certain spam messages not be forwarded

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Thu Mar 24 08:39:36 GMT 2005


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Yes. Certainly the :0fw and | /usr/bin/spamassassin lines.

David Ballengee wrote:

> in my procmailrc I have.
>
> DROPPRIVS=yes
> :0fw
> | /usr/bin/spamassassin
> :0
> * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes
> $HOME/spam
>
> should i remove these entries??
>
>
>
> Julian Field wrote:
>
>> There are no standard reports in MailScanner that contain the text you
>> have included. I suspect you have something else calling SpamAssassin as
>> well (procmail maybe?). You can turn off spamd completely as MailScanner
>> does not use it. I would start by looking at your procmailrc file(s).
>>
>> David Ballengee wrote:
>>
>>> I have mailscanner running spamassassin set to forward all spam to a
>>> seperate account.
>>>
>>> Every once and awhile a spam message does not get forwarded, it goes to
>>> the intended users.
>>>
>>> the message appear to be scanned by spamassasiin.  In the body of the
>>> email appears.
>>>
>>> spam detection software, running on the system " ", has
>>> identified this incoming email as possible spam.  The original message
>>> has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or
>>> label
>>> similar future email.  If you have any questions, see
>>> the administrator of that system for details.
>>>
>>>
>>> Is this a feature?
>>>
>>> Can I turn it off?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>>
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>>> David Ballengee
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>>> Unique Photo
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>
> --
> David Ballengee
> IT Supervisor
> Unique Photo
> (973)377-5555x259
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