MS not deleting spam

[Ugo Bellavance]

Eagle Net Support wrote:

>>>>>How do I get the rest of these mails to not go to the
>>>>>clients?  They are
>>>>>apparently successfully being recognized as spam.
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>>>>What is apparently your problem is that you didin't realize
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>>>that there were 2 settings for spam:
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>>>>High Scoring Spam Actions
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>>>>Spam Actions
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>>>>-What probably happens here is that your Spam Actions  is
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>>>set to deliver and High Scoring is set to delete
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>>>>Set both to store delete or just delete if you don't want
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>>>to store them.
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>>>Which file am I looking to edit for 'High Scoring Spam
>>>Actions' and 'Spam Actions'?
>>>
>>>joe
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>>/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf
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>That's the first place I looked.  Silly mistake though, my search string
>I used was "/high scoring" instead of the correct string /High Scoring  :
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>But that did the trick.  I'm stopping about 75% of the spam now.  I've
>been reading the
>bigevil.cf list recommends you mentioned and will put it on in the morn.
>I'm shooting for filtering 90%+
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>BTW the "store delete" entry stopped this list. ???   Had to whitelist
>in....  Is this an aberration to this list or can I expect clients will
>loose access to their lists until I whitelist them?   :  '}
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Yes, you can expect a lot of things and a lot of calls.  Prevent your 
users and ask them to send you an e-mail if they suspect anything.  
You'll have to be on your toes for maybe one month, the time it takes to 
understand how mailscanner works and what are your users needs, then you 
won't have much maintenance to do, apart from upgrading the components.

hth

Ugo

>Thanks
>joe
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>Ugo Bellavance wrote:
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>>>-----Message d'origine-----
>>>De : Eagle Net Support [mailto:support at EAGLE-ACCESS.NET]
>>>Envoyé : Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:55 PM
>>>À : MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>>Objet : Re: MS not deleting spam
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>>>
>>>Ugo Bellavance wrote:
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>>>>>-----Message d'origine-----
>>>>>De : Eagle Net Support [mailto:support at EAGLE-ACCESS.NET]
>>>>>Envoyé : Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:12 PM
>>>>>À : MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>>>>Objet : MS not deleting spam
>>>>>
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>>This is the key to almost all settings.
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>>hth
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>>Ugo
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>>>>>Are there any other good known things to be implemented
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>>>to get a good
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>>>>>starting base for spam filtering?
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>>>>Probably install Razor, DCC, Pyzor, which is pretty
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>>>straightforward, then maybe check for special spamassassin rules...
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>>>>>Are all the default RBL entries built in, needed, and are
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>>>there any
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>>>>>others that should be added?
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>>>>This is a personal thing.  Your setup is basically very
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>>>good, so just stay tuned on this list to learn what is
>>>changing.  And maybe give a look at the threads about
>>>bigevil.cf a few days ago.
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>>>>>Finally, is there an 'after install' docs or mail archive
>>>>>that addresses
>>>>>the potential after install buffing issues?
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>>>>Hmm, this is the job list.  What happens is that mail
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>>>hosting is such a complex thing and the setups vary so much
>>>from one person to the other, what usually happens is that
>>>one installs it, comes on the list for "after install buffing
>>>issues", then writes his own doc for his site.  At least that
>>>is what I've done.
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>>>>Some people will write their own, very-compex rules, and
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>>>some others will stay close to the default setup.  It all
>>>depends on your need.
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>>>>>Thanks any help would be greatly appreciated.  I hope I
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>>>didn't ask too
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>>>>>many questions at once.....
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>>>>That is ok.  But more importantly, stay subscribed to this list.
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>>>>
>>>>>joe
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>This message has been scanned for viruses and
>>>>>dangerous content, and is believed to be clean.
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>This message has been scanned for viruses and
>>>>dangerous content, and is believed to be clean.
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>>>--
>>>This message has been scanned for viruses and
>>>dangerous content, and is believed to be clean.
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>>--
>>This message has been scanned for viruses and
>>dangerous content, and is believed to be clean.
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