SpamAssassin rules - FIGHT SPAM

[kiwi@]

So if i set it at four this in when it will work best??

Can anyone explain to me what "Hits Required for Spam" actually means and how it works???

 

[matija]

Every e-mail msg is intercepted by SpamAssassin who then scans it and evaluates it... The more it looks like spam, the higher grade will SA give... so, by our experience, 4 hits is enough to be certain that it's spam, and if so, SA automatically modifies it's title to *****SPAM***** or deletes it (whichever option you enabled).

 

[kiwi@]

what if i've set it at 4 but it's not marking anything as spam even though alot of the emails are??

 

[tinyforks]

Look in the headers of the email. If Spamassassin is working, it will identify itself in the message headers.

 

[redprive]

Excume me, but you can explaim me how works zone maps in plesk?

About rules, Can I download all rules from http://www.rulesemporium.com and copy all into /etc/mail/spamassassin/ ?

I'm starting with spam protection and I need a lot of information.

Thank you very much

 

[matija]

Here is up-to-date MAPS zones list, due to many offline servers from my first post in this thread:

cbl.abuseat.org;dnsbl.ahbl.org;rhsbl.ahbl.org;ircbl.ahbl.org;list.dsbl.org;t1.dnsbl.net.au;combined.njabl.org;bhnc.njabl.org;relays.ordb.org;dnsbl.sorbs.net;bl.spamcop.net;sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
(Copy/paste this list into Plesk Control Panel -> Server -> Mail -> Enable MAPS spam protection -> MAPS zones)

If you're using MailEnable and want to check whether your MAPS zones are working, goto MailEnable Administrator (Start -> Programs -> MailEnable); select Servers -> localhost -> Connectors -> right click SMTP and choose Properties. MAPS zones are in DNS Blacklisting tab and should all be in rows, enabled.

 

[hasit]

upgrade 2.64 to 3.1 Spamassassin

i am using plesk 7.5.6, can anyone guide me a step process to upgrade Spamassassin version from 2.64 to 3.1?

 

[hellfish]

This is a great post, I'm about to start using all of the SARE rules to see if we can reduce the 300 e-mail spam traffic to a lower level.

I would also like to know about the SA upgrade, and how it should be performed. Is it "endorsed" by SWsoft?

 

[ewtech]

Hi;
I think you can try this,
http://eng.ewtech.com.tw/
May be can solve your problem.
Thanks!

 

[valdyv]

Hi al.

I am quite new with SpamAssassin and this is a great post.

I am implemented both SARE and MAPS.

So how's SARE works then? Does it actually delete the incoming email if the criteria match?

The reason I ask this due to I put the new rule as per this thread said but I found that I don't receive the email verifictaion that I suppose to getting for instance registering the SWSOFT forum.

Also ... all the email seems doesn't have a **SPAM** marked on the email. Am I doing right here?

Thanks

 

[livid]

I can't use these MAPS as they disable my SMTP, does anyone know a workaround?

 

[livid]

Ok so here are the list of zones that seem to work with my smtp

relays.mail-abuse.org;vrbl.xtreme-host.com;http.dnsbl.sorbs.net;misc.dnsbl.sorbs.net;dnsbl.ahbl.org;rhsbl.ahbl.org;ircbl.ahbl.org;list.dsbl.org;bhnc.njabl.org;relays.ordb.org;bl.spamcop.net;sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org

 

[Alcedema]

ORDB.org was shut down on the 18th December 2006, so i suggest not using relays.ordb.org.

We had it enabled and we could not send any mail via the machine until we took it out.