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Newer page: version 4 Last edited on Monday, May 15, 2006 12:19:08 pm by CraigBox Revert
Older page: version 3 Last edited on Monday, July 4, 2005 4:11:46 pm by PhilMurray Revert
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-!![SpamAssassin] Notes  
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 !! How to make SpamAssassin run on your local e-mail machine (with [Evolution] in mind) 
  
 * get and install SpamAssassin, test that it works by piping a good email and a spam email through it 
 * check that fetchmail(1) works, write a <tt>.fetchmailrc</tt> file 
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  <verbatim> 
  */5 * * * * /home/localuser/bin/getmail 
  </verbatim> 
  
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- !! The ClamAV Plugin 
+!! SpamAssassin's ClamAV Plugin 
  
 This plugin submits the entire email to a locally running [ClamAV] server for virus detection. If a virus is found, it returns a positive return code to indicate spam and sets the header <tt>X-Spam-Virus: Yes ($virusname)</tt>. If you'd like to sort virus emails to a separate folder, create a rule looking for this header. 
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+This isn't necessarily the best way to run [ClamAV]; for example, your MailTransferAgent, if it has a method to call SpamAssassin, probably has a method to call [ClamAV] too.  
+  
  
 It requires 
 * [ClamAV] installed so that scanning a mail with <tt>clamscan</tt> works 
 * the [File::Scan::ClamAV | http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-Scan-ClamAV/] [Perl] module 
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 To install, create the files in <tt>/etc/mail/spamassassin/</tt>. You can adjust the default score of 10 in <tt>clamav.cf</tt> if you like. Restart the <tt>spamd</tt> daemon if you're using that, and you should be all set. 
  
 <tt>clamav.cf</tt>:: 
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  1; 
  </verbatim> 
  
-GreigMcGill has found that MaiaMailguard is an excellent meta tool for managing your anti spam solution.  
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 !!Inappropriate ioctl for device in your debug logs under Sarge/Hoary 
  
 <verbatim> 
 debug: using "/root/.spamassassin" for user state dir 
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 The perl version change effected a change of the BDB version being used. The bayes_seen and bayes_toks fixes are BDB files and 
 can be fixed by doing an db4.x_upgrade on them. sarge/hoary use Berkely DB 4.2, and you can install the db4.2-util package. with HTML 
  
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 !! I'm running spamassassin from my MTA, and I get the error <tt>spam acl condition: cannot parse spamd output</tt> or similar. 
  
 This occurs if you have upgraded perl, and not restarted spamd. Try restarting spamd and see if it solves the problem. It could also be a version mismatch, in which case you'll have to upgrade whichever process is calling spamassassin 
  
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 !! I'm running spamassassin on [Debian] and get this error <tt>Cannot open bayes databases /home/jimbobdobalina/.spamassassin/bayes_* R/O: tie failed:</tt> (or similar) 
  
 Fix: 
  
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 </verbatim> 
  
 Restart spamassassin, and voila! 
  
+!!Web based spam management  
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+[Maia Mailguard|http://renaissoft.com/maia/] is a web-based interface and quarantine management system for amavisd-new, which allows users to manage their own spam. It has all the pitfalls of amavis, but might suit your needs.  
  
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-CategoryAntiSpam CategoryNotes 
+CategoryAntiSpam %%%  
+ CategoryNotes