Spamcop not working

[Julian Field]

At 07:34 04/02/2004, you wrote:
>Doing a search of the archive I found a similar question asked but I cannot
>find a resolution, apologies if I have missed it.
>
>I am using MailScanner 4.25-11  and ApamAssassin 2.60 on a RaQ4
>
>Problem :
>Spam is getting through which has come from IP numbers which are listed on
>Spamcop (maybe listed on others too but I've not found them).
>
>
>In mailscanner.conf I have :
>Spam Checks = yes
>Spam List = ORDB-RBL Infinite-Monkeys spamcop.net
>
>And in spam.lists.conf I have :
>ORDB-RBL                        relays.ordb.org.
>spamhaus.org                    sbl.spamhaus.org.
>spamcop.net                     bl.spamcop.net.
>Infinite-Monkeys                proxies.relays.monkeys.com.
>
>
>
>I notice that under "Spam List" in the page about mailscanner.conf
>says "These lists are based on the numeric IP address of the server that
>sent the message to your MailScanner server."
>
>My implementation involves an extra hop for email directly before the
>server which is running Mailscanner,  If Spamcop is only ever checked
>against the previous IP,  it will never find the IP listed.

That is indeed what is happening.

>If this is the case,  is there a way to specify which hop is checked ?

No, but SpamAssassin checks all the hops. If you find the rules relating to
spamcop, you could increase their scores so they have more influence.




>Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
>
>Going quietly nuts !

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