many open files at (eval 3745) line 1

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21280

2021-10-07 Thread K Post
Uh oh. I haven't moved away from the test version you provided yesterday yet, but I just got a complete ASSP crash, which was preceded by: error: Worker_1 accept to client failed IO::Socket::INET=GLOB(0x881a0c40) (timeout: 2 s) : Too many open files error: Worker_2 accept to client failed IO::S

[Assp-test] Crashed ASSP with fat-fingered Regex mistake

2021-10-06 Thread K Post
Nothing urgent, but I managed to completely crash assp by entering an invalid regex. In trying to keep on eye on the annoying failed TLS smtp server pool, I intended to put a NotifyRE together like: connected: session:(.){8} 154\.21\. To start, I entered, I was going to first try Connected: se

Re: [Assp-test] Too many open files - Windows

2021-10-06 Thread K Post
ey just sending a handshake way too early for that to work? On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 10:08 AM Thomas Eckardt wrote: > try https://sourceforge.net/p/assp/svn/HEAD/tree/assp2/trunk/test/ > > tell me if and how it works for you > > Thomas > > > > > Von:&q

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21277

2021-10-05 Thread K Post
Please see my "Too many open files" message as it related to 21277 On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 9:33 AM K Post wrote: > I have about 4million HMM records, startup was 2-3 minutes, but ASSP is on > Windows, in a VM, on a not so new (but new to the charity) host > Whatever SQL yo

Re: [Assp-test] Too many open files - Windows

2021-10-05 Thread K Post
87 > (internal smtp ip):25 154.21.114.200 disconnected: session:48196D90 154.21.114.200 - processing time 1 seconds Error: Worker_4 accept_SSL to client 154.21.114.200 failed IO::Socket::SSL=GLOB(0x2b79ffd0) (timeout: 5 s) : SSL accept attempt failed On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 9:18 AM K Post wrote: >

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21277

2021-10-05 Thread K Post
statement for hmmdb and spamdb. > > In my case the delay was ~25 seconds for ~10 million database records. > > >Is that part of the improved error handling for SSL SMTP sessions over > port 25? > > yes. > > Thomas > > > > > > Von:"K Post

[Assp-test] Too many open files - Windows

2021-10-05 Thread K Post
I've seen this a couple times now with 21277. Windows. error: unable to close Socket IO::Socket::INET=GLOB(0x10fd4f70) - - Bad file descriptor and Oct-05-21 08:51:09 *** (our internal smtp ip):25 didn't work, trying others... - Too many open files Oct-05-21 08:51:09 Error: couldn't create ser

Re: [Assp-test] fixes in assp 2.6.6 *SPAM-Evaporator* build 21277

2021-10-04 Thread K Post
Thank you Thomas!!! This version solved my very slow startup with the rebuild spamdb worker. I am seeing some entries like: got an unexpected TLSv1_2 handshake Client-Helo-Frame of version (3.3) from IP '154.21.28.74' at local IP '(my ip here)' and Port '25' - this frame is ignored I don't believ

Re: [Assp-test] Rebuild SpamDB worker thread at startup hangs

2021-10-04 Thread K Post
Confirmed! The new version starts up nice and quick On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 4:56 AM Doug Lytle wrote: > On 10/3/21 7:53 PM, K Post wrote: > > Thanks Doug. How long does it take to start the rebuild SpamDB worker > > though? Mine also runs 11, and seemingly fine,

Re: [Assp-test] Rebuild SpamDB worker thread at startup hangs

2021-10-03 Thread K Post
Thanks Doug. How long does it take to start the rebuild SpamDB worker though? Mine also runs 11, and seemingly fine, it just takes a long time to start. I don't know why it starts before the GUI or SMTP, but suspect that it needs to be running if it's going to track mail for the rebuild as i

Re: [Assp-test] Rebuild SpamDB worker thread at startup hangs

2021-10-01 Thread K Post
oesn't make sense to first have SMTP and the GUI operational first? On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 2:33 PM K Post wrote: > Thank you Thomas!! I will run through these steps this weekend and report > back. > > On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 12:03 PM Thomas Eckardt < > thomas.ecka...@thock

Re: [Assp-test] Rebuild SpamDB worker thread at startup hangs

2021-09-29 Thread K Post
GUI or cmdqueue (in doubt enable the > debugging for the rebuild) > - wait until this task is finished > - stop assp > > - start assp from commandline - everythng should work like expected > - stop assp > - start the service > > Thomas > > > Von:"K

[Assp-test] Rebuild SpamDB worker thread at startup hangs

2021-09-29 Thread K Post
If I restart my server or just the ASSP windows service, I've discovered that ASSP generally will no longer fully start automatically as a service. I'm sure there's something misconfigured, corrupt, or broken on my machine. If the Windows server crashes or does an after hours update restart, ASSP

Re: [Assp-test] Migration Tips - windows & mysql

2021-09-09 Thread K Post
the GUI the option > 'ExportMysqlDB' and before importing the configuration and databases in the > new operating system. > > Good luck > > Bye. > > > > Leo. > > > > *De:* K Post [mailto:nntp.p...@gmail.com] > *Enviado el:* miƩrcoles, 08 de septiembre de

Re: [Assp-test] Logging Options: Log filled with SEGV warnings

2021-09-09 Thread K Post
this using your own strategy - good luck! > But keep in mind: bad conditions in any file caused by the fault, can lead > in to bad behavior or crashes of assp in future (possibly in months or in > years, depends on the config, GUI actions, configuration changes, perl > module changes

[Assp-test] Migration Tips - windows & mysql

2021-09-08 Thread K Post
Hi, I'm excited to have received a new (to us but still old) donated server for our charity. I'd like to move the current ASSP installation away from Windows 2012 and install Windows 2019. (linux isn't an option due to policy). I'm running MySQL on the current installation. To migrate the ASSP

Re: [Assp-test] Logging Options: Log filled with SEGV warnings

2021-09-08 Thread K Post
wrote: > The state of the assp folders and files (also the assp.cfg !!!) may be > unexpected after a 'disk full' condition happened. > > I recommend to restore a known good state. > > Thomas > > > > > Von:"K Post" >

Re: [Assp-test] Logging Options: Log filled with SEGV warnings

2021-09-04 Thread K Post
option. > No, this will not work. But links will work on windows. > > >I have everything on my C drive in c:\ASSP\logs. > Is there any good reason to this at a production system??? > > Thomas > > > > > > > Von:"K Post" > An:&

Re: [Assp-test] Logging Options: Log filled with SEGV warnings

2021-09-04 Thread K Post
ines* (noLogLineRe) > to > signal SEGV in > > >I just don't know if putting a drive letter in the config is another > option. > No, this will not work. But links will work on windows. > > >I have everything on my C drive in c:\ASSP\logs. > Is there any good reas

Re: [Assp-test] Logging Options: Log filled with SEGV warnings

2021-09-03 Thread K Post
orge.net> wrote: > On 2021-09-03 09:11, K Post wrote: > > > 1) Can the logfile configuration be set to use a different disk? > > > This was relatively easy on linux. I do not know if Windows has a similar > functionality. Basically the ASSP log directories are re-directed

[Assp-test] Logging Options: Log filled with SEGV warnings

2021-09-03 Thread K Post
Summary: 1) Get log files to separate disk on Windows system 2) Stop repeating warnings from filling log? Yesterday and today, my log filled with Sep-03-21 02:50:05 Warning: got unexpected signal SEGV in Worker_10001: package - Win32::Unicode::Dir, file - c:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Win32/Unicod

[Assp-test] ASSP with Office365 - discussion

2021-07-28 Thread K Post
Hello everyone, One department with their own subdomain at our charity is going to be moving to Office365 for email. I want to be able to *keep ASSP in use for this handful of users*, but could use some guidance from the community here. My plan is: 1) Inbound mail to dept1.ourcharity.org will s

[Assp-test] Main_Thread is unable to transfer connection to any worker - try again

2021-05-17 Thread K Post
I'm desperate for help. It seems that ASSP has thread problems frequently when it reloads the config. I see warnings that the Main_Thread is unable to transfer connection to any worker, often every 5 minutes for hours. May-17-21 20:40:35 Saving config May-17-21 20:40:35 Info: no configuration ch

Re: [Assp-test] Feature Reqiest: Customizing more of the 554 5.7.1 error messages in rejections

2021-05-07 Thread K Post
my suggestion: > > - minor code changes > - flexible and more detailed error explanations - possibly in local > language > - much less (than in your suggestion) confusing reply configurations > - keeps hardcoded (and required) 5xx reply codes > - the assp code can force sk

[Assp-test] Feature Reqiest: Customizing more of the 554 5.7.1 error messages in rejections

2021-05-05 Thread K Post
Thomas, First, as requested, I've tried to change the way I generally ask for features. I hope this is better, helpful, and fully explains my reasoning. Just like we can customize the spamError, DelayError, NoValidRecipient, and other reasons that appear in rejection/delay messages to the sender

Re: [Assp-test] Senderbase Matching Substring

2021-05-03 Thread K Post
in the IANA web. Things like 'what is > SPF, SRS, DKIM ?' will not become part of the assp manual - there are > very good explanations and examples in the web. > > Suggestions for new features or changes are wellcome. How ever: I prever > to see something like &

Re: [Assp-test] HeloBlacklistIgnore still matching helo?

2021-04-30 Thread K Post
lo' settings, lists, hashes ... > but who would need them? > > Thomas > > > > > > Von:"K Post" > An:"ASSP development mailing list" < > assp-test@lists.sourceforge.net> > Datum:30.04.2021 17:39 > Betreff:

Re: [Assp-test] HeloBlacklistIgnore still matching helo?

2021-04-30 Thread K Post
re this happens ! > > > >I see: HELO Blacklist: '*mta-85-129.sparkpostmail.com* > <http://mta-85-129.sparkpostmail.com/>' > > this is the result line from the analyzer - the analyzer shows every > match, it's on YOU to know that a heloBlacklistIgnor

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