includes question plus dcc

Alex Broens ms-list at alexb.ch
Wed Feb 11 13:45:31 GMT 2009


On 2/11/2009 1:20 PM, Andrew wrote:
> Thanks - I might clarify this further (into a specific dcc question).
> 
> When I run (as the same user  mailscanner runs as)
> spamassassin -D -t < /tmp/test
> DCC hits
> 
> 2.2 DCC_CHECK              Listed in DCC 
> (http://rhyolite.com/anti-spam/dcc/)
> 
> When I put the same email through mailscanner (via telnet), it doesn't 
> hit (and other emails don't hit, I checked the logs).
> 
> Is there a specific command i can test spamassassin with that emulates 
> the way mailscanner calls it?

not exactly as you're hoping it would.

run MailScanner/SA in debug mode and you should see more about what's 
happening

> I have used DCC in the past, and miss it now it isn't included  (it is 
> more effective than razor and pyzor, and is great when combined with 
> them to make 3 checks).
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Andrew
> 
> Alex Broens wrote:
>> On 2/11/2009 12:29 PM, Andrew wrote:
>>> Thanks for the quick reply.
>>>
>>> I did a check, there is no mailscanner.cf (anywhere!)  Maybe this is 
>>> my problem?    (I installed the debian package).
>>
>> gotta pass on this one, no idea what Debian does.
>>
>>> What should my mailscanner.cf file look like?
>>
>>  /etc/mail/spamassassin/mailscanner.cf is a symlink to 
>> /etc/MailScanner/spam.assassin.prefs.conf
>>
>> nothing more
>>
>>> Dcc is enabled in v310.pre
>>>
>>>
>>> # DCC is disabled here because it is not open source.  See the DCC
>>> # license for more details.
>>> #
>>> loadplugin Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::DCC
>>>
>>>
>>> Alex Broens wrote:
>>>> On 2/11/2009 12:05 PM, Andrew wrote:
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using mailscanner on debian etch.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have been trying to debug DCC (I downloaded and compiled)... 
>>>>> checking the output of
>>>>> spamassassin -t -D -C /etc/MailScanner/spam.assassin.prefs.conf < 
>>>>> /tmp/test
>>>>> (/tmp/test is a known spam email in full form)
>>>>>
>>>>> and then again without -C /etc/Mails.....
>>>>>
>>>>> I notice that when I don't have -C, there are a lot more includes 
>>>>> (including the sa-updates)  (see further below)
>>>>
>>>> You don't need the -C /etc/MailScanner/spam.assassin.prefs.conf
>>>> this file is symlinked to /etc/mail/spamassassin/mailscanner.cf and 
>>>> automatically detected by SA.
>>>>>
>>>>> My questions are:
>>>>> 1) Is spam assassin with the mailscanner config missing the update 
>>>>> files? (if so, how do I fix?)
>>>>
>>>> nope.. nothing broken.. just don't use the -C switch.
>>>>
>>>>> 2) Any hints on getting DCC working? seems to work great without 
>>>>> the -C file (and I have the path correct + use_dcc set to 1)
>>>>
>>>> make sure the plugin is enabled in v310.pre
>>>>
>>>>> Any help appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> h2h
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>
> 


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