RE: [SAtalk] Re: problem setting up spamassassin

2003-10-19 Thread Dan Kohn
IL PROTECTED] Subject: [SAtalk] Re: problem setting up spamassassin On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 05:22:17PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > I've been following the discussion of spam flood, and decided to try > using spamassassin. I'm running a plain vanilla Sarge, with dialup. I > u

Re: problem setting up spamassassin

2003-10-19 Thread Thomas H. George
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:18:23AM -0500, Nathan J. Malmberg wrote: > On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:44:47AM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 05:22:17PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > > > > I've been following the discussion of spam flood, and decided to try > > > using sp

Re: problem setting up spamassassin

2003-10-18 Thread Nathan J. Malmberg
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:44:47AM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 05:22:17PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > > I've been following the discussion of spam flood, and decided to try > > using spamassassin. I'm running a plain vanilla Sarge, with dialup. I > > use fetchmai

Re: problem setting up spamassassin

2003-10-18 Thread Brian Walker
le for how to > install spamassassin, but there is no INSTALL file. > > My question is: Having done apt-get install spamassassin, what do I do > next? Surely I need to read something and do some configuration, but > where are the directions? Where do I go next _within the Debian

Re: problem setting up spamassassin

2003-10-18 Thread Thomas H. George
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 05:22:17PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > I've been following the discussion of spam flood, and decided to try > using spamassassin. I'm running a plain vanilla Sarge, with dialup. I > use fetchmail, exim, procmail, mutt. After apt-get install fetchmail > I look at README

Re: problem setting up spamassassin

2003-10-17 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 at 23:22 GMT, Paul E Condon penned: > > My question is: Having done apt-get install spamassassin, what do I do > next? Surely I need to read something and do some configuration, but > where are the directions? Where do I go next _within the Debian > environment_? > Hrm. I in

Re: problem setting up spamassassin

2003-10-17 Thread Steve C. Lamb
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 05:22:17PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > My question is: Having done apt-get install spamassassin, what do I > do next? Surely I need to read something and do some configuration, > but where are the directions? Where do I go next _within the Debian > environment_? links

problem setting up spamassassin

2003-10-17 Thread Paul E Condon
I've been following the discussion of spam flood, and decided to try using spamassassin. I'm running a plain vanilla Sarge, with dialup. I use fetchmail, exim, procmail, mutt. After apt-get install fetchmail I look at README.Debian for instructions on what to do next. I see "Please read the READM

Re: setting up spamassassin (alternative)

2002-01-18 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 18 January 2002 7:13 am, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Friday 18 January 2002 1:04 am, dman wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:27:36PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > > ... > > > | # This transport does a spam check to look for spam and then >

Re: setting up spamassassin (alternative)

2002-01-18 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 18 January 2002 1:04 am, dman wrote: > On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:27:36PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: ... > > | # This transport does a spam check to look for spam and then re-injects > | # the message into exim > | > | command = spamc |

Re: setting up spamassassin

2002-01-17 Thread Rupa Schomaker
dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think a command line option should be available to say "don't create > a prefs file". That should be the user's job anyways. Uhh, use the spamd/spamc combination. Then edit the /etc/default/spamassassin file. Remove the -c option from OPTIONS and you won't h

Re: setting up spamassassin (alternative)

2002-01-17 Thread dman
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:27:36PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: | On Wednesday 16 January 2002 2:33 am, dman wrote: | > I'm now trying to set up spamassassin on my system, but am running | > into some hurdles. I use exim as my MTA, so I'm following the guides | > at | > http://bogmog.sourceforg

Re: [Exim] Re: setting up spamassassin

2002-01-17 Thread dman
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 04:52:40PM +0100, Paul Slootman wrote: | On Wed 16 Jan 2002, martin f krafft wrote: | > | > sounds like (a) exim does it just like postfix. maybe they document it | > more sophisticatedly, (b) you doubling the load unnecessarily, and (c) | > you are asking for trouble. why

Re: setting up spamassassin

2002-01-17 Thread dman
On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 05:30:55PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: | also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.16.1704 +0100]: | > Exim doesn't run pipe commands immediately like procmail does (with | > 'f' flag). It schedules the command to be run later, and later | > (during the actual deliver

Re: setting up spamassassin (alternative)

2002-01-17 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 16 January 2002 2:33 am, dman wrote: > I'm now trying to set up spamassassin on my system, but am running > into some hurdles. I use exim as my MTA, so I'm following the guides > at > http://bogmog.sourceforge.net/document_show.php3?d

Re: [Exim] Re: setting up spamassassin

2002-01-17 Thread Paul Slootman
On Wed 16 Jan 2002, martin f krafft wrote: > > sounds like (a) exim does it just like postfix. maybe they document it > more sophisticatedly, (b) you doubling the load unnecessarily, and (c) > you are asking for trouble. why not let procmail be MDA? procmail is in no way light-weight; I'd hesitat

Re: setting up spamassassin

2002-01-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.16.1704 +0100]: > Exim doesn't run pipe commands immediately like procmail does (with > 'f' flag). It schedules the command to be run later, and later > (during the actual delivery) it runs the command. Thus the command > _must_ deliver the message to

Re: setting up spamassassin

2002-01-16 Thread dman
On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 02:35:05PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: | also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.16.0507 +0100]: | > | does exim already have the recipient user by the time the filter is | > called? | > | > It does, and I _could_ run the script as the user. The problem there | > i

Re: setting up spamassassin

2002-01-16 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.16.0507 +0100]: > | does exim already have the recipient user by the time the filter is > called? > > It does, and I _could_ run the script as the user. The problem there > is only "privileged" (in exim's eyes) users are allowed to set the > received_

Re: setting up spamassassin

2002-01-15 Thread dman
On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 03:47:14AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: | also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.16.0333 +0100]: | > 1) Why is spamassassin trying to create a preferences file in /? | | $HOME isn't set in the script. Good point. If I set HOME=/tmp in the script, then spamas

Re: setting up spamassassin

2002-01-15 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.16.0333 +0100]: > 1) Why is spamassassin trying to create a preferences file in /? $HOME isn't set in the script. does exim already have the recipient user by the time the filter is called? > 2) How can users have their own preferences files? It do

setting up spamassassin

2002-01-15 Thread dman
I'm now trying to set up spamassassin on my system, but am running into some hurdles. I use exim as my MTA, so I'm following the guides at http://bogmog.sourceforge.net/document_show.php3?doc_id=28 I installed the 'spamassassin' and 'razor' packages. The script works fine if I run it as mys