Re: [SAtalk] Mutated Nigerian scam that scored < 3!

2002-09-23 Thread Simon Matthews
On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Robin Lynn Frank wrote: > On Monday 23 September 2002 21:24, Simon Matthews wrote: > # Attached is a gzip version of Nigerian scam. Using SA 2.31, it only scored > # 2.6. > # > Might be more helpful with the full headers an less your commentary Is the attached file better? I

[SAtalk] postfix success, and a question

2002-09-23 Thread Allen Hyer
Hello, First, I want to thank everyone involved for spamassassin. So far I have been impressed. I have a postfix setup that works with cyrus, lmtp, virus filtering with AVP, and the sql settings with spamassassin. If anyone needs help with this, I will be glad to give any info I can.

Re: [SAtalk] Mutated Nigerian scam that scored < 3!

2002-09-23 Thread Robin Lynn Frank
On Monday 23 September 2002 21:24, Simon Matthews wrote: # Attached is a gzip version of Nigerian scam. Using SA 2.31, it only scored # 2.6. # # Anyone care to look at it? # # Simon # # Might be more helpful with the full headers an less your commentary -- Robin Lynn Frank Paradigm-Omega, LLC ==

[SAtalk] Mutated Nigerian scam that scored < 3!

2002-09-23 Thread Simon Matthews
Attached is a gzip version of Nigerian scam. Using SA 2.31, it only scored 2.6. Anyone care to look at it? Simon Nigerian_low_score.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data

[SAtalk] I need help working through Spamassassin

2002-09-23 Thread Rhonda Coble
If anyone can tell me how to get information on setting up this program to work in a beneficial way for me, I'd appreciate it. ThanksI know nothing about it but have received lots of changed email because of this being installed.  I need to change some of the rules to go by.  Thanks agai

[SAtalk] Dccproc, pyzor and 4.50

2002-09-23 Thread Rose, Bobby
File::Spec is installed on Solaris 8 and I tested File::Spec->path(); in a simple perl script and the array contains data but when used in Dns.pm it doesn't contain anything. I even threw in a my @PATH = File::Spec->path(); dbg ("@PATH"); Into sub is_dcc_available routine and the arra

Re: [SAtalk] Fun with corpus pollution

2002-09-23 Thread James R. Van Zandt
Matt Kettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ahh, you are deceived by truncation. They actually can match one > nonspam and still be 0.000% because the nonspam corpus is > 100k > messages :) I think that's a bug. The output precision should be increased. > If a given rule has 1 misplaced nonspa

Re: [SAtalk] Spam host?

2002-09-23 Thread Mike Bostock
In your message regarding Re: [SAtalk] Spam host? dated Mon, 23 Sep 2002 18:42:36 +0100, Justin Mason said that ... >JM- True ratware tests are aimed at tools used *only* by spammers -- ie. the >JM- tools will disguise addresses, insert forged Received lines, etc. >JM- This isn't one of t

RE: [SAtalk] separate inbound and outbound

2002-09-23 Thread Jason Qualkenbush
No I was just a little confused because I'm running procmail on a gateway and sits between the external sendmail box and internal exchange bridgehead server. So there isn't any delivery to the local system. The only email it gets is inbound at the moment and we're looking to get rid of complica

RE: [SAtalk] separate inbound and outbound

2002-09-23 Thread Jason Qualkenbush
Looks like I was thinking too complicated again. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Jeremy Zawodny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 2:51 PM To: Jason Qualkenbush Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SAtalk] separate inbound and outbound On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at

Re: [SAtalk] Odd formmail.cgi spam

2002-09-23 Thread Justin Mason
Theo Van Dinter said: > Has anyone else seen something like this? There's a spam message, > followed by the standard formmail bit: Sounds like some spammer read the advisory I cowrote, a few months ago. There's lots more vulnerabilities like this one. (Summary: any version of FormMail that is

Re: [SAtalk] separate inbound and outbound

2002-09-23 Thread Stephane Lentz
On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 02:26:34PM -0700, Jason Qualkenbush wrote: > > Is there is way to separate inbound and outbound email so that I only check > for spam on inbound mail and ignore the outbound? > > I'm using Sendmail and running procmail on the gateway to call spamassassin. > I know it more

Re: [SAtalk] separate inbound and outbound

2002-09-23 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 02:26:34PM -0700, Jason Qualkenbush wrote: > > Is there is way to separate inbound and outbound email so that I only check > for spam on inbound mail and ignore the outbound? > > I'm using Sendmail and running procmail on the gateway to call spamassassin. > I know it more

RE: [SAtalk] separate inbound and outbound

2002-09-23 Thread Rose, Bobby
In 2.50, should the Dns.pm module be getting the dcc_path or pyzor_path set in Conf.pm? I see the refs there in Dns.pm, but no where else to get the actual path so therefore the tests fail. -=Bobby --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkG

[SAtalk] SA performance info

2002-09-23 Thread Mariano Absatz
Hi, I know this is definitively a muddy item, but I have to come through it... We are planning to integrate SA into a border smtp gateway to process, tag and accept all mail coming from the Internet for a large ISP. We'll probably scan the mail server input queue with several processeses and c

[SAtalk] separate inbound and outbound

2002-09-23 Thread Jason Qualkenbush
Is there is way to separate inbound and outbound email so that I only check for spam on inbound mail and ignore the outbound? I'm using Sendmail and running procmail on the gateway to call spamassassin. I know it more of a sendmail question, but my google searches have only turned up people tryi

[SAtalk] spamassassin mysql-rules and aliases

2002-09-23 Thread achim altmann
Hello, i would like use spamassassin with rules they stored in mysql-db. I have installed this but i have a question about it. How work spamassassin with mail-aliases ? i use postfix, and cyrus-imap with sieve-filter i use also a webmailtool that authorizated users only about their imap-accou

Re: [SAtalk] Odd formmail.cgi spam

2002-09-23 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 03:38:10PM -0400, Jason Kohles wrote: > person using the script intended. This way they can send all the spam > they want that can only be traced back as far as the web server that has > formmail.cgi installed. Yes, but that wasn't the question. ;) I know about formmail.

[SAtalk] Postfix as an MTA with SA -- forwarding spam

2002-09-23 Thread Steve Halligan
I am running Postfix as a gateway MTA (no local delivery) and am using SA to mark spam as it passes through. I am familar with postfixes ability to reject mail based on header content, so I know I could look for "X-SPAM: Yes" and reject. But I don't want to outright reject it. I would rather for

Re: [SAtalk] Odd formmail.cgi spam

2002-09-23 Thread Jason Kohles
On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 14:33, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > Has anyone else seen something like this? There's a spam message, > followed by the standard formmail bit: > There are literally thousands of formmail.cgi installations that are installed with no security, anybody with a knowledge of cgi scri

[SAtalk] Final piece to puzzle: I use postfix+mysql+virtual users with spamassassin

2002-09-23 Thread Sunil William Savkar
Hi. Realized i didn't give you my specs. They are running postfix + mysql + virtual users in /var/mail/vhosts/domain/username I use the account "mail" for delivery. Note that I saw an option in spamd called -v for vpopmail delivery to set up user prefs. Is this the problem that I don't have

[SAtalk] Follow up on spamd and spamc problems...

2002-09-23 Thread Sunil William Savkar
As opposed to using spamc with maildrop, if I simply use "spamassassin -P", things work fine. That is, the .spamassassin folder and prefs are created in the right hierarchy, and the message is properly parsed and passed back with the expected SPAM designation. If anyone could give a pointer to f

[SAtalk] Odd formmail.cgi spam

2002-09-23 Thread Theo Van Dinter
Has anyone else seen something like this? There's a spam message, followed by the standard formmail bit: Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by Connie Hoang ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on Monday, September 23, 2002 at 14:27:22

[SAtalk] Help with spamassassin integration in maildrop (spamc & d problem)

2002-09-23 Thread Sunil William Savkar
Hi. When I use spamc directly with a message I know to be spam, I get the right output with spam being tagged. However, when I use maildrop, and a virtual user, the email seems to get passed to spamd, but when it gets delivered into the mailbox (and before), there are no tags!!! Very odd. In m

Re: [SAtalk] Spam host?

2002-09-23 Thread Justin Mason
"Mike Bostock" said: > 1. Targeted bulk email obviously using a database that identifies me > as a dentist. > 2. The targets are US dentists and not UK dentists (ie of no interest > to me). > 3. I have not subscribed to the "newsletter" (it was this ploy which > fooled Spamassassin) Well, Vivek

RE: [SAtalk] -P warning considered harmful

2002-09-23 Thread Gary Funck
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob > Proulx > Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 11:44 AM > To: Spamassassin List > Subject: Re: [SAtalk] -P warning considered harmful > > > Gary Funck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-21 13:59:38 -0700]:

Re: [SAtalk] Spam host?

2002-09-23 Thread Mike Bostock
In your message regarding Re: [SAtalk] Spam host? dated Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:44:23 -0400, Vivek Khera said that ... > >VK- Please try to remember that mass-mailing does not equal SPAM. 1. Targeted bulk email obviously using a database that identifies me as a dentist. 2. The targets are US de

Re: [SAtalk] HUMOUR: annoying product

2002-09-23 Thread Matt Kettler
Of note, a thread over on microsoft.public.windowsxp.general implies she thinks it's downloaded onto her PC and is running there :) You might want to advise her that SpamAssassin runs on mailservers, so she'll have to contact her mailserver admin. From: Sue G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Subject: S

Re: [SAtalk] Spam host?

2002-09-23 Thread Vivek Khera
> "JM" == Justin Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> 5.0.Patch121c.P121C_SchedEnhancement_09_05_02 >> (http://www.constantcontact.com) >> >> Is worthy of attention and a rule - if you go to their web site it >> would appear that they are in the business of email mass marketing. >> Unfortun

Re: [SAtalk] Spam host?

2002-09-23 Thread Justin Mason
"Mike Bostock" said: > Received: from tracking2 (tracking2.roving.com [10.20.40.142]) > by ccm01.roving.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4696633ED4 > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 22 Sep 2002 17:57:03 -0400 (EDT) > X-Mailer: Roving Constant Contact > 5.0.Patch121c.P121C_SchedEnhancement_0

Re: [SAtalk] chinese language

2002-09-23 Thread Matt Sergeant
LuChris wrote: > How can i make SA recongize chinese and prevent it from labelling:- > 4.5 -- Headers include 3 consecutive 8-bit characters > 4.3 -- Subject is full of 8-bit characters Upgrade to 2.4? --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:T

Re: [SAtalk] HUMOUR: annoying product

2002-09-23 Thread Malte S. Stretz
On Monday 23 September 2002 12:51 CET Matt Sergeant wrote: > I just got this in my inbox at home. Thought you guys would all get a > kick out of it... > > Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 12:43:23 -0700 > From: Sue Guss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: spamassassi

[SAtalk] chinese language

2002-09-23 Thread LuChris
How can i make SA recongize chinese and prevent it from labelling:- 4.5 -- Headers include 3 consecutive 8-bit characters 4.3 -- Subject is full of 8-bit characters Thanks --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven

[SAtalk] HUMOUR: annoying product

2002-09-23 Thread Matt Sergeant
I just got this in my inbox at home. Thought you guys would all get a kick out of it... Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 12:43:23 -0700 From: Sue Guss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: spamassassin How do I make this very annoying product go away??? -

[SAtalk] rule for korean character set

2002-09-23 Thread Doug Young
I 'think' the correct place to pop in a rule for korean character set is '?20_head_tests.cf'. I'd appreciate confirnation of that & advice on correct syntax --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://think

[SAtalk] Spam host?

2002-09-23 Thread Mike Bostock
Received: from tracking2 (tracking2.roving.com [10.20.40.142]) by ccm01.roving.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4696633ED4 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 22 Sep 2002 17:57:03 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: Roving Constant Contact 5.0.Patch121c.P121C_SchedEnhancement_09_05_02 (http://www.constant