Thanks!  I'll take a look at this and see if I can figure out what's going on

On 10/7/05, Mike Schrauder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  Alex,
>         http://workaround.org/articles/ispmail-sarge/
>         I started w/ this tutorial to get some virtual domains working.
>
>         It works well for those LOW traffic domains.
>  Then I allowed postfix to relay some other domains to exchange
> (after sa and clamav told amavisd what's the score)
> But this has some good scoop on amavis
>
> Mike S
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Schrauder
> > Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 12:58 PM
> > To: SpamAssassin Mailing List
> > Subject: RE: Newbie: Postfix/Spamassassin Questions
> >
> >  Alex,
> >       Amavisd-new is the ticket.  I use it w/ sa and clamav.
> > Setting up the config for amavis was a real pain for me, but
> > it works great now.
> > I am trying to find the online tutorial that I used to set it up.
> > Are you using it as a wall before mail gets to exchange?
> > That is what I am doing, but I have no 'per-user' whitelists
> > or tweakable settings.  I will try my best to answer any
> > questions you have, but I am linux challenged.
> >
> > Mike S
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Alex Davidson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 10:32 AM
> > > To: SpamAssassin Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: Newbie: Postfix/Spamassassin Questions
> > >
> > > Well that confirms my suspicion on it not doing Content-Checking
> > > (quarantining messages based on
> > > content/attachments) - can anyone suggest something to do this?
> > >
> > > From the tutorials I've been following it looks like SA
> > will hook into
> > > AV software (or vice versa) - I think the key is amavisd-new.
> > >
> > > I tested telneting into ports 10024 and 10025 but 10024
> > can't connect
> > > - could this indicate a problem or is that normal?
> > >
> > > On 10/6/05, Loren Wilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > I was told that I can use spamassassin to do Content
> > > Checking but I
> > > > > see no evidence of it as yet.
> > > >
> > > > That may depend on what you mean by "content checking"
> > > >
> > > > SA is a tool for classifying spam.  You seem to have
> > tried it on a
> > > > virus.  A virus really isn't spam, it is a virus.  SA
> > makes little
> > > > attempt to catch virui, there are tools designed for that purpose.
> > > > Now, if you want to catch messages about mortgage deals and
> > > the latest
> > > > popularity pills and sex clubs, then SA will do a nice job
> > > for you once you have it set up right.
> > > >
> > > > It is important to realyse that SA is a *filter*.  It doesn;t DO
> > > > anything to the spam, other than add a score that indicates
> > > how likely
> > > > a message is to be spam.  Something else in your processing chain
> > > > needs to follow SA, look at the score, and decide what to
> > > do with the
> > > > mail.  If you don't have that, then all mail, spam
> > > included, will get
> > > > routed to the users.  However, the spam will be scored and
> > > marked as
> > > > spam in the subject line.  The user's mail client can then
> > > usually filter on that if they want to.
> > > >
> > > > It sounds like you don't have SA properly integrated into
> > > the rest of
> > > > your mail system, and it isn't processing the messages.
> > > Unfortunately
> > > > I don't recognize the tool you are using, so I can't
> > help.  Someone
> > > > else will probably be along soon that may be able to.
> > > >
> > > >         Loren
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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