mangled rules ; new rules required

2006-03-31 Thread Ramprasad
Hi, I find quiet a few spams with mangled words like "Dea C r Home Ow v ner" , "Dea 1 r Home O a wner" and many such combinations are passing thru my SA (SA 3.1.0 with quite a few SARE rules ) I can tar these spams and send if anyone wants The mangled.cf is able to catch mangled credit or man

Using regex with bayes_ignore_header

2006-03-31 Thread Jeremy Fairbrass
Hi, can anyone tell me if it's allowed to use regex with bayes_ignore_header in local.cf? I've seen this done here and there by others but don't know if it's actually allowed or will cause things not to function properly. For example: bayes_ignore_header X-Spam-\S+ If this *is* allowed, are th

Broken FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK checks

2006-03-31 Thread Michael Monnerie
Hi, I get some legitimate newletter that's incorrectly marked as FORGED_OUTLOOK. Could someone fix that tests? Others may have that problem, too. (almost) full message at http://zmi.at/x/ham01.txt mfg zmi -- // Michael Monnerie, Ing.BSc --- it-management Michael Monnerie // http://zmi.at

Re: Spamd keeps getting hung up!

2006-03-31 Thread Dan Mahoney, System Admin
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: On 3/10/2006 11:22 AM, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: I of course have no idea what to make of this output. Pointers? Each line is one file descriptor. So it doesn't appear that it's using an insane number of them. Next time spamd hangs u

Re: Broken FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK checks

2006-03-31 Thread Sander Holthaus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Monnerie wrote: > Hi, I get some legitimate newletter that's incorrectly marked as > FORGED_OUTLOOK. Could someone fix that tests? Others may have that > problem, too. > > (almost) full message at http://zmi.at/x/ham01.txt > > mfg zmi Are you

Re: Broken FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK checks

2006-03-31 Thread Michael Monnerie
On Freitag, 31. März 2006 14:40 Sander Holthaus wrote: > Are you sure that is a valid OE-email? Doesn't appear to me as such, > hence I'd say the tests fired correctly. At least they are a company which sends e-mail only opt-in. They sell PC parts. I don't believe they use spammers software - or

Re: Broken FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK checks

2006-03-31 Thread List Mail User
>... >Michael Monnerie wrote: >> Hi, I get some legitimate newletter that's incorrectly marked as >> FORGED_OUTLOOK. Could someone fix that tests? Others may have that >> problem, too. >> >> (almost) full message at http://zmi.at/x/ham01.txt >> >> mfg zmi >Are you sure that is a valid OE-email? Doe

Re: Best Practices: SpamAssassin

2006-03-31 Thread Paolo Cravero as2594
Ryan Kather wrote: I'll answer some parts... Ideas: Postfix- I would prefer to use SpamAssassin as a store and forward mail filtering relay appliance. It seems if I place a Postfix Linux MTA in front of my existing spam solution I could setup test groups. 100 users could be forwarded

RE: Best Practices: SpamAssassin

2006-03-31 Thread Bowie Bailey
Ryan Kather wrote: > > SpamAssassin- > Now here is where I need the help (assuming my postfix section was > sound). I want to make sure this is as optimized as possible to > provide a fair performance picture versus SpamAssassin and Barracuda. > > It appears many seem to be using the Amavsid-new

Re: Best Practices: SpamAssassin

2006-03-31 Thread Ryan Kather
Great! Thanks for the response. I have been looking for soo long for someone who has run Barracuda versus SA or DSPAM. We are still going to test it, but I think I trust my own administration over Barracuda Networks of SA.. let's just say I'm not very optimistic about the Barracuda devices

Re: Fw: [Razor-users] Razor2 is open and free.

2006-03-31 Thread Rod Begbie
Does this now mean that the Razor2 plugin in SA should be enabled by default once more? IIRC, it was the licensing change in 2003 that stopped it being a default rule. Rod. -- :: Rod Begbie :: http://groovymother.com/ ::

Re: default score for SPF_HELO_FAIL too low?

2006-03-31 Thread Michael Monnerie
On Donnerstag, 30. März 2006 06:01 David B Funk wrote: > Probably because sys-admins are more likely to deploy a soft-fail > instead of a hard-fail if there's -any- question of FPs. That doesn't justify lower scores in SA. If the admin of a domain sets a SPF_FAIL, it should also fail in SA (i.e.

Re: default score for SPF_HELO_FAIL too low?

2006-03-31 Thread Michael Monnerie
On Donnerstag, 30. März 2006 19:22 Kelson wrote: > More info at http://openspf.org/srs.html Yes, but that's very cryptic, needs a postfix patch etc. I changed all my forwardings to rewrites, using procmail. mfg zmi -- // Michael Monnerie, Ing.BSc- http://it-management.at // Tel: 06

Re: Best Practices: SpamAssassin

2006-03-31 Thread Mark Martinec
Ryan, > Configuration: Spam Filter Store and Forward Gateway (non authenticated) You may want to add clamd to the mix. > I want to make sure this is as optimized as possible to provide a fair > performance picture versus SpamAssassin and Barracuda. >... > I also have read a lot where people are

Setruid spamd error on Aix

2006-03-31 Thread Jose perez
I run /usr/local/bin/spamd -u spam and i get this error:[143440] error: setruid() not implemented at /usr/local/bin/spamd line 877.setruid() not implemented at /usr/local/bin/spamd line 877.[86114] info: spamd: server successfully spawned child process, pid 143440[86114] info: spamd: handled

Error creating a DNS resolver socket: Permission denied

2006-03-31 Thread Rosenbaum, Larry M.
Running SpamAssassin 3.1.0, Perl 5.8.7, Solaris 9 We occasionally get the following error in our syslog: Mar 30 06:53:27 email.ornl.gov spamd[102]: Error creating a DNS resolver socket: Permission denied at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 202, line 541.

Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread Benjamin Adams
I'm running 3.1.0 is there a script to just update all my rules with spamassassin? After updating to new version everything was running good but spam is starting to get through. Thanks

Re: Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 12:05:29PM -0500, Benjamin Adams wrote: > I'm running 3.1.0 > is there a script to just update all my rules with spamassassin? If you upgrade to 3.1.1 you can use sa-update which will let you download new rules in between releases. -- Randomly Generated Tagline: Sweetie,

Re: Best Practices: SpamAssassin

2006-03-31 Thread Ryan Kather
>I'll answer some parts... >> Ideas: Postfix- I would prefer to use SpamAssassin as a >> store and forward mail filtering relay appliance. It seems if I >> place a Postfix Linux MTA in front of my existing spam solution I >> could setup test groups. 100 users could be forwarded to the >

Re: Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread Jim Knuth
Heute (31.03.2006/19:08 Uhr) schrieb Theo Van Dinter, > On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 12:05:29PM -0500, Benjamin Adams wrote: >> I'm running 3.1.0 >> is there a script to just update all my rules with spamassassin? > If you upgrade to 3.1.1 you can use sa-update which will let you download new > rules

Re: Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread Michele Neylon:: Blacknight.ie
Theo Van Dinter wrote: > On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 12:05:29PM -0500, Benjamin Adams wrote: >> I'm running 3.1.0 >> is there a script to just update all my rules with spamassassin? > > If you upgrade to 3.1.1 you can use sa-update which will let you download new > rules in between releases. > Which

Re: Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 07:32:04PM +0200, Jim Knuth wrote: > mmh, I get these as user amavis: > > /root$ sa-update > sa-update: importing default keyring to > '/etc/mail/spamassassin//sa-update-keys'... > cannot mkdir /etc/mail/spamassassin//sa-update-keys at /usr/bin/sa-update > line 1028. > /r

Re: Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 07:36:18PM +0100, Michele Neylon:: Blacknight.ie wrote: > Which ports and protocols does this use for the connections in and out? It does a few DNS queries, and grabs files via HTTP. BTW, I've added a bunch of information at http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/RuleUpdates

Re: Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread Michele Neylon:: Blacknight.ie
Theo Van Dinter wrote: > On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 07:36:18PM +0100, Michele Neylon:: Blacknight.ie > wrote: >> Which ports and protocols does this use for the connections in and out? > > It does a few DNS queries, and grabs files via HTTP. > > BTW, I've added a bunch of information at > http://wi

Re: Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread Benjamin Adams
I just updated to 3.1.1, I get the same problem running as root sa-update -D --gpg or sa-update -D sa-update: importing default keyring to '/etc/mail/spamassassin//sa- update-keys'... cannot mkdir /etc/mail/spamassassin//sa-update-keys at /usr/bin/sa- update line 1028. nothing in /etc/mail/sp

Re: Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread Jim Knuth
Heute (31.03.2006/19:36 Uhr) schrieb Theo Van Dinter, > On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 07:32:04PM +0200, Jim Knuth wrote: >> mmh, I get these as user amavis: >> >> /root$ sa-update >> sa-update: importing default keyring to >> '/etc/mail/spamassassin//sa-update-keys'... >> cannot mkdir /etc/mail/spamas

Re: Spamd keeps getting hung up!

2006-03-31 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
(copying Justin since this has to do with pre-forking) Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: On 3/10/2006 11:22 AM, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: Okay, I'm still getting these issues. I've corrected every other issue that's plagued us, and the

Re: Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
Michele Neylon:: Blacknight.ie wrote: Theo Van Dinter wrote: On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 07:36:18PM +0100, Michele Neylon:: Blacknight.ie wrote: Which ports and protocols does this use for the connections in and out? It does a few DNS queries, and grabs files via HTTP. I'm getting the following

Re: Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 12:39:29PM -0500, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > > Which ports and protocols does this use for the connections in and out? > It does a few DNS queries, and grabs files via HTTP. I forgot, the mirrors we use are on port 8090. :| -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "Your mail is being

Can someone check my local.cf

2006-03-31 Thread Benjamin Adams
I just updated from 3.1.0 to 3.1.1 I'm going to use the same local.cf bayes_auto_learn1 bayes_file_mode 0774 bayes_path /var/mail/spamassassin/bayes bayes_auto_expire 0 # Safe Reporting report_safe 1 use_dcc 1 dcc_timeout 10 use

Re: Spamd keeps getting hung up!

2006-03-31 Thread Justin Mason
sounds like a new ticket is in order, alright. btw if *is* load-related, an "strace -f -ttt" log will show that pretty clearly. --j. Daryl C. W. O'Shea writes: > (copying Justin since this has to do with pre-forking) > > Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Daryl C. W. O'Sh

Re: Spamd keeps getting hung up!

2006-03-31 Thread Dan Mahoney, System Admin
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: (copying Justin since this has to do with pre-forking) Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: On Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: On 3/10/2006 11:22 AM, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: Okay, I'm still getting these issues. I've correc

Re: Fw: [Razor-users] Razor2 is open and free.

2006-03-31 Thread Justin Mason
Rod Begbie writes: > Does this now mean that the Razor2 plugin in SA should be enabled by > default once more? IIRC, it was the licensing change in 2003 that > stopped it being a default rule. It certainly seems likely... good news. http://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=4850

Re: Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread Michele Neylon:: Blacknight.ie
Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: > > Make sure you've got 8090/TCP open. It's used for the HTTP connection > to the mirroring system. Ah ha.. I was afraid it was that :( -- Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Quality Business Hosting & Colocation http://www.blacknight.ie/ Tel. 1850 927 280 Intl.

Re: Can someone check my local.cf

2006-03-31 Thread Marco Maske
Benjamin Adams wrote: > I just updated from 3.1.0 to 3.1.1 > I'm going to use the same local.cf ... > # OK languages > ok_languages en fr de ok_languages is realised by Plugin since 3.1.0 see Upgrade File and this List Ciao Marco. -- Sie brauchen einen Computer nicht einzuschalten um festzuste

Re: Spamd keeps getting hung up!

2006-03-31 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: I think it's actually load related... spamd is timing out the copy_config sooner than it's really taking under high load. If you were to change the alarm value from 10 to 100 or so, around spamd line 949 this may

Re: Best Practices: SpamAssassin

2006-03-31 Thread Ryan Kather
Thanks everyone. Great responses. I think I have a good idea of where to go from here. I will build up the solution and post my decided upon configuration. I would appreciate any constructive feedback anyone has at that point, and you can be sure I will come back to the list with any quest

Re: Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread Expertsites, Inc.
- Original Message - From: "Jim Knuth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Theo Van Dinter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:56 AM Subject: Re: Fast update for rules Heute (31.03.2006/19:36 Uhr) schrieb Theo Van Dinter, > On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 07:32:04PM +0200, Jim Knuth

1.72 SUBJECT_ENCODED_TWICE Subject: MIME encoded twice

2006-03-31 Thread Kai Schaetzl
I just saw that a normal Ebay outbid notice hit two high-score rules. One is from sare-spoof and I already contacted the maintainer. But one is in the default 3.1.1 ruleset and I think this rule should get completely removed or get a score of 0. It's 1.72 SUBJECT_ENCODED_TWICE Subject: MIME enc

Re: Setruid spamd error on Aix

2006-03-31 Thread Matthias Fuhrmann
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Jose perez wrote: > I run /usr/local/bin/spamd -u spam and i get this error: > > [143440] error: setruid() not implemented at /usr/local/bin/spamd line 877. > setruid() not implemented at /usr/local/bin/spamd line 877. > [86114] info: spamd: server successfully spawned child p

Re: Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread mouss
Benjamin Adams wrote: I just updated to 3.1.1, I get the same problem running as root sa-update -D --gpg or sa-update -D sa-update: importing default keyring to '/etc/mail/spamassassin//sa-update-keys'... cannot mkdir /etc/mail/spamassassin//sa-update-keys at /usr/bin/sa-update line 1028. no

Re: Best Practices: SpamAssassin

2006-03-31 Thread jdow
From: "Ryan Kather" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Performance... are you hunting for speed or accuracy? (perhaps you wrote it before and I missed it) Accuracy is most important, speed is only as important as insuring that messages don't back up in the processing queue or overload the servers. ... Af

Re: Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread jdow
From: "Jim Knuth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Heute (31.03.2006/19:08 Uhr) schrieb Theo Van Dinter, On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 12:05:29PM -0500, Benjamin Adams wrote: I'm running 3.1.0 is there a script to just update all my rules with spamassassin? If you upgrade to 3.1.1 you can use sa-update which

Re: 1.72 SUBJECT_ENCODED_TWICE Subject: MIME encoded twice

2006-03-31 Thread mouss
Kai Schaetzl wrote: I just saw that a normal Ebay outbid notice hit two high-score rules. One is from sare-spoof and I already contacted the maintainer. But one is in the default 3.1.1 ruleset and I think this rule should get completely removed or get a score of 0. It's 1.72 SUBJECT_ENCODED_T

Re: Best Practices: SpamAssassin

2006-03-31 Thread mouss
Ryan Kather wrote: I'll answer some parts... Yes, from a purely testing perspective. I don't have the liberty of this since I am live production testing. I suppose I could move all received messages for all users through all filters and then only deliver to those users who have opted into the

Re: Can someone check my local.cf

2006-03-31 Thread Matt Kettler
Benjamin Adams wrote: > I just updated from 3.1.0 to 3.1.1 > I'm going to use the same local.cf > > bayes_auto_learn1 > bayes_file_mode 0774 Are you sure you want 0774? In general the only sensible options when using bayes_path are 0700, 0770, or 0777. And the first two require tha

Re: Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 12:53:59PM -0500, Benjamin Adams wrote: > I just updated to 3.1.1, > I get the same problem running as root > sa-update -D --gpg > or > sa-update -D > sa-update: importing default keyring to '/etc/mail/spamassassin//sa- > update-keys'... > cannot mkdir /etc/mail/spamassas

Re: Fast update for rules

2006-03-31 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 07:56:28PM +0200, Jim Knuth wrote: > ~# sa-update > sa-update: importing default keyring to > '/etc/mail/spamassassin//sa-update-keys'... > config: warning: description exists for non-existent rule SPF_HELO_PASS > config: warning: description exists for non-existent rule UR