Re: [SAtalk] What header to add to disable SA

2002-03-17 Thread Olivier Nicole
> If it'd be the same subject all the time, you could weight that subject > with a really big negative number in the rules and then SA will pass it > through... > > I am wondering if there is any way to do so. I am using > > procmail/spamc/spamd. After I hit the send command, I gave it a second t

Re: [SAtalk] whitelist_from not working

2002-03-17 Thread Kenneth Chen
Hi Barry: I believe the whitelist entry simply gives it a negative score in addition to whatever positive scores it would have obtained via the rules. That is to say, if your spam message would have been 20.3 points without your whitelist entry, it'd only be something like 15.3 with (because the

[SAtalk] whitelist_from not working

2002-03-17 Thread Barry Andersson
Hi,   We're running SpamAssassin server-wide.   I've added our domain to /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf to allow all messages through but when I sent a deliberate spam message it was blocked.   I've added the line    whitelist_from *.simplex.net.au   to /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf which

Re: [SAtalk] Dumb question

2002-03-17 Thread Rob McMillin
Barry Andersson wrote: >Hi there, > >I've installed SpamAssassin on my mail server and have it running >server-wide through the addition of procmailrc to the /etc directory. I'm >using the procmailrc.example exactly as shipped but with spamd as follows: > > :0fw > | spamc > >

Re: [SAtalk] Dumb question

2002-03-17 Thread Kenneth Chen
I had the same problem until I went and set it to /var/mail/caughtspam instead of just caughtspam. Then it worked. Kenneth --- Kenneth Chen Unit Supervisor, Clark Kerr and UVA Residential Computing University of California, Berkeley [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 18

[SAtalk] Dumb question

2002-03-17 Thread Barry Andersson
Hi there, I've installed SpamAssassin on my mail server and have it running server-wide through the addition of procmailrc to the /etc directory. I'm using the procmailrc.example exactly as shipped but with spamd as follows: :0fw | spamc :0: * ^X-Spam-Status:

[SAtalk] intervolved.net spammer

2002-03-17 Thread Sidney Markowitz
I've had two messages squeak through SA's spam filters that came from intervolved.net. They claim that they are opt-in, but the opt-in is with some "business partner" that they do not name and the spam is sent advertising other "business partners" so there is no way of knowing how I got on the lis

Re: [SAtalk] Re: How to put hits in subject (Was Re: Why to deliverSPAM even if it's identified.)

2002-03-17 Thread Kenneth Chen
Hey Erik: What I've done in my /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf is to put this line: subject_tag *SPAM* _HITS_ I saved local.cf and killed/restarted spamd and now the spams that get caught have this as the subject (for example): "*SPAM* 23.5 ADV: Try SpamAssassin for free for a

Re: [SAtalk] Auto_whitelist after upgrade to 2.11

2002-03-17 Thread Rob McMillin
Rob McMillin wrote: > Erik van der Meulen wrote: > >> Dear all - I have upgraded SA from 2.01 to 2.11 recently and it seems to >> have improved the scoring a bit. >> On thing surprised me. My (Amanda) backup system sends me a daily mail >> report which was tagged 'A_FROM_IN_AUTO_WLIST' in the ver

Re: [SAtalk] Auto_whitelist after upgrade to 2.11

2002-03-17 Thread Rob McMillin
Erik van der Meulen wrote: >Dear all - I have upgraded SA from 2.01 to 2.11 recently and it seems to >have improved the scoring a bit. >On thing surprised me. My (Amanda) backup system sends me a daily mail >report which was tagged 'A_FROM_IN_AUTO_WLIST' in the version 2.01. >After the upgrade th

Re: [SAtalk] Whitelist for Charlie Root

2002-03-17 Thread Rob McMillin
David G. Andersen wrote: >Note that whitelisting from 'root' is probably a bad idea: > >593 eep:spam/raw> grep -i "^From: .*root" * | wc > 19 56 841 > >weekly run output, however, is far safer: > >595 eep:spam/raw> grep -i 'weekly run' * | wc > 0 0 0 > > -Dave > C

Re: [SAtalk] Re: How to put hits in subject (Was Re: Why to deliver SPAM even if it's identified.)

2002-03-17 Thread Erik van der Meulen
On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 01:18:32AM -0800, Kenneth Chen wrote: > Thanks for the tip! It works fine. Now to figure out how to get the > emails bounced right away (or simply rejected at the SMTP level) Hi - I have tried to do the same, only without success. Could you please elaborate a little abo

[SAtalk] Auto_whitelist after upgrade to 2.11

2002-03-17 Thread Erik van der Meulen
Dear all - I have upgraded SA from 2.01 to 2.11 recently and it seems to have improved the scoring a bit. On thing surprised me. My (Amanda) backup system sends me a daily mail report which was tagged 'A_FROM_IN_AUTO_WLIST' in the version 2.01. After the upgrade this tag no longer appears. The 'fr

[SAtalk] suggestion for tests

2002-03-17 Thread Søren Boll Overgaard
Hi I am a happy user of spamassassin, and would like to suggest an addition to the RBL-checks already made. Currently, more and more people seem to be routing most of the far east (taiwan, china, korea etc.) into /dev/null, which causes some damage to australian users, who live in some of the sam

RE: [SAtalk] Whitelist for Charlie Root

2002-03-17 Thread Mike Loiterman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hrm... I'm doing it by /Charlie Root/i I obviously don't want to miss anything coming from my server, but certainly don't want extra spam. I think whitelisting by the subject might be too narrow. Do you have any other suggestions? Mike Loiter