Prombem with rule actions
Julian Field
MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Tue Sep 4 21:32:22 IST 2007
What were your Spam Actions set to (all 3 of non-spam, spam, and
high-scoring spam).
And what version are you running?
Gareth wrote:
> For normal ham I get :-
>
> Actions are: deliver,header
>
> For spam with a rule of :-
> SpamAssassin Rule Actions = SpamScore>=5=>store,non-deliver
> I get :-
> Actions are: attachment,header
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info]On Behalf Of Julian
>> Field
>> Sent: 04 September 2007 20:54
>> To: MailScanner discussion
>> Subject: Re: Prombem with rule actions
>>
>>
>> Around line 1020 of /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/Message.pm, there
>> should be a big comment in a block of '#' characters that says
>> "SpamAssassin Rule Actions ends here".
>> Just after that comment, add this line:
>>
>> print STDERR "Actions are: " . join(',',keys %actions) . "\n";
>>
>> And then run "MailScanner --debug".
>> Please tell me if it just prints the last action or all of them.
>>
>> Gareth wrote:
>>
>>> SpamAssassin Rule Actions = BAYES_99=>store,non-deliver
>>> SpamAssassin Rule Actions = SpamScore>=20=>store,non-deliver
>>> non-deliver option works but store does not
>>>
>>> SpamAssassin Rule Actions = SpamScore>=20=>forward
>>> test at cdlive.co.uk,store,non-deliver
>>> non-deliver works but store and forward dont
>>>
>>> SpamAssassin Rule Actions = SpamScore>=20=>forward
>>>
>> test at cdlive.co.uk,store
>>
>>> store works!
>>> but foward doesnt
>>>
>>> I am beginning to see a pattern here...
>>>
>>> SpamAssassin Rule Actions = SpamScore>=20=>forward
>>> test at cdlive.co.uk,non-deliver,store
>>> store works
>>> non-deliver doesn't
>>>
>>>
>>> It looks to me that only the last option works.
>>>
>>> Lets try it a little bit different
>>> SpamAssassin Rule Actions = SpamScore>=20=>non-deliver,
>>>
>> SpamScore>=20=>store
>>
>>> Not delivered and stored - SUCCESS!
>>>
>>>
>>> It looks like there may be a parsing bug.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
>>>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info]On Behalf Of Julian
>>>> Field
>>>> Sent: 04 September 2007 19:31
>>>> To: MailScanner discussion
>>>> Subject: Re: Prombem with rule actions
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gareth wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Jules, Could this be a bug?
>>>>>
>>>>> As it works when I put the store option in the high scoring
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> rules but wont
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> work as part of a rules actions line I cant think of any cause
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> other that a
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> problem with the rule actioon line itself or a bug somewhere.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I have this lot set:
>>>>
>>>> Required SpamAssassin Score = 6
>>>> Non Spam Actions = deliver header "X-Spam-Status: No"
>>>> Spam Actions = deliver header "X-Spam-Status: Yes"
>>>> High Scoring Spam Actions = deliver header "X-Spam-Status: Yes"
>>>>
>>>> SpamAssassin Rule Actions = FROM_BOSS_WIFE=>forward
>>>> secretary at domain.com, SpamScore>=6=>forward
>>>> spam.score at greater6.com,store,non-deliver, SpamScore<100=>store,forward
>>>> spam.score at less100.com, store, SpamScore>100=>deliver,store
>>>>
>>>> And I get everything stored in the "nonspam" archive.
>>>>
>>>> So it appears to work for me. So I don't quite see why it doesn't for
>>>> you. It sets all the spam actions first, long before it does anything
>>>> about them. So it shouldn't be possible for the action to work in one
>>>> setting and not in another.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
>>>>>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info]On Behalf
>>>>>>
>> Of Gareth
>>
>>>>>> Sent: 04 September 2007 13:37
>>>>>> To: MailScanner discussion
>>>>>> Subject: Re: Prombem with rule actions
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried the following aswell as an alternative and it didn't
>>>>>>
>> store the
>>
>>>>>> message either.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SpamAssassin Rule Actions = BAYES_99=>store,non-deliver
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 12:22, Gareth wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for that. I have changed it to postfix but I dont
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>> think it makes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> any real difference since it is already running as postfix
>>>>>>>
>> so it could
>>
>>>>>>> not change the user to root anyway.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I changed my high scoring spam actions to add the deliver
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>> option and an
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> incoming high scoring spam and virus was detected and copies
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>> were saved
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> in the following places :-
>>>>>>> 20070904/spam/CF509AA0090.2CC09
>>>>>>> 20070904/CF509AA0090.2CC09/message
>>>>>>> i.e it worked fine and two copies of the message was saved.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>> That is fine
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> with me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I then switched to using
>>>>>>> SpamAssassin Rule Actions = SpamScore>=20=>store,non-deliver
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A few spams with a score of >20 came in and they were not
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>> delivered but
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> still were not logged in the spam directory.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Previously when I had a spam with score >20 which was also
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>> identified as
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> a virus then nothing was stored also not even to the virus
>>>>>>>
>> store which
>>
>>>>>>> seems very wrong.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 09:51, Glenn Steen wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 03/09/07, Gareth <list-mailscanner at linguaphone.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In MailScanner.conf I have :-
>>>>>>>>> Quarantine Dir = /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine
>>>>>>>>> Quarantine User = root
>>>>>>>>> Quarantine Group = apache
>>>>>>>>> Quarantine Permissions = 0660
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hm, Uer set to root.... What MTA are you using Gareth? I
>>>>>>>>
>> thought you
>>
>>>>>>>> were a postmixer like me:-)... In which case that isn't very
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>> likely to
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>> be correct... Then again...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> However all quarantine entries are stored in the format :-
>>>>>>>>> %quarantine-dir%/<<date>>/<<msgid>> and they are viruses
>>>>>>>>>
>> and blocked
>>
>>>>>>>>> attachments.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ... that this works indicate that the settings are correct for your
>>>>>>>> setup (either another MTA, or PF run as root, I presume... Or some
>>>>>>>> sticky bit magic:). I presume you've linted a few times,
>>>>>>>>
>> without any
>>
>>>>>>>> real errors?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am assuming this is correct for the virus quaranteen?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If that is the case then MailScanner does not seem to be
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> creating the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> additional 'spam' etc... subdirectories for some reason.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Seems so, yes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Are you sure the format is not
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> %quarantine-dir%/spam/<<date>>/<<msgid>> as
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> if that was the case it could just be the issue that the
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> spam directory does
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> not exist.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes we're sure that isn't the case. Steve and Jules know
>>>>>>>>
>> this pretty
>>
>>>>>>>> ... intimately:-).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> -- Glenn
>>>>>>>> email: glenn < dot > steen < at > gmail < dot > com
>>>>>>>> work: glenn < dot > steen < at > ap1 < dot > se
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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