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<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have made
a couple observations regarding spam settings in the MailsCanner.conf
file (v4.12-2), could someone offer a second opinion on the
following:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>1.</STRONG>
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>If "Spam Checks =
no" and "Use SpamAssassin = yes" then SpamAssassin is not run at all, and no
spam processing is done, the documentation is not very clear on this
point.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>However if "Spam
Checks = yes" and "Use SpamAssassin = yes" then SpamAssassin is run, but
MailScanner also does internal spam checking, and cannot be disabled simply
by setting "Spam List = " and "Spam Domain List = " or by commenting both
out.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial
size=2><STRONG>2.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Maybe this is a bug,
but I'm not sure at this point; with SA 2.50 installed; i</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>f you set</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>
"Spam Checks = yes",</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>
"Spam List = ", </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>
"Spam Domain List = ",</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial
size=2> "Use SpamAssassin = yes" </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>then the following
appears in the log file</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Feb 24 15:34:25
mailhost MailScanner[5658]: SpamAssassin timed out and was killed, consecutive
failure 1 of 20 <BR>Feb 24 15:34:36 mailhost MailScanner[5658]: RBL Check
timed out and was killed, consecutive failure 1 of 7 <BR>Feb 24 15:34:52
mailhost MailScanner[5658]: SpamAssassin timed out and was killed, consecutive
failure 2 of 20 <BR>Feb 24 15:35:03 mailhost MailScanner[5658]: RBL Check
timed out and was killed, consecutive failure 2 of 7 <BR>Feb 24 15:35:19
mailhost MailScanner[5658]: SpamAssassin timed out and was killed, consecutive
failure 3 of 20</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>It would apear
that if you change to "Use SpamAssassin = no" , then the RBL Check
timed out messages DO NOT appear in the syslog output. So maybe this is a bug or
some kind of dependency on spam assassin that causes this??? But if SA times out
this should not cause MailScanners internal RBL to timeout as well.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>This dependency on
SA is why I suspect you cannot disable internal spam checking with
MailScanner even if you set the Spam List check to null. I would much rather use
SpamAssassin and not use MailScanner for spam checking at all.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Using
the buggy SA 2.50, no emails were getting through the system at all,
and the CPU utilization would jump to 100%. Since then I have uninstalled SA
2.50 and installed SA 2.44 and everything is back to normal.</STRONG>
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><STRONG><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>System
configuration is as follows:</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Perl 5.6.1 (all
SA required modules up to date as per CPAN)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Redhat Linux 7.2
(with all RHN updates as of 2002-02-25)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>SA
2.44</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>MailScanner
4.12-2</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Here are the
changes to my MailScanner.conf file, you should be able to read the output from
diff. </STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2># diff
MailScanner.conf MailScanner.conf.orig<BR>197c197<BR>< Virus Scanners =
sophos<BR>---<BR>> Virus Scanners = none<BR>603c603<BR>< Send Notices =
no<BR>---<BR>> Send Notices = yes<BR>655c655<BR>< # Spam List = ORDB-RBL
spamcop.net<BR>---<BR>> Spam List = ORDB-RBL Infinite-Monkeys # MAPS-RBL+
costs money (except .ac.uk)<BR>661c661<BR>< # Spam Domain List =
<BR>---<BR>> #Spam Domain List =<BR>665c665<BR>< Spam List Timeout =
60<BR>---<BR>> Spam List Timeout = 10<BR>672c672<BR>< Max Spam List
Timeouts = 5<BR>---<BR>> Max Spam List Timeouts = 7<BR>694c694<BR>< Use
SpamAssassin = yes<BR>---<BR>> Use SpamAssassin = no<BR>706c706<BR><
Required SpamAssassin Score = 8<BR>---<BR>> Required SpamAssassin Score =
5<BR>727c727<BR>< SpamAssassin Timeout = 60<BR>---<BR>> SpamAssassin
Timeout = 30<BR>733c733<BR>< Max SpamAssassin Timeouts = 10<BR>---<BR>>
Max SpamAssassin Timeouts = 20<BR>745c745<BR>< Always Include SpamAssassin
Report = yes<BR>---<BR>> Always Include SpamAssassin Report =
no<BR>825c825<BR>< Log Spam = yes<BR>---<BR>> Log Spam =
no</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Here are the
changes to my spam.assassin.prefs.conf file, again using diff
output.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=637454814-25022003><FONT face=Arial size=2>115c115<BR><
score RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET 4<BR>---<BR>> #score
RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET 4</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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