Re: [SAtalk] Fan Mail!!! LOL We shut one down!

2003-10-14 Thread Jim Ford
; buggers. Count me in too - I'm finding it's no longer enough to send the spam to report the spam to Razor and send it to /dev/null! Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.ne

[SAtalk] SA 2.60 build failed!

2003-10-06 Thread Jim Ford
test scripts, 97.50% okay. 4/303 subtests failed, 98.68% okay. make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 11 /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK Running make install make test had returned bad status, won't install without force Ideas, anyone, please? Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! --->

Re: [SAtalk] SA's recently slowed down for me!

2003-10-06 Thread Jim Ford
/5.0) for jim:1000 in 8.8 seconds, 4196 bytes. spamd[2698]: debug: bayes: 2698 untie-ing Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:T

[SAtalk] SA's recently slowed down for me!

2003-10-06 Thread Jim Ford
slow machine, but it's been OK 'till now. Any ideas, please? (I see 2.60 is out. I'll probably migrate to it when I get round to it.) Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- Thi

[SAtalk] OT - Spamstats problem.

2003-07-18 Thread Jim Ford
f the conf file!). Any practical tips, please? Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a si

Re: [SAtalk] Bayes balance problem

2003-07-17 Thread Jim Ford
es DB with much ham, but had no problems. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machi

Re: [SAtalk] scores differ in headers and spamassassin -t report?

2003-07-17 Thread Jim Ford
m spoken with a Nigerian accent in a baritone voice (though not necessarily RP, English is often spoken very well by African speakers - far more precise than the 'Esturial English' I speak!). Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <---

Re: [SAtalk] scores differ in headers and spamassassin -t report?

2003-07-16 Thread Jim Ford
copy - I feel left out! Perhaps there's a Nigerian Scam mailing list I ought to subscribe to ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.net email is sponsored b

Re: [SAtalk] Failed to run BAYES_*

2003-07-15 Thread Jim Ford
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 11:36:27AM -0400, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > So the solution is to install DB_File and associated db libs. How can we tell what database file type SA is using (is DB_File a Berkeley DB)? Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAI

Re: [SAtalk] tricky spam

2003-07-10 Thread Jim Ford
would've been hit hard - they make a big difference in hiking up the scores of my spam. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft Error proof Web

Re: [SAtalk] Wow, spam with scores as low as 2.1??

2003-07-09 Thread Jim Ford
ses that triggered spam scores. (I wonder what the record score is for SA with 'out of the box settings'? I've had one of over 60!) Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This

Re: [SAtalk] Wow, spam with scores as low as 2.1??

2003-07-09 Thread Jim Ford
On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 08:19:03PM +0200, Tony Earnshaw wrote: > See my site, http://www.rimblesister.com Tried this link, but it didn't work - shure there's not a typo? Now I'll never know what a 'rimblesister' is! ;^} Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don&

Re: [SAtalk] Bayes DB Format Change

2003-07-09 Thread Jim Ford
;m anticipating this problems myself! Subsequent to installing SA 2.55 I've installed the perl DB_File module. I guess that when I eventually upgrade to 2.60 it will use the (desireable) DB_File module and create new database files. I'm interested in the response you get to this question

Re: [SAtalk] Custom Rules Forum? Listing?

2003-07-09 Thread Jim Ford
On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 05:41:05PM -0700, Abigail Marshall wrote: > A Wiki is one of the easiest ways to set up space for > collaborative contributions. Great idea - a Wiki is not only one of the easiest, but one of the best ways to set this up! Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don

Re: [SAtalk] Bayes learning

2003-07-08 Thread Jim Ford
se it might distort the database in some way. Comments, anyone? Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft Error proof Web apps, automate testing & mo

[SAtalk] Bayes learning

2003-07-08 Thread Jim Ford
s that in the case shown above, that it already knows about the other 8 spams. Maybe ultimately the ideal situation would be that sa-learn constantly reports 'learnt from 0 messages'. Is my above interpretation of what's going on correct? Regards: Jim Ford -- S

Re: [SAtalk] Spammers using SpamAssassin to tailor their emails?

2003-07-06 Thread Jim Ford
On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 06:39:59PM +0200, Tony Earnshaw wrote: > *There is no way spammers will beat SA*. Upgrade your software and > adjust your attitude :-) Read what people like Theo and Justin write. Odd - I've had literaly _no_ spam in the last 12 hrs. In view of the above, I wonder if the

Re: [SAtalk] Spammers using SpamAssassin to tailor their emails?

2003-07-06 Thread Jim Ford
to score over 4. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now.

Re: [SAtalk] HELP: Someone is using my domain name to send spam

2003-07-04 Thread Jim Ford
;ll filter out emails addressed from mysel, as I very rarely email myself except for testing purposes. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET si

Re: [SAtalk] HELP: Someone is using my domain name to send spam

2003-07-04 Thread Jim Ford
On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 09:34:32AM +0100, Jim Ford wrote: > Yes, I've also been getting spam addressed from myself. It's usually caught > by SA, but can it cause problems eg. if others are getting spam with my > address, can I get on a blacklist? Looks like the answer&#x

Re: [SAtalk] HELP: Someone is using my domain name to send spam

2003-07-04 Thread Jim Ford
it cause problems eg. if others are getting spam with my address, can I get on a blacklist? Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites inc

Re: OT: [SAtalk] Only 1.3 score by spamassassin

2003-07-02 Thread Jim Ford
before passing it to SA, it should get caught. I'm looking forward to receiving spam using this technique so I can try it out. (Ironic - looking forward to receiving spam 8^/ ) Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <---

Re: OT: [SAtalk] Only 1.3 score by spamassassin

2003-07-02 Thread Jim Ford
spam using such measures becomes a nuisance, I might give it a try (I'm no sed expert 'though)! Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built AS

Re: [SAtalk] sa-learn question...

2003-07-02 Thread Jim Ford
gle option (see sa-learn --help). I usually push about a dozen spams through at a time. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites includin

Re: [SAtalk] spamd "simply replaces" spamassassin? don't think so

2003-07-01 Thread Jim Ford
rk at all? You did fire up spamd as a daemon process first, didn't you? Spamd+spamc works fine on my Slack 8.1 system. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email sponsored by:

Re: [SAtalk] Getting a full report on uncaught spam

2003-06-30 Thread Jim Ford
On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 03:26:37PM -0600, Mike Mills wrote: > /usr/bin/spamassassin -D spam ^ Missing redirection operator < ? -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email sponsored

Re: [SAtalk] How do I know whether Bayes is working or not?

2003-06-30 Thread Jim Ford
gt; database. I'd noticed the periods in bayes_msgcount. Surely it's an odd way to keep a counter - I wonder why it's done that way. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.

Re: [SAtalk] Missed this spam

2003-06-27 Thread Jim Ford
sted on another NG that if you can't beat them, join them. He claims to have taken advantage of all the penis enlargement offers and it's now 47 meters long! I think I'll give it a miss, though. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison -

Re: [SAtalk] Spammers sneaking lower Bayes scores

2003-06-26 Thread Jim Ford
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 02:32:36PM +0200, Tony Earnshaw wrote: > Could we have an alternative to "spam?" You could have spam sausage eggs and spam - there's not so much spam in it! Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use

Re: [SAtalk] What is the current preferred spam threshold?

2003-06-26 Thread Jim Ford
m tagged as spam). I've had probably about 5 percent spam slip through SA, but as I'm a single user I can live with that. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email is s

Re: [SAtalk] Ideas on dealing with Joe Job?

2003-06-25 Thread Jim Ford
as to how to trace email from the headers - they're pretty cryptic to a non IT professional like myself? If fact it would be useful to have a reference explaining the meaning of all the headers - sort of a 'Newbies Guide to Headers', or maybe an RFC! Regards: Jim Ford --

[SAtalk] Subscribing to RBLs?

2003-06-25 Thread Jim Ford
Hi, Do we need to subscribe to the RBLs that Net::DNS call? Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants:

Re: [SAtalk] Spamassassin hangs on spamassassin -t test....

2003-06-23 Thread Jim Ford
On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 05:05:20PM -0400, John McGivern wrote: > I then do the test "spamassassin -t [PATH TO]sample-nonspam.txt OR ^ Did you forget the < redirection operator here? Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---&g

Re: [SAtalk] How to know RBL check is enabled?

2003-06-23 Thread Jim Ford
#x27;t get RBL working with mine? Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Re

Re: [SAtalk] How to know RBL check is enabled?

2003-06-23 Thread Jim Ford
x27;t think this can be right from what I've seen of correctly working output. I'm using SA 2.55 and Net::DNS 0.38. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email is sponso

[SAtalk] No RBL checks - baffled!

2003-06-22 Thread Jim Ford
y=mydomain.com from=fundch.cl mismatches=0 debug: running meta tests; score so far=10.3 which seems to show some DNS activity - though if it's OK I don't know. I'm totally at a loss as to what to look for next and would be grateful

Re: [SAtalk] Razor help

2003-06-21 Thread Jim Ford
On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 04:44:17PM +0100, Mark wrote: > On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 11:57:19AM +0100, Jim Ford wrote: > > > nextserver: discover0: No Razor Discovery servers available at this time > Hi! > I followed the INSTALL file religiously and have previously had no >

[SAtalk] Net::DNS tests skipped.

2003-06-21 Thread Jim Ford
on file is expected and is the error important? Something's wrong - I get no reference to Net::DNS checks in my debug log. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email i

Re: [SAtalk] Razor help

2003-06-21 Thread Jim Ford
e Did you register Razor with razor-admin? Razor installed fine on my Slack 9 system and SA 2.55. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web

Re: [SAtalk] To the SA developers

2003-06-20 Thread Jim Ford
On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 11:44:14PM +0200, Tony Earnshaw wrote: > So, gentlemen, hat(s) off and on in ever increasing tempo. Here, here and to the many subscribers to this list giving solid support! Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAI

Re: [SAtalk] Failed to parse line in SA config.

2003-06-20 Thread Jim Ford
Looks like the problem is with spamd. Killing the spamd daemon and substituting spamassassin for spamc in my procmailrc eliminated the error. Maybe I've found a bug in spamd! Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EM

Re: [SAtalk] Failed to parse line in SA config.

2003-06-20 Thread Jim Ford
rse again in the morning! I'll probably eliminate possible problems with spamd by going back to spamassassin, though it's _much_ slower on my 133MHz laptop. Thanks for the suggestions, all. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don&#x

Re: [SAtalk] Failed to parse line in SA config.

2003-06-20 Thread Jim Ford
there's no lint option with spamd. I wonder if there's a bug in spamd that's causing this? Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU A

Re: [SAtalk] Failed to parse line in SA config.

2003-06-20 Thread Jim Ford
der copy of SpamAssassin > installed in a different place from 2.55. Nope - installed 2.55 from the tarball. No other version installed - Slack 9 doesn't provide SA. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- ---

Re: [SAtalk] How can I tell DNS is working?

2003-06-20 Thread Jim Ford
7;: '' debug: round-the-world: mail relayed through ns.fundch.cl by 63.10.249.142 (HELO y068k3017, rev DNS says ) debug: round-the-world: probably not Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --

Re: [SAtalk] Failed to parse line in SA config.

2003-06-20 Thread Jim Ford
sr/local/bin dcc_add_header 1 dns_available test DNS doesn't seem to be working, but I've mentioned that in another posting. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net e

[SAtalk] How can I tell DNS is working?

2003-06-20 Thread Jim Ford
Hi,tt I've now installed Net:DNS, and put 'dns_available test' in my user_prefs. I've not seen any sign of it working in my maillog yet (I've got the -D option for spamd), how can I tell if it's working, please? Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - do

Re: [SAtalk] Re: spammers aren't the only ones who can teach. (was We TEACH you how

2003-06-20 Thread Jim Ford
rised if they're not allready doing it! Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Part

[SAtalk] Failed to parse line in SA config.

2003-06-20 Thread Jim Ford
rking because dccproc is later found and executed, but I'm puzzled by the error. Ideas - anyone? Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention

Re: [SAtalk] Phrase for Nigerian spams...

2003-06-20 Thread Jim Ford
ver had spam from such a high ranking official - a doctor too. He _must_ be bono fide! Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Develo

Re: [SAtalk] What helper ap should I add on next?

2003-06-19 Thread Jim Ford
. Thanks, it looks like it going to be Net::DNS as I haven't enough disk space to install Python. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Att

Re: [SAtalk] What helper ap should I add on next?

2003-06-19 Thread Jim Ford
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 01:58:58PM -0500, Tom Meunier wrote: > Is Pyzor not the only other one available anyway? There are also 'real time blacklists' (RBL's). I've looked at Pyzor, but the laptop I'm fetching my email on is too tight on disk space to install Python.

[SAtalk] What helper ap should I add on next?

2003-06-19 Thread Jim Ford
Hi, Looks like I've got DCC working with SA OK - with Razor, another piece of the jigsaw! Any recommendations as to what remote anti-spam service I should add next? Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EM

Re: [SAtalk] spammers aren't the only ones who can teach. (was We TEACH you how

2003-06-18 Thread Jim Ford
p of the message? Also, do you just bounce the message? Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU H

[SAtalk] DCC use with SA?

2003-06-18 Thread Jim Ford
ocs, but there's a lot of them and the only reference to SA in the FAQ file isn't very informative. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Att

Re: [SAtalk] spammers aren't the only ones who can teach. (was We TEACH you how to ...)

2003-06-17 Thread Jim Ford
eless. The probably know that some users on this list whitelist anything from lists.sourceforge.net - like me for instance! Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email is spo

Re: [SAtalk] unlearning a lot of ham

2003-06-17 Thread Jim Ford
gt; to help me to know that you received a spam which says "dear jim ford, > here's a hot stock tip just for you..."; i doubt that i'll ever > receive a copy with your name. am i not understanding something about > how this works? Interestng point! I understand DCC u

Re: [SAtalk] spammers aren't the only ones who can teach. (was We TEACH you how to ...)

2003-06-17 Thread Jim Ford
all filters. Spamassassin's great and works like a charm for me, but we need to put the bite on spammers in some other way! Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email i

Re: [SAtalk] unlearning a lot of ham

2003-06-17 Thread Jim Ford
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 02:26:14PM -0400, jeff covey wrote: > on Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 07:06:52PM +0100%, Jim Ford said: > jim> so the first 2 macros are redundant. > > i don't understand what you're trying to say. one learns spam (for > spam i don't w

Re: *****SPAM***** [SAtalk] WSSSSUP?? Let's make some MONEY, bro!

2003-06-17 Thread Jim Ford
d me why this list exists, and I get pleasure reporting them to Razor and adding the to my bayes database! Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU

Re: [SAtalk] We TEACH you how to SPAM and make a Fortune!!

2003-06-17 Thread Jim Ford
? I've been looking at Sugarplum spam poison and teergrube/tar pitting, but the gurus on this list seem to thing neither is a good thing. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.Net

Re: [SAtalk] unlearning a lot of ham

2003-06-17 Thread Jim Ford
ex Z "| spamassassin -r -D" > macro pager Z "| spamassassin -r -D" >From what I understand 'spamassassin -r' updates the bayesian database as well as reporting to Razor, so the first 2 macros are redundant. I don't think that this has anything to do with your prob

[SAtalk] Adding entries to whitelist?

2003-06-16 Thread Jim Ford
Hi, The option -W to SA adds an address to the auto_whitelist. It would also be convenient to be able to add an address in a similar way to the user_prefs whitelist, which has a much stronger effect. Is there a way to do it, other than manually? Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don'

Re: [SAtalk] Auto-learn vs sa-learn?

2003-06-14 Thread Jim Ford
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 04:38:58PM +0100, Mathew Hendry wrote: > Jim Ford wrote: > > > If auto-learn is on (default setting), is there any point in putting > > correctly identified spam and ham through sa-learn? Is the only use > > for sa-learn to teach SA when sp

Re: [SAtalk] Why keep caughtspam?

2003-06-14 Thread Jim Ford
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 04:47:21PM +0100, Yorkshire Dave wrote: > Don't just throw it away, dump it in news.admin.net-abuse.sightings, It > might be useful to someone. Thanks - looks like a good idea. I use slrn as a newsreader - offhand, any idea how I could dump a whole mailbox into news.admin.

Re: [SAtalk] spamassassin......

2003-06-14 Thread Jim Ford
On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 10:44:54PM -0400, Matt Kettler wrote: > This gets discussed at least once every 3 months, usually whenever a spam > message gets posted and someone starts screaming "close the list" despite > it being the only spam posted in the past 2-4 weeks. I like to see the occasion

Re: [SAtalk] whitelist file?

2003-06-14 Thread Jim Ford
x27;t in 'man spamd', 'man > Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf',though. It's probably in the code in the Perl > Mail/SpamAssassin hierarchy. Questions like the OP's, mine and the high volume on this list indicates that we badly need a comprehensive HOWTO. I'd like to nom

[SAtalk] Why keep caughtspam?

2003-06-14 Thread Jim Ford
Hi, I've got procmail putting spam identified by SA into a caughtspam mailbox. Apart from checking it to see if ham has slipped into it, or mabye to notify Razor of spam that hasn't been tagged as Razor'ed, is there any reason why I should keep it for long? Regards: Jim Ford

[SAtalk] Auto-learn vs sa-learn?

2003-06-14 Thread Jim Ford
Hi, If auto-learn is on (default setting), is there any point in putting correctly identified spam and ham through sa-learn? Is the only use for sa-learn to teach SA when spam or ham is incorrectly identified? Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL P

Re: [SAtalk] piping mail thru sa-learn

2003-06-12 Thread Jim Ford
e we pipe it through sa-learn --single --ham. So every message > goes thru sa-learn before delivery. I thought Bayes auto learn took care of everything. If a message passes through as ham and we don't tell it otherwise, SA learns it as ham and vice-versa. Maybe I've got it wrong, t

Re: [SAtalk] reporting spam

2003-06-12 Thread Jim Ford
was the point in posting this - it's only because this list is in my whitelist that it didn't get dumped as spam? Perhaps the OP thought he was reporting it to Razor. Regards: Jim Ford -- Spam poison - don't use! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --

Re: [SAtalk] How long for spamd/razor check?

2003-06-12 Thread Jim Ford
message. I'm using spamd+spamc because I found spamassassin took _much_ longer. Regards: Jim Ford --- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: http://adfarm.

Re: [SAtalk] The lowest rates are online! (fwd)

2003-06-11 Thread Jim Ford
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 04:02:52PM -0400, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, Jim Ford wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 10:10:02AM -0400, Timothy J. Schutte wrote: > > > > > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.9 required=2.0 > > > > Gosh - your required hi

Re: [SAtalk] The lowest rates are online! (fwd)

2003-06-11 Thread Jim Ford
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 10:10:02AM -0400, Timothy J. Schutte wrote: > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.9 required=2.0 Gosh - your required hits is low. Don't you get a lot of false positives? The default of 5 works fine for me. Regards: Jim Ford -- Don't use this address! --->

Re: [SAtalk] Where is spamc?

2003-06-11 Thread Jim Ford
E.spamd, I copied both into 'where you want them' - which for me was /usr/bin. As the README.spamd said - it was that easy! Regards: Jim Ford -- Don't use this address! ---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- --- This SF.NET emai

Re: [SAtalk] Question about sa-learn

2003-06-10 Thread Jim Ford
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 06:09:53PM -0500, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > Close. With spamd running as root, I'm running as michael. If I run sa-learn > running as michael, does that work, It works for me! Regards: Jim Ford ---

Re: [SAtalk] I hate Mandatory Mail Filtering!!!! - speakeasy.net bites the dust. (was "I hate SpamAsssassin")

2003-06-10 Thread Jim Ford
mulated during the night - then put fetchmail in the background polling the server every 900 secs. Regards: Jim Ford --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread d

Re: [SAtalk] Sugarplum spam poison?

2003-06-08 Thread Jim Ford
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 02:50:51PM +0200, Tony Earnshaw wrote: > Make use of DNSBLs and/or RDBNLs. Thanks for your comprehensive responses to my original question. Just the quality of advice I was hoping for - I'll take it! Regards: Jim Ford -- Don't use this address! --->

[SAtalk] Saving spam (for later consumption)?

2003-06-08 Thread Jim Ford
Hi, When spam slips through and I do 'spamassassin -r' to feed it to Razor and the Bayes DB, is there any point in saving it? I've been saving it up to now so I can feed it to sa-learn. Regards: Jim Ford --- This SF.net email

Re: [SAtalk] Sugarplum spam poison?

2003-06-08 Thread Jim Ford
at I can use a wrapper for an existing mta - presumably including sendmail. I'll look at it further - I'm on a 500K broadband with NTL, will that provide enough bandwidth? Regards: Jim Ford --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnu

[SAtalk] mail-abuse.org registration

2003-06-07 Thread Jim Ford
tuers like myself, but it's a bit bizzare to do it by snail-mail with so much paper. I'm not bothering! Regards: Jim Ford --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Desig

[SAtalk] Sugarplum spam poison?

2003-06-07 Thread Jim Ford
s on it, please? Regards: Jim Ford --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 f

Re: [SAtalk] Spamtrap account?

2003-06-07 Thread Jim Ford
ist lists are not confirmed. I didn't know that - it's a good point. It doesn't look like it's an option because of the possiblity of reporting NG Major-Domos as spammers. Regards: Jim Ford --- This SF.net email is sponsor

[SAtalk] Spamtrap account?

2003-06-06 Thread Jim Ford
at whatever you do to show to human readers that it is a spam trap address, a spammer can anticipate and filter out - or the harvester ignore. Am I missing something here? Regards: Jim Ford --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of

Re: [SAtalk] Speeding Up SpamAssassin

2003-06-06 Thread Jim Ford
the key to greatly speeding up the 133MHz laptop I pick my mail up on? Regards: Jim Ford --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you&#

Re: Enough with the conspiracy theories! (was Re: [SAtalk] (no subject))

2003-06-06 Thread Jim Ford
On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 01:51:43AM -0700, Alan Leghart wrote: > YMMV. Hopefully your changes will relieve some of the "I'm the president" > posts. As we seem to have established the OP as a spammer/troll, should we report them to Razor et al as well as our Bayes DB&

[SAtalk] Spam Trap

2003-06-05 Thread Jim Ford
Razor. As there is potential to cause problems to legit NG users, can anyone advise me as to the best way to do this, or point me to a doc that does, please? Regards: Jim Ford --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView

[SAtalk] Warning from Razor

2003-06-05 Thread Jim Ford
Hi, Sometimes when I do 'spamassassin -r' (from mutt) to report spam to Razor2, I get the message 'Warning - unable to report spam'. Why's this, anyone? I've looked at my razor-agent.log, but it's not

Re: [SAtalk] Razor/DCC Effectiveness?

2003-06-03 Thread Jim Ford
x27;Razor2 results:' entries. YM will probably V! Regards: Jim Ford --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 __

[SAtalk] Life after spam.

2003-06-03 Thread Jim Ford
tered 'bastards' when I deleted a spam! I get some satisfaction in occasionaly going through my 'caughtspam' file - a bit like when Idi Amin the ex ruler of Uganda, used to get the head of one of his enemies out of the freez

[SAtalk] No Razor check in SA header

2003-06-03 Thread Jim Ford
Hi, I've noticed that whilst my maillog shows that Razor appears to be working (eg. 'Razor2 results: spam? 1 highest cf score: 100'), No information regarding Razor2 checking appears in the message header information SA inserts. Is this OK, please? Re

Re: [SAtalk] Nigerian scam on this list!

2003-06-02 Thread Jim Ford
On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 06:05:00PM +0100, S. Anthony Sequeira wrote: > On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 17:32, Jim Ford wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've just had a 'Nigerian Scam' spam from this list. I 'Razored' it (or I > > think I did)! > > > >

[SAtalk] Nigerian scam on this list!

2003-06-02 Thread Jim Ford
Hi, I've just had a 'Nigerian Scam' spam from this list. I 'Razored' it (or I think I did)! It got through because I've just put this list on my whitelist, so it was awarded -100 points on this basis. Stil

Re: [SAtalk] Evolution and SPAM Assassin

2003-06-02 Thread Jim Ford
'm trying to ensure I've got SA + Razor working efficiently. Regards: Jim Ford --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/

Re: [SAtalk] Whitelist not working as expected.

2003-05-31 Thread Jim Ford
et to grips with!) Regards: Jim Ford --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 ___ Spamassassin-talk mailing

[SAtalk] Whitelist not working as expected.

2003-05-31 Thread Jim Ford
the headers of the whitelisted mails. Is this normal, please? Regards: Jim Ford --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _

[SAtalk] Reporting spam via Theo Van Dinter's Handlespam Problem.

2003-05-30 Thread Jim Ford
as I don't have a clue how to fix it, I'm appealing for help! Regards: Jim Ford --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5

[SAtalk] Multiple postings!

2003-05-29 Thread Jim Ford
Hi, I'm getting multiple postings on this list - some of them as much as 13 duplicates! Regards: Jim Ford P.S. Is thsi sort of thing regarded as 'spam'? --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ObjectStore. If flattening