A lot of these documents and replies seem to be designed around me having SpamAssassin on my computer. Instead it is on my e-mail server.
Is there a place to look at to find out how someone who has a server based SpamAssassin can modify the whitelists, blacklists, and give SpamAssassin feedback about SPAM - from my own PC? Or for that matter, to test my user_prefs from my own PC? I like it server based, as that means the messages don't hog my bandwidth, and can be deleted while I am on vacation for a week with my computer turned off. But it isn't obvious how to use it this way. -----Original Message----- From: Matt Kettler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:19 PM To: Howard Brazee; Spamassassin-Talk (E-mail) Subject: Re: [SAtalk] White & black lists on server At 01:07 PM 10/28/2003, Howard Brazee wrote: >I pulled out ultra-edit and FTP'd in auto-whitelist.pag & auto-whitelist.dir > >These aren't text files. Where & how can I find and edit my white lists >and black lists on my e-mail server? First, those are the auto whitelist, aka AWL.. those files are NOT intended to be edited. That subsystem is also NOT a true white or blacklist.. check the FAQ for details about how the AWL really works. If you think it's just a whitelist, you really should read the FAQ before tinkering with it, it's definitely not what you think it is. If you want to view the AWL database contents, you can use the check_whitelist tool that comes in the SA tarball. It's located in the tools subdirectory. You can manually erase entries in the AWL by using spamassassin --remove-addr-from-whitelist. There are also some related score adjustment commands in the docs. However, if you really want to add "real" whitelist entries, edit your /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf or ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs and add whitelist_from_rcvd, whitelist_to, or blacklist_from statements. Even those have some limitations but they are substantially less prone to weird behaviors than the AWL. (one limitation example is that SA can't always detect the actual recipient of a message, so whitelist_to may have no effect on bcc'ed messages if your MTA doesn't drop hints into the message headers) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
