Comments on: Spam-proofing Leopard Server

By: gctwnl

gctwnl — Sat, 15 May 2010 11:38:55 +0000

After getting as far as the install Mail::SpamAssassin, it turns out spamasassin is still the old version and the new one is installed in /usr/local/bin

bash-3.2# spamassassin –version
spamassassin: spamassassin script is v3.002001, but using modules v3.003001
bash-3.2# /usr/local/bin/spamassassin –version
SpamAssassin version 3.3.1
running on Perl version 5.8.8

(I have had this experience with CPAN every time I tried it, always something goes awry if I try to use it)

This is the end of the install:

/usr/bin/perl build/preprocessor -Mvars -DVERSION=”3.003001″ -DPREFIX=”/usr/local” -DDEF_RULES_DIR=”/usr/local/share/spamassassin” -DLOCAL_RULES_DIR=”/etc/mail/spamassassin” -DLOCAL_STATE_DIR=”/var/lib/spamassassin” -DINSTALLSITELIB=”/Library/Perl/5.8.8″ -DCONTACT_ADDRESS=”postmaster@rna.nl” -m644 -Irules -O/usr/local/share/spamassassin user_prefs.template languages sa-update-pubkey.txt
chmod 755 /usr/local/share/spamassassin
JMASON/Mail-SpamAssassin-3.3.1.tar.gz
/usr/bin/make install — OK

And this is somehwre halfway:

Installing /Library/Perl/5.8.8/Mail/SpamAssassin/Util/TieOneStringHash.pm
Installing /usr/local/share/man/man1/sa-compile.1

Argh! Have I killed my system?

By: Brent

Brent — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:57:42 +0000

@Svein Arild: Thanks! It’s too bad SORBS has closed. I updated my servers & the article.

By: Brent

Brent — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:22:47 +0000

@Rich: What are the errors you’re getting, and what do you do to produce them?

CPAN isn’t a Mac specific system…

By: Brent

Brent — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:16:06 +0000

@Chris: that’s odd. What’s in /etc/amavisd.conf? /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf?

By: Rich Conaway

Rich Conaway — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:39:03 +0000

Anyone know of any Mac specific tutorials for getting CPAN set up correctly? I just get a ton of errors when trying to update Spam Assassin.

By: Chris Wheeler

Chris Wheeler — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:35:05 +0000

Thanks for the confirmation on the script. I’ve noticed that messages are being marked as Spam but not as I’ve set in Server Admin. In Server Admin it says messages will be marked “***THIS MESSAGE MAY BE SPAM***” (no quotes) but messages are being marked {SPAM?} which I believe is the default for Spam Assassin. Any ideas?

By: Svein Arild

Svein Arild — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:18:00 +0000

Hi again :)

I yust found out that SORBS having problems and maybe wil close anyday soon.
I changed the line “reject_rbl_client dnsbl.sorbs.net” with “reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org” and having wery good resoults so far :)

Regards
Svein Arild
Norway

By: Brent

Brent — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:15:08 +0000

Mike: 'spamassassin --version' (with two dashes) works as well. -V is shorter though, thanks. :) Chris: thanks for pointing that out. I had actually modified the script and didn't update it here on the blog. I just copied over the learnspam script that I'm actually using (see the "Here it is" link), and the 'su -l _amavisd' is not there. '/usr/sbin/chown -R _amavisd $SADB' is added to ensure proper permissions. Here's the diff [new script] [old script]:

19c19 < LEARN_CMD="$SA_LEARN -u _amavisd --dbpath $SADB --no-sync" --- > LEARN_CMD="$SA_LEARN -u _amavisd --showdots --dbpath $SADB --no-sync" 51c51 < #echo "Learning spam from $user" --- > echo "Learning spam from $user" 55,56c55 < cat $file | $LEARN_CMD --spam >> /var/log/amavis.log 2>&1 < /usr/sbin/chown -R _amavisd $SADB --- > cat $file | su -l _amavisd $LEARN_CMD --spam 64c63 < #echo "Learning ham from $user" --- > echo "Learning ham from $user" 68,69c67 < cat $file | $LEARN_CMD --ham >> /var/log/amavis.log 2>&1 < /usr/sbin/chown -R _amavisd $SADB --- > cat $file | su -l _amavisd $LEARN_CMD --ham 77,78c75 < $SA_LEARN -u _amavisd --dbpath $SADB --sync < /usr/sbin/chown -R _amavisd $SADB --- > su -l _amavisd $SA_LEARN -u _amavisd --dbpath $SADB --sync

By: Mike Friedman

Mike Friedman — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:38:47 +0000

Whoops. Typo…should be spamassassin -V

By: Chris Wheeler

Chris Wheeler — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:34:50 +0000

Thanks for the informative article. Most seems to be working but the learn_junk_mail script doesn’t seem to work as-is. If I remove the “su -l _amavisd” from the various command lines it works fine and we get an increase in the nspam number in our database but if I put them back in the script does nothing. The result is the same if I “su -l ANYUSER” for any command at the terminal – no output. Any suggestions?