spamassassin 2.53 & MailScanner

[Desai, Jason]

One more thing - make sure that you DON'T have

score DCC_CHECK 0

in spam.assassin.prefs.conf

Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Desai, Jason
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 11:20 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: [MAILSCANNER] spamassassin 2.53 & MailScanner
>
>
> You can run spamassassin from the command line in debug mode
> to check if
> spamassassin will use it:
>
> spamassassin -D -t < sample-spam.txt
>
> The sample-spam.txt included with spamassassin should be in the DCC
> database.
>
> Then you need to make sure that MailScanner will use it.
> Make sure you have
> "use_dcc 1" and "dcc_path <path to dccproc>" set in your
> spam.assassin.prefs.conf file.
>
> You can also sniff you network for udp port 6277 to see if
> dcc checks are
> working.
>
> Jason
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Remco Barendse [mailto:mailscanner at BARENDSE.TO]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 10:40 AM
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: [MAILSCANNER] spamassassin 2.53 & MailScanner
> >
> >
> > Is there any visible evidence to be found that DCC is (not)
> > working as it
> > should? I can't see any changes in the mail headers or mail log.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 9 May 2003, Julian Field wrote:
> >
> > > At 19:30 09/05/2003, you wrote:
> > > >Stupid question maybe, but I see lots of messages about
> > DCC. What is DCC
> > > >and where can I find it?
> > >
> > > Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse
> > > http://www.rhyolite.com/anti-spam/dcc/
> > >
> > > SpamAssassin will use it if it is installed.
> > > Download it from the link at the top of that web page, then
> > > unpack it
> > > cd into it
> > > ./configure
> > > make
> > > make install
> > >
> > > (Oh, it requires GNU make)
> > >
> > > then edit spam.assassin.prefs.conf
> > > Remove the line that sets the DCC rule to 0.
> > > Add
> > > dcc_path /usr/local/bin/dccproc
> > >
> > > Restart MailScanner.
> > >
> > > Please feel free to add this to the Faq-o-matic.
> > >
> > > >On Fri, 9 May 2003, Desai, Jason wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I am not a spamassassin expert, but from what I can
> > tell by looking at the
> > > > > list of tests it does
> > (http://spamassassin.rediris.es/tests.html), many
> > > > > tests score lower with "net".  I assume that "net"
> > means you do some
> > > > sort of
> > > > > check over the internet, such as an RBL lookup or a DCC
> > check.  So if you
> > > > > only do RBL lookups but not DCC, Razor2, or Pyzor, some
> > tests will score
> > > > > even lower and may result in email not being tagged as spam.
> > > > >
> > > > > I was seeing a lot of spam get through until I
> > installed DCC, Razor2, and
> > > > > Pyzor.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hope this helps.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jason
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Mike Kercher [mailto:mike at CAMAROSS.NET]
> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 6:31 PM
> > > > > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [MAILSCANNER] spamassassin 2.53 & MailScanner
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I just installed DCC yesterday and am already
> seeing improved
> > > > > > results.  You
> > > > > > might give that a shot.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Mike
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: MailScanner mailing list
> > > > > > > [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Ron E.
> > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 8:32 AM
> > > > > > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > > > > > Subject: spamassassin 2.53 & MailScanner
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Dear All,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Just wondering if anyone out there has any suggestions for
> > > > > > > improving/tweaking SpamAssassin (2.53) settings -- I am
> > > > > > > running MailScanner & SpamAssassin 2.53 but still
> getting a
> > > > > > > fair amount of spam not over the default score of 5, or
> > > > > > > sometimes even with a negative score.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm running a pretty busy system that handles about 15-20k
> > > > > > > messages per day.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have tried lowering the score threshold but of
> course then
> > > > > > > I get more false positives. I've seen mention that
> > > > > > > SpamAssassin 2.60 is much improved but I hesitate
> to use it
> > > > > > > at this point.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > One idea I had was enabling Vipul's Razor, but I've never
> > > > > > > used it. Any input would be of interest.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -Ron
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >This message has been scanned for viruses and
> > > >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> > > >believed to be clean.
> > >
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