[SAtalk] bayes feedback

2003-09-02 Thread Steve Heggood
I have upgraded my SA to 2.55-1. I have the bayes module learning from a cron entry that looks at a spam mbox that I move my spam to from evolution. sa-learn output is logged and it is indeed learning. My question is how can I get warm and fuzzies that it is actually catching spam based on bayes k

[SAtalk] filter training

2003-09-05 Thread Steve Heggood
Good day to all! I have a RedHat 8 server which serves mail for my domain. I have been wrestling with a way to train my filter for spam and ham. I read that it isn't prudent to train the filter with mail that has been forwarded to another mailbox since the headers will be modified resulting in a

[SAtalk] spamd problem

2003-09-22 Thread Steve Heggood
Hi, I just switched my setup from spamassassin to spamd/spamc, started spamd with OPTIONS="-d -c -a -D" in my /etc/sysconfig/spamd file. Redhat 8 spamd 2.55 I seem to have a permissions problem pointed out in /var/log/maillog: - from log: Sep 22 13:50:29 gizmo spamd[8211]: server start

[SAtalk] problems with 2.60

2003-09-23 Thread Steve Heggood
Just Upgraded to 2.6 I using spamd/spamc and have these 3 errors in my log: (I edited out my site info) cannot write to /var/spamassassin/bayes_journal, Bayes db update ignored debug: open of AWL file failed: lock: 24174 cannot create tmp lockfile /root/.spamassassin/auto-whitelist.lock.[MY

[SAtalk] local rbl

2003-10-13 Thread Steve Heggood
I have been following this list for about 2 weeks. From what I have been reading here, it is possible to run a private blacklist at the MTA level somehow using bind. I use RH8, DNS, sendmail, procmail, and spamassassin. I have eliminated my worst offenders by maintaining my access.db to REJECT

 [SAtalk] 2.60 on RH9

2003-10-25 Thread Steve Heggood
able to understand why perl generated such a botched-up Makefile, so I tabled it as an exercise for my tidy-up phase. I could post a diff on the Makefiles if the maintainers have an interest. -- Steve Heggood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- This S

[SAtalk] Best Blacklists

2003-11-04 Thread Steve Heggood
Could someone recommend a set of blaclists used in sendmail.mc that are producing good results? Thanks, -steve- -- It is easier to make working code elegant than to make elegant code work. --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Givebac

[SAtalk] spamd -D option request in future release

2004-01-01 Thread Steve Heggood
I run spamd with -D from time to time in order to run statistic gathering tools on my /var/log/maillog. Debug currently runs at two levels, all or none. It would be nice if one could selectively turn on debugging at a modular level. For example, for me, it would be rare that I would want to see