Spam on Exchange

[Floyd <fc...@gdts.ca>]

Hi,

I am new to SpamAssassin, I have been testing it for about 3 to 4 weeks now
and I have categorized about
4000 ham and about 1000 spam, and I still get the same spam after a few
days. 
What I am trying to figure out is about sa-learn. 
When I look at the logs and it classifies an incoming mail that is spam it
gives it a score of 2.8 out of 6 and therefore it classifies as ham.
Log file:

PreFile:  C:\ESA\NEW\msg060907173314_A5169.in.eml	 PostFile: 
C:\ESA\NEW\msg060907173314_A5169.out.eml
09-07-2006 05:33:14 :   SpamAssassin: C:\PERL\BIN\SPAMASSASSIN.BAT  <
"C:\ESA\NEW\msg060907173314_A5169.in.eml" >
"C:\ESA\NEW\msg060907173314_A5169.out.eml"


But when i run spamassassin -t < c:\esa\ham\message in question it gives me
a score of 10.6,

Now why is the previous score different from the manual score. They both are
running spamassassin from c:\perl\bin

The only difference is the logs show c:\perl\bin\spamassassin.bat
and i use c:\perl\bin\spamassassin -t 

Is there a difference beteen the two....I don't think so

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks,
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RE: Spam on Exchange

[Floyd <fc...@gdts.ca>]

Thanks for the responses

I tried using the command 
spamassassin.bat < c:\esa\ham\message 

and it gave me the same score as spamassassasin -t  < c:\esa\ham\message
and it also gave me the same score as spamassassin.bat -t <
c:\esa\ham\message

I am at a loss for words and actions...I do not know why it does not put it
as spam then


Bowie Bailey wrote:
> 
> Duane Hill wrote:
>> On Friday, September 8, 2006 at 3:40:06 PM, Bowie confabulated:
>> 
>> > Floyd wrote:
>> > > Hi,
>> > > 
>> > > I am new to SpamAssassin, I have been testing it for about 3 to 4
>> > > weeks now and I have categorized about
>> > > 4000 ham and about 1000 spam, and I still get the same spam after
>> > > a few days. What I am trying to figure out is about sa-learn.
>> > > When I look at the logs and it classifies an incoming mail that is
>> > > spam it gives it a score of 2.8 out of 6 and therefore it
>> > > classifies as ham. Log file:
>> > > 
>> > > PreFile:  C:\ESA\NEW\msg060907173314_A5169.in.eml      PostFile:
>> > > C:\ESA\NEW\msg060907173314_A5169.out.eml
>> > > 09-07-2006 05:33:14 :   SpamAssassin:
>> > > C:\PERL\BIN\SPAMASSASSIN.BAT  <
>> > > "C:\ESA\NEW\msg060907173314_A5169.in.eml" >
>> > > "C:\ESA\NEW\msg060907173314_A5169.out.eml" 
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> > > But when i run spamassassin -t < c:\esa\ham\message in question
>> > > it gives me a score of 10.6, 
>> > > 
>> > > Now why is the previous score different from the manual score.
>> > > They both are running spamassassin from c:\perl\bin
>> > > 
>> > > The only difference is the logs show c:\perl\bin\spamassassin.bat
>> > > and i use c:\perl\bin\spamassassin -t
>> > > 
>> > > Is there a difference beteen the two....I don't think so
>> 
>> > c:\perl\bin\spamassassin is a Perl program
>> > c:\perl\bin\spamassassin.bat is a DOS batch file
>> 
>> > Take a look at the .bat file and see what options it uses when it
>> > calls spamassassin.  Then do your tests with the same options and
>> > see what you get.
>> 
>> By  default,  when  something  is  ran  on the command line without an
>> extension,  Windows  assumes  to  add the appropriate extension before
>> determining  the  proper application to use. Therefore, 'spamassassin'
>> on  the  command  line  ultimately  runs 'spamassassin.bat'. The other
>> 'spamassassin'  without  the  extension would never get ran unless you
>> supply the Perl interpreter with the command. I.e. 'perl spamassassin'
>> or 'c:\perl\bin\perl.exe c:\perl\bin\spamassassin'.
>> 
>> The same would hold true for 'sa-learn' as would 'sa-update'.
> 
> Ok, I'll give you that one.  I tend to forget about that limitation
> since I mostly work with linux.
> 
> Still, the symptom that you describe indicates that your mail system
> and your test are either running different spamassassin programs, or
> using different config files.
> 
> Are you logged in as the same user your mail system uses to do the
> scan (probably not an issue with Windows, but still a valid question)?
> 
> And just out of curiosity, try this command:
>     c:\perl\bin\spamassassin.bat -t < c:\esa\ham\message
> 
> It may or may not take the -t argument, but if not, you can look at
> the headers in the message returned.
> 
> -- 
> Bowie
> 
> 

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