Using SpamAssassin from behind a firewall

[ph...@verizon.com]

I have written a mail filtering script using Perl and the Mail::Audit and 
Mail::SpamAssassin modules. 

Here's what happens when I run my script with "fetchmail":

        1) Message is read in from STDIN using Mail::Audit->new( nomime=> 
1);
        2) Mail goes through algorithm of known emails that I will 
recieve.
        3) Creates a Mail::SpamAssassin object using = 
Mail::SpamAssassin->new();
        4) Then run the test using = $spamtest->check($mail);
                - This is where the script hangs.

I went back and and repeated steps 1 and 2 but here is where I change 
things:
 
        3) Create a Mail::SpamAssassin object using = 
Mail::SpamAssassin->new( { local_tests_only => 1} ).
        4) Run the test using = $spamtest->check($mail);
                - The script runs, but about half the spam is not caught 
b/c SpamAssassin did not access the internet.

So I've concluded that there is a firewall issue. 

Two questions:

        1) Is there documentation somewhere indicating what methods 
SpamAssassin is using to access the internet?
        2) Is there a way to perform the internet lookup without going on 
the internet, for example getting a copy of the database on my local 
machine and then query the database?

I appreciate the help.

-Phil Shon

Re: Using SpamAssassin from behind a firewall

[Theo Van Dinter <fe...@kluge.net>]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 02:07:28PM -0500, philip.s.shon@verizon.com wrote:
> I have written a mail filtering script using Perl and the Mail::Audit and 
> Mail::SpamAssassin modules. 

Just an FYI, Mail::Audit support got a bit sketchy in 2.x IIRC, and it's
completely removed in 3.0.

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