how to config SA to scan mail from localhost

[forum <an...@gmail.com>]

I'm testing the SA but my server can't connect to outside world. Thus, i've to send mail from localhost to myself to find how accurate SA is.
Unfortunately, SA don't scan mails that sent from localhost.

how can I reconfig it to scan every mail.

really need your help
heng

Re: how to config SA to scan mail from localhost

[Duncan Hill <sa...@nacnud.force9.co.uk>]

On Tuesday 10 May 2005 05:16, forum wrote:
> I'm testing the SA but my server can't connect to outside world. Thus, i've
> to send mail from localhost to myself to find how accurate SA is.
> Unfortunately, SA don't scan mails that sent from localhost.

SA scans what you hand to it to scan.  If your mail server doesn't hand mail 
from localhost to SA, then SA won't see it to scan it.

Re: how to config SA to scan mail from localhost

[Loren Wilton <lw...@earthlink.net>]

> I'm trying to solve the second problem. It is how to send an e-mail with a
> fake header that is as like as header of real mail.
> Can you help me to solve this problem. Is there any program that can send
an
> e-mail with header that i can chose.

IS there any reason you absolutely have to use a php form and qmail?
You can simply submit any file as a complete email to SA directly and have
it scanned, and get the results back:

>From a unix command line, just yype "spamassassin -t <filename" where
<filename> is the name of a text file containing a complete mail message
with headers.

        Loren

Re: how to config SA to scan mail from localhost

[forum <an...@gmail.com>]

Yes, you're right.
I have just solved my first problem. Now, I can send e-mails via php and
they are scanned by SA. My solution is using another computer to send
e-mails across private lan.

I'm trying to solve the second problem. It is how to send an e-mail with a
fake header that is as like as header of real mail.
Can you help me to solve this problem. Is there any program that can send an
e-mail with header that i can chose.

Thank you everybody and sorry to ask twice.
Heng


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Lear" <ch...@laculine.com>
To: <sp...@incubator.apache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: how to config SA to scan mail from localhost


> * Evan Platt wrote (10/05/2005 05:21):
> > At 09:16 PM 5/9/2005, you wrote:
> >>I'm testing the SA but my server can't connect to outside world. Thus,
> >>i've to send mail from localhost to myself to find how accurate SA is.
> >>Unfortunately, SA don't scan mails that sent from localhost.
> >>
> >>how can I reconfig it to scan every mail.
> >
> > You don't. You tell spamassassin what mail to scan. How are you calling
> > spamassassin, and what is your mail configuration?
> >
>
> The original question is a restatement of yesterday's "how to force SA
> to scan mail that send from php" post.
>
> My reading of the situation (which might be wrong) is this:
>
> The Original Poster wants to do some sort of project that will give
> statistics on the accuracy of spamassassin. He has followed a recipe
> that installs qmail with qmail-scanner, and has got a php script that
> will send mail to the mail server. But the mail server appears to skip
> the scan for local messages, so the project is getting no statistics.
>
> The solution to this problem is to work out how qmail-scanner decides
> what to scan, and change it. Unfortunately, I can't help there. I would
> try doing a manual smtp connection from the local machine (telnet
> localhost 25) and take it from there.
>
> But my worry is that sending a load of e-mail via a php form will
> produce hopeless project results, because it will effectively only test
> the value of spamassassin's body checks. But perhaps that's part of the
> plan.
>
> --
> Chris

Re: how to config SA to scan mail from localhost

[Chris Lear <ch...@laculine.com>]

* Evan Platt wrote (10/05/2005 05:21):
> At 09:16 PM 5/9/2005, you wrote:
>>I'm testing the SA but my server can't connect to outside world. Thus, 
>>i've to send mail from localhost to myself to find how accurate SA is.
>>Unfortunately, SA don't scan mails that sent from localhost.
>>
>>how can I reconfig it to scan every mail.
> 
> You don't. You tell spamassassin what mail to scan. How are you calling 
> spamassassin, and what is your mail configuration? 
> 

The original question is a restatement of yesterday's "how to force SA
to scan mail that send from php" post.

My reading of the situation (which might be wrong) is this:

The Original Poster wants to do some sort of project that will give
statistics on the accuracy of spamassassin. He has followed a recipe
that installs qmail with qmail-scanner, and has got a php script that
will send mail to the mail server. But the mail server appears to skip
the scan for local messages, so the project is getting no statistics.

The solution to this problem is to work out how qmail-scanner decides
what to scan, and change it. Unfortunately, I can't help there. I would
try doing a manual smtp connection from the local machine (telnet
localhost 25) and take it from there.

But my worry is that sending a load of e-mail via a php form will
produce hopeless project results, because it will effectively only test
the value of spamassassin's body checks. But perhaps that's part of the
plan.

--
Chris

Re: how to config SA to scan mail from localhost

[Evan Platt <ev...@espphotography.com>]

At 09:16 PM 5/9/2005, you wrote:
>I'm testing the SA but my server can't connect to outside world. Thus, 
>i've to send mail from localhost to myself to find how accurate SA is.
>Unfortunately, SA don't scan mails that sent from localhost.
>
>how can I reconfig it to scan every mail.

You don't. You tell spamassassin what mail to scan. How are you calling 
spamassassin, and what is your mail configuration?