sare rules

[Alex Neuman]

See my earlier post about openprotect. Imho they're good.

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Alex Neuman
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On Jul 16, 2008, at 11:59 AM, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote:

> on 7-16-2008 9:25 AM Jeff A. Earickson spake the following:
>> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Richard Frovarp wrote:
>>> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:56:17 -0500
>>> From: Richard Frovarp <richard.frovarp at sendit.nodak.edu>
>>> Reply-To: MailScanner discussion  
>>> <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
>>> To: MailScanner discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
>>> Subject: Re: sare rules
>>>
>>> mailsysteam at googlemail.com wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have followed Julian's instructions "HOWTO: Adding extra  
>>>> rulesets to SpamAssassin" from July 2007 and I am a bit lost. Can  
>>>> someone help please?
>>>>
>>>> I am using his /etc/mail/spamassassin/jkf-channel-list.txt to  
>>>> list the channels I want, but the update doesn't work, I am not  
>>>> getting any new cf files.
>>>>
>>>> If I run
>>>> /usr/bin/sa-update -D --channelfile /etc/mail/spamassassin/jkf- 
>>>> channel-list.txt --gpgkey 856AA88A
>>>>
>>>> I get dns errors like:
>>>> dns: query failed: 4.1.3.99_sare_fraud_post25x.cf.sare.sa- 
>>>> update.dostech.net <http://4.1.3.99_sare_fraud_post25x.cf.sare.sa-update.dostech.net 
>>>> > => NXDOMAIN
>>>> channel: no updates available, skipping channel
>>>>
>>>> I am using MailScanner version 4.70.6
>>>>
>>>> Can someone point me in the right direction please?
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>> It should work. What happens when you run
>>>
>>> dig +short -t txt 4.1.3.99_sare_fraud_post25x.cf.sare.sa- 
>>> update.dostech.net
>>>
>>> You should get back: "200506020000"
>> I ran this and that's what I got back.  What does this mean?  That  
>> the
>> rules at dostech haven't changed since 6/2/2005?  ???
>> FYI, my daily script is:
>>   /opt/perl5/bin/sa-update --nogpg    (for SA rules)
>> and
>>   /opt/perl5/bin/sa-update --allowplugins --gpgkey  
>> D1C035168C1EBC08464946DA258CDB3ABDE9DC10 --channel  
>> saupdates.openprotect.com
>> for SARE rules.  My SA rules have not updated since the SA 3.2.5
>> upgrade, and my SARE rules haven't changed in two or three months.
>> I've been wondering about all of this.
>> Jeff Earickson
>> Colby College
> Like I posted earlier, sare rules are not being updated. This is  
> from the front page of their website;
> "IMPORTANT: Due to Ninjas being busy with lives, wives & hockey  
> matches, SARE rules aren't being updated."
>
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