Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-12 Thread dave_c00
After much messing around my server company finally tells me that the directory paths needed will be different than when I test on the command line. So I have changed the paths within the .qmail-user file but is there any other paths I will have to change in any config files? (i have changed the

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-09 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 09.01.09 03:58, dave_c00 wrote: > I am now trying to edit my .qmail- file to filter it and send it on > but am having no luck in getting it working. The original file looked like > this: > > #mailbox > ./users//Maildir/ > > I have tried just the line: > > | spamc ./users//Maildir/ this won't

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-09 Thread Sergey Kovalev
dave_c00 wrote: > Martin Gregorie-2 wrote: >> On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 03:58 -0800, dave_c00 wrote: >>> Thanks, >>> >>> I am now trying to edit my .qmail- file to filter it and send it on >>> but am having no luck in getting it working. The original file looked >>> like >>> this: >>> >> Obvious que

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-09 Thread dave_c00
Well if I test spamc using the following command: spamc < /sample-spam.txt It prints put the edited email following by the original on the screen. Does that mean that spamc is working correctly? Dave Martin Gregorie-2 wrote: > > On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 03:58 -0800, dave_c00 wrote: >> Thanks,

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-09 Thread Sergey Kovalev
Martin Gregorie wrote: On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 03:58 -0800, dave_c00 wrote: Thanks, I am now trying to edit my .qmail- file to filter it and send it on but am having no luck in getting it working. The original file looked like this: Obvious question: did you also install spamd and is it running

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-09 Thread Martin Gregorie
On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 03:58 -0800, dave_c00 wrote: > Thanks, > > I am now trying to edit my .qmail- file to filter it and send it on > but am having no luck in getting it working. The original file looked like > this: > Obvious question: did you also install spamd and is it running as a daemon?

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-09 Thread dave_c00
Thanks, I am now trying to edit my .qmail- file to filter it and send it on but am having no luck in getting it working. The original file looked like this: #mailbox ./users//Maildir/ I have tried just the line: | spamc ./users//Maildir/ and various other variations with no joy. Anyone know

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-09 Thread Sergey Kovalev
dave_c00 wrote: I have set up Spamassassin using apt-get (thanks for that) and have configured it to insert SPAM into the subject when it is run. I have tested it to see if it's working by running the command: spamassassin -D < /dirpath/sample-spam.txt and it shows me the email in a

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-09 Thread dave_c00
Hi Ruben, I have set up Spamassassin using apt-get (thanks for that) and have configured it to insert SPAM into the subject when it is run. I have tested it to see if it's working by running the command: spamassassin -D < /dirpath/sample-spam.txt and it shows me the email in a before

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-08 Thread Martin Gregorie
> If you are running Linux, there IS a package manager installed. We > simply need to figure which one. It would help if you know the flavor on > Linux you are using. I know the hosting company does because they > probably asked which distro. you want to use. > One way to get more details of ex

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-08 Thread dave_c00
Thanks Rubin, I tend to get things done like this, bit by bit but that's how I like to learn. Maybe I shouldnt be messing around with my webserver that has many an ecommerce website or 2 running on it...! Thanks for the help. Rubin Bennett wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 07:31 -0800, dave_c0

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-08 Thread dave_c00
Well using the package apt-get install spamassassin seems to have installed it. With the following output: apt-get install spamassassin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Suggested packages: razor libnet-ident-perl dcc-client pyzor Recommended packages: spamc The f

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-08 Thread Rubin Bennett
On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 07:31 -0800, dave_c00 wrote: > Thanks for the reply. > > Yeah I think it is Ubuntu 6.06 which I found in my /etc/lsb-release file. > > Do you mean use apt-get to install it.? I have found a help file which > should get me going. I have spamassassin in my /etc/ folder. Does t

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-08 Thread dave_c00
Thanks for the reply. Yeah I think it is Ubuntu 6.06 which I found in my /etc/lsb-release file. Do you mean use apt-get to install it.? I have found a help file which should get me going. I have spamassassin in my /etc/ folder. Does that mean I can install it from that location? Daniel J McDon

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-08 Thread dave_c00
Thanks for the reply. Yeah I think it is Ubuntu 6.06 which I found in my /etc/lsb-release file. Do you mean use apt-get to install it.? I have found a help file which should get me going. I have spamassassin in my /etc/ folder. Does that mean I can install it from that location? Daniel J McDon

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-08 Thread Randy
dave_c00 wrote: I dont have any package manager... The people we rent the server from are absolutely useless and provide no help unless you pay them a small fortune. My server details are as follows: Linux 2.6.22-8-server i686 GNU/Linux Perl 5.8 Spamassassin 3.2.5 I may appear thick but when it

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-08 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 08.01.09 06:51, dave_c00 wrote: > I dont have any package manager... The people we rent the server from are > absolutely useless and provide no help unless you pay them a small fortune. > I may appear thick but when it comes to Linux I am completely lost... > > I think I am using qmail if that

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-08 Thread McDonald, Dan
On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 06:51 -0800, dave_c00 wrote: > I dont have any package manager... It's software, not a person > The people we rent the server from are > absolutely useless and provide no help unless you pay them a small fortune. > My server details are as follows: > Linux 2.6.22-8-serv

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-08 Thread dave_c00
I dont have any package manager... The people we rent the server from are absolutely useless and provide no help unless you pay them a small fortune. My server details are as follows: Linux 2.6.22-8-server i686 GNU/Linux Perl 5.8 Spamassassin 3.2.5 I may appear thick but when it comes to Linux I

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-08 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Dave_c00 wrote on Thu, 8 Jan 2009 05:52:55 -0800 (PST): > All I want it to do is add **SPAM** into the subject if it thinks it is spam, > how hard must that be..!! That is not what I asked for. Please provide what I asked for. > I have run the 'perl Makefile.PL' in the correct directory but the

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-08 Thread Jan P. Kessler
dave_c00 schrieb: > I have run the 'perl Makefile.PL' in the correct directory but the 'make > install' isn't working. > Something is going wrong! So, you think my comment is not very helpful? Maybe your desciption of the problem is not that helpful, too. If you don't provide more information

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-08 Thread Rubin Bennett
On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 05:52 -0800, dave_c00 wrote: > All I want it to do is add **SPAM** into the subject if it thinks it is spam, > how hard must that be..!! > It's not: A quick google for "spamassassin rewrite subject" turns up this helpful link: http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/SubjectRewri

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-08 Thread dave_c00
All I want it to do is add **SPAM** into the subject if it thinks it is spam, how hard must that be..!! I have run the 'perl Makefile.PL' in the correct directory but the 'make install' isn't working. Am I correct in thinking I need to get spamd running as a proccess before I can get specific co

Re: Novice Installation Help

2009-01-08 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Dave_c00 wrote on Thu, 8 Jan 2009 05:29:28 -0800 (PST): > I > have uploaded the unzipped files to a directory and tried following the > installation readme file but am having no luck in getting it working..? This is absolutely lame. "I followed the instructions but it isn't working". Well, then