[SAtalk] tag removal

2002-12-04 Thread Alan Lehman
For the occasional false positives, I would like to have an automated method to "clean" the SA tags. My thought was to create a mailbox with a procmail recipe to clean the email and return it to the sender. It might look something like: :0 fw |spamassassin -d :0: #code to return mail to sender??

RE: [SAtalk] Whitelisting mailing lists

2002-12-04 Thread Steve Thomas
whitelist_to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:11 PM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: [SAtalk] Whitelisting mailing lists | | | Hi, | | I want to whitelist

[SAtalk] Whitelisting mailing lists

2002-12-04 Thread francisv
Hi, I want to whitelist some mailing lists, here's a sample header: Received: from dim.dagupan.com [202.91.161.139] by rasserv.dagupan.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-5.05) id AC6F39200FC; Wed, 04 Dec 2002 20:56:15 +0800 Received: by dim.dagupan.com (Postfix, from userid 1013) id 968C11570EF; Wed, 4

Re: [SAtalk] Help with postfix / amavisd-new / spamassassin gateway

2002-12-04 Thread Mark Martinec
John, | Perhaps this is a bit outside the scope of this group, but I'd appreciate | any assistance in digging through my mail logs. | | I'm trying to follow Scott Henderson's Spamfilter relay server "Howto" | http://www.geocities.com/scottlhenderson/spamfilter.html as applied to | RedHat 8.0 alo

Re: [SAtalk] qmail catch-22?

2002-12-04 Thread Mike Burger
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Matt Sergeant wrote: > Mike Burger said the following on 04/12/02 15:21: > > > Haven't run into that problem on any of the 5 or 6 systems on which I run > > spamd...including 2 fairly high traffic systems. > > None of my computers have ever been hacked into. But I sure as he

Re: [SAtalk] qmail catch-22?

2002-12-04 Thread Mike Burger
I suppose it could also be run from inittab, too...if it dies, inittab would create a new instance. On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Martin Schroeder wrote: > 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

Re: [SAtalk] running out of memory

2002-12-04 Thread Rich Puhek
Bob Apthorpe wrote: Hi, On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Rich Puhek wrote: I patched my spamd to check to see if the free memory is high enough before spawning a new process. Worked great, but I haven't found a nice protable way to do it (depends on /proc). If you can find a way to determine free RAM in S

Re: [SAtalk] Global Whitelist

2002-12-04 Thread Ronan Lucio
I'm sorry, > Is there a way to set a global whitelist for SpamAssassin? Thank's Ronan --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Visual Studio.NET comprehensive development tool, built to increase your productivity. Try a free online h

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/

[SAtalk] Global Whitelist

2002-12-04 Thread Ronan Lucio
Hello, Is there a way to set a global white for SpamAssassin? Thank's Ronan --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Visual Studio.NET comprehensive development tool, built to increase your productivity. Try a free online hosted sess

Re: [SAtalk] running out of memory

2002-12-04 Thread Bob Apthorpe
Hi, On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Rich Puhek wrote: > I patched my spamd to check to see if the free memory is high enough > before spawning a new process. Worked great, but I haven't found a nice > protable way to do it (depends on /proc). If you can find a way to > determine free RAM in Solaris, that met

[SAtalk] Re: Bayes in SpamAssassin

2002-12-04 Thread Justin Mason
Allison, Thomas said: > This is great, thanks so much. > > I've been looking at bogofilter for a while and they have a number of > options that I hope will be somewhat replicated in SpamAssassin: > > bogofilter options: > -u update database(s) while scoring > -s record as known spam > -n reco

Re: [SAtalk] running out of memory

2002-12-04 Thread Rich Puhek
I patched my spamd to check to see if the free memory is high enough before spawning a new process. Worked great, but I haven't found a nice protable way to do it (depends on /proc). If you can find a way to determine free RAM in Solaris, that method should work great for you as well. --Rich

Re: [SAtalk] RE: Bayes in SpamAssassin

2002-12-04 Thread +archive . spamassassin-talk
--On Wednesday, December 4, 2002 11:13 AM -0500 "Allison, Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I've been looking at bogofilter for a while and they have a number of | options that I hope will be somewhat replicated in SpamAssassin: Could perhaps SA simply call bogofilter? Amos -

[SAtalk] RE: Bayes in SpamAssassin

2002-12-04 Thread Allison, Thomas
This is great, thanks so much. I've been looking at bogofilter for a while and they have a number of options that I hope will be somewhat replicated in SpamAssassin: bogofilter options: -u update database(s) while scoring -s record as known spam -n record as known non-spam -S subtract from no

Re: [SAtalk] blacklists of spamfriendly urls. (and suggestion for new test, if it doesn't exist)

2002-12-04 Thread Justin Mason
Matt Sergeant said: > There are a fair few so-called "right hand side" blacklists (taken from > the fact that they use the rhs of the email address), but they're > focussed on blocking based on what is given in the MAIL FROM line. I'm > sure they could extend themselves to work on domains used

Re: [SAtalk] qmail catch-22?

2002-12-04 Thread Matt Sergeant
Mike Burger said the following on 04/12/02 15:21: Haven't run into that problem on any of the 5 or 6 systems on which I run spamd...including 2 fairly high traffic systems. None of my computers have ever been hacked into. But I sure as hell take precautions to make sure it doesn't happen. Exp

Re: [SAtalk] Automated Site-wide installation using qmail + vpopmail + spamass

2002-12-04 Thread Michael Meyer
Brandon, Please contact me on this. Thanks Michael FROM: Brandon LehmannDATE: 10/31/2002 10:01:26SUBJECT: [SAtalk] Automated Site-wide installation using qmail + vpopmail + spamass Hello once again list, A while back I had posted that I was in the works of creating a fully automated

Re: [SAtalk] blacklists of spamfriendly urls. (and suggestion for new test, if it doesn't exist)

2002-12-04 Thread Justin Mason
Jon Gabrielson said: > To my knowledge, spamassassin only uses blacklists on > headers, i think that it should use it on urls in the body as well. > EVERY piece of spam out there has contact info, or they can't > sell their product, and that contact info is probably one of the hardest > things t

[SAtalk] Re: ideas for collaborative spam-filtering techniques?

2002-12-04 Thread Jon Gabrielson
> Justin Mason wrote: > > BTW, just met with some researchers in Trinity College here in Dublin for > > lunch, an AI guy and a distributed-systems peer-to-peer guy, they're > > *both* looking at starting anti-spam projects. > > > > So, wondering -- does anyone have good ideas for new systems in tho

[SAtalk] Re: Bayes in SpamAssassin

2002-12-04 Thread Justin Mason
Allison, Thomas said: > I was looking at the spamassassin.org pages and wasn't certain of two things > related to the Bayesian filters: > > 1) you reference including Bayesian filters by "BAYES_*" rules. I couldn't > find anything else that elaborates on the wildcard '*' (cc'ed to -talk to answ

Re: [SAtalk] blacklists of spamfriendly urls. (and suggestion fornew test, if it doesn't exist)

2002-12-04 Thread Matt Sergeant
Jon Gabrielson said the following on 04/12/02 14:52: To my knowledge, spamassassin only uses blacklists on headers, i think that it should use it on urls in the body as well. EVERY piece of spam out there has contact info, or they can't sell their product, and that contact info is probably one of

Re: [SAtalk] qmail catch-22?

2002-12-04 Thread Mike Burger
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Matt Sergeant wrote: > Mike Burger said the following on 04/12/02 12:37: > > On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Matt Sergeant wrote: > > > > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] said the following on 03/12/02 22:23: > >> > >>>On that note, is it best to just run spamd standalone in the background or > >>>

Re: [SAtalk] blacklists of spamfriendly urls. (and suggestion for new test, if it doesn't exist)

2002-12-04 Thread Jon Gabrielson
To my knowledge, spamassassin only uses blacklists on headers, i think that it should use it on urls in the body as well. EVERY piece of spam out there has contact info, or they can't sell their product, and that contact info is probably one of the hardest things to keep changing. If there were b

Re: [SAtalk] Bayes

2002-12-04 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 06:03:33AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > I have version 2.43. > Where are the BAYES filter settings? > How do I configure them. Bayes is a 2.50 (CVS/development) feature. You shouldn't run 2.50 unless you like living on the edge. -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "It timed me

Re: [SAtalk] ideas for collaborative spam-filtering techniques?

2002-12-04 Thread Tony L. Svanstrom
> Justin Mason wrote: > > BTW, just met with some researchers in Trinity College here in Dublin for > > lunch, an AI guy and a distributed-systems peer-to-peer guy, they're > > *both* looking at starting anti-spam projects. > > > > So, wondering -- does anyone have good ideas for new systems in tho

Re: [SAtalk] qmail catch-22?

2002-12-04 Thread Matt Sergeant
Mike Burger said the following on 04/12/02 12:37: On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Matt Sergeant wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] said the following on 03/12/02 22:23: On that note, is it best to just run spamd standalone in the background or inetd (not interested in using daemontools unless it's really needed).

[SAtalk] Test on Hostname having nmbers mixed in with letters

2002-12-04 Thread Joe Termine
For some reason, emails sent from *.teledailypromotionslist1090009.com or *.teledaily1234promotions430349list1090009.com don't raise the FROM_HAS_MIXED_NUMS flag. Does the FROM_HAS_MIXED_NUMS check the entire FROM header or just the userid that precedes the @ symbol? Joe ---

Re: [SAtalk] qmail catch-22?

2002-12-04 Thread Mike Burger
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Matt Sergeant wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said the following on 03/12/02 22:23: > > On that note, is it best to just run spamd standalone in the background or > > inetd (not interested in using daemontools unless it's really needed). It > > seems to like standalone fine, but I

[SAtalk] Bayes

2002-12-04 Thread Tom Allison
I have version 2.43. Where are the BAYES filter settings? How do I configure them. -- "Remember, extremism in the nondefense of moderation is not a virtue." -- Peter Neumann, about usenet --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Visual

Re: [SAtalk] ideas for collaborative spam-filtering techniques?

2002-12-04 Thread Tom Allison
Justin Mason wrote: BTW, just met with some researchers in Trinity College here in Dublin for lunch, an AI guy and a distributed-systems peer-to-peer guy, they're *both* looking at starting anti-spam projects. So, wondering -- does anyone have good ideas for new systems in those areas, that can h

Re: [SAtalk] qmail catch-22?

2002-12-04 Thread Matt Sergeant
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said the following on 03/12/02 22:23: Thanks for the help, Mike, Matt and Dave! I misunderstood the qmail-scanner docs to mean that SA just needed to be installed properly. not that spamd needed to be running. On that note, is it best to just run spamd standalone in the backgro

[SAtalk] Bayes_10 SpamAssassin log file error

2002-12-04 Thread Glynn S. Condez
Hi all, I found this in my maillog, what should be this error all about and how do I fix it? I am using SpamAssassin-2.50cvs on redhat 7.2 machine. -snip- Dec 4 15:56:43 mailserver spamd[21401]: connection from localhost [127.0.0.1] at port 39918 Dec 4 15:56:43 mailserve