Sudden increase in untagged SPAM

[Julian Field]

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Ugo Bellavance wrote:

> Stanier, Alan M wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Over the last week or so (from the time we upgraded to spamassassin
>> 3.1.0) we have seen a large increase in SPAM the filters do not catch
>> and tag.
>>
>> Are other Universities seeing the same, or have we got a local problem?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Alan Stanier
>> Essex University ISS
>>
>
> Razor and DCC are now disabled by default.
>
> Look in /etc/mail/spamassassin/v310.pre
>
> and uncomment respectively.  Make sure you understand their licences, 
> though.
>
And add the SURBL plugin lines as well. Look in the install.sh file in 
my easy-install ClamAV+SA package, and read the "echo" commands at the 
end of the file. This will tell you what you should have added. This 
will make a big difference to your spam spotting success rate.

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