FW: FW: Spamassassin only

Julian Field mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Thu May 8 13:58:10 IST 2003


At 22:21 07/05/2003, you wrote:
>Please ignore our last message, we have now seen RBL entries in our
>logs and assume that SA reads from RBL's spam.lists.conf.
>Hands up, were dumb!!

The SA rbl checks are defined in
/usr/share/spamassassin/50_scores.cf
If you want to kill any of them, set the score for that rule to 0 (in your
spam.assassin.prefs.conf file).

SA does *not* use spam.lists.conf, only MS's own RBL checking uses that.

Acronym city :-)


>Julian,
>
>This is no doubt a dumb question but where within its config
>does SA determine which RBL lists to use, do we need to
>specify them somewhere?
>
>By removing the RBL's from "Spam List =" in MS, should we see the
>RBL checking appear in our logs, when SA performs them?
>
>Paul H.
>
>
>At 20:51 07/05/2003, you wrote:
> >Julian,
> >
> >Our ms.conf setup is a follows:
> >
> ># Spam Detection and Spam Lists (DNS blocklists)
> ># ----------------------------------------------
> >#
> >
> ># Do you want to check messages to see if they are spam?
> ># This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
> >Spam Checks = yes
> >
> ># This is the list of spam blacklists (RBLs) which you are using.
> ># See the "Spam List Definitions" file for more information about what
> ># you can put here.
> ># This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
> >Spam List = ORDB-RBL spamcop.net Infinite-Monkeys osirusoft.com
> >
> ># This is the list of spam domain blacklists which you are using
> ># (such as the "rfc-ignorant" domains). See the "Spam List Definitions"
> ># file for more information about what you can put here.
> ># This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
> >Spam Domain List =
> >
> >We have got "# skip_rbl_checks 0" in our spam.assassin.prefs.conf
> >
> >If we remove the RBL's from the MS.conf we do not see any reference
> >in our logs to RBL checking.
> >
> >We only want Spamassassin to do the spam detection through RBL's
> >and others, we ideally do not want MS to any spam checking
> >so we can truly separate the two services - is this possible?
>
>Just set
>Spam List =
>and it won't do any RBL checking itself.
>
>
> >Thanks
> >
> >Paul H.
> >
> >
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >After setting up RBL's in MS.conf we now notice that domains
> > >that require virus scanning only are now also having mail marked
> > >for spam after RBL checks.
> > >
> > >Is there any way we can prevent domains that require virus
> > >scanning only, having RBL's checks performed on them.
> >
> >Can you check your MailScanner.conf file to check you aren't using the same
> >ruleset for both?
> >Or perhaps not reloading MailScanner after changing rules files?
> >As far as I am aware no-one else has reported this happening.
> >--
> >Julian Field
> >www.MailScanner.info
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>
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>Julian Field
>www.MailScanner.info
>Professional Support Services at www.MailScanner.biz
>MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support

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