Spam slipping through

[Martin.Hepworth]

Drew

Besides make sure the configs etc are the same, we ran into a problem on
a RH machine yesterday where the perl modules etc weren't readable by
the postfix user..

All your 'configs' should be in the /etc/mail/spamassassin (or
whereevery the init.pre/local.cf etc are) which keeps things nice and
simple.

--
Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Drew Burchett
> Sent: 19 January 2007 14:18
> To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> Subject: Spam slipping through
>
> I'm not sure if this is a MailScanner problem or a SpamAssassin
problem,
> but someone here will at least be able to help me narrow it down.  I
am
> running MailScanner 4.57.6 on Suse Linux 10.1.  My MTA is Postfix
2.3.6
> and I'm running SpamAssassin 3.1.7.
>
>
>
> The problem I seem to be having is that a lot of spam is getting
through.
> I'm monitoring it with MailWatch and there are a lot of messages that
are
> obviously spam that are getting fairly low scores because they simply
> aren't hitting any rules (or at least not very many rules).  However,
when
> I run spamassassin -D -p /path/to/my/config </path/to/archived/mail,
it
> will almost always come back hitting tons of rules and scoring very
high.
> Running spamassassin -D -lint shows that I have a few unresolved
> dependencies in some of the SARE rules that I've downloaded, but I
would
> think that if that were causing problems, it would cause problems with
> running it on the command line as well.  I've checked my syslog and
there
> are only two instances of SpamAssassin timing out and being killed
over
> the past four days.  Beyond that, I'm not even sure where to look.
Does
> anyone have any suggestions for what may be wrong, or at least how to
> troubleshoot this problem?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Drew Burchett
>
> United Systems & Software
>
> Ph:    (270)527-3293
>
> Fax:  (270)527-3132
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any
attachments, is
> for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain
confidential
> and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure
or
> distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient,
please
> contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the
original
> message.
>
>
> --
> This message has been scanned for viruses and
> dangerous content by MailScanner <http://www.mailscanner.info/> , and
is
> believed to be clean.




**********************************************************************
Confidentiality : This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the 
addressee only and may be confidential. If they come to you in error 
you must take no action based on them, nor must you copy or show them 
to anyone. Please advise the sender by replying to this e-mail 
immediately and then delete the original from your computer.

Opinion : Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are entirely those of 
the author and unless specifically stated to the contrary, are not 
necessarily those of the author's employer.

Security Warning : Internet e-mail is not necessarily a secure 
communications medium and can be subject to data corruption. We advise 
that you consider this fact when e-mailing us. 

Viruses : We have taken steps to ensure that this e-mail and any 
attachments are free from known viruses but in keeping with good 
computing practice, you should ensure that they are virus free.

Red Lion 49 Ltd T/A Solid State Logic
Registered as a limited company in England and Wales 
(Company No:5362730)
Registered Office: 25 Spring Hill Road, Begbroke, Oxford OX5 1RU, 
United Kingdom
**********************************************************************