Hi, > I tried Procmail for several days, in the end I found that it does not > work on a sitewide SA. But I did get a resolution on this, it looks > like, using Postfix header_checks. See my email last night. Thanks...
Umm! Works fine for me here... Might not have worked the way you wanted it to, but it works fine site wide with SA for me. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jdow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 5:31 AM > > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > > Subject: Re: How to discard spam mails > > > > > > Procmail is not all that big. If it's overhead is too much for you > > then something is seriously wrong there. SpamAssassin's overhead is > > VASTLY more than procmail's. {^_^} ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Greg Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Mailscanner and Amavis-new have way too much overhead IMO. For > > production, > > > I already have to maintain latest SA releases and Postfix > > releases, and I > > > know these programs very well. I would rather not put another > > > complex layer that requires updates and seperate config over top > > > of SA > > if I don't > > > have to. I will try the Spamass-Milter first. Just trying to keep > > > it simple if possible. Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > >> Have you looked at MailScanner? It integrates nicely with > > >> SpamAssassin and your favorite MTA (sendmail / postfix / exim / > > >> zmailer) > > and can also > > >> call a virus scanner. You can set SA score thresholds and > > >> delete, forward, quarantine, mark, or just pass emails based on > > >> score. You can also block or quarantine email based on > > >> attachment filenames or file types (this feature can block new > > >> viruses before the AV vendors > > react) and do a > > >> ton of other useful stuff. > > >> > > >> There are other mail handlers like Amavisd-new which might > > also have the > > >> functionality you want. > > >> > > >> Pierre Thomson > > >> BIC > > >> > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Greg Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > >> I find this one issue just about the most annoying > > 'non-feature' of SA. I > > >> have a site-wide config (procmail does not work sitewide) and I > > >> don't want the overhead and problems of a huge milter program > > >> laying in > > front of SA > > >> just to block any email over 15 stars. I like to keep it simple > > >> stupid. > > >> > > >> I am not a programmer, but it just seems like this should be so > > >> simple for someone to program into SA... somewhere, somehow, but > > >> I could > > be totally > > >> wrong also about that. > > >> > > >> Do you have any links to a how-to for the ? Or does it have > > >> good install info in the docs? If it does a good job and is > > >> relatively easy and light-weight, I would like to try it. I have > > >> spent > > days looking > > >> for something more simple and elegant to just do one thing... > > >> kill spam over 15 points. :--( > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>> Depending upon what MTA you're using, I have used the > > >>> Spamass-Milter successfully to block emails that rate at or > > >>> above the required_hits level (now named required_score). > > >>> > > >>> Though I'm having some trouble with SA as per my last post ;-) > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- Anthony Peacock CHIME, Royal Free & University College Medical School WWW: http://www.chime.ucl.ac.uk/~rmhiajp/ I'm in shape. - ROUND is a shape.
