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Subject: [SAtalk] Re: problem setting up spamassassin
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 05:22:17PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
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> 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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:
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> ...
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> > | # This transport does a spam check to look for spam and then
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On Friday 18 January 2002 1:04 am, dman wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:27:36PM +, Alan Chandler wrote:
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> | # This transport does a spam check to look for spam and then re-injects
> | # the message into exim
> |
> | command = spamc |
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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_
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
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
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
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