spamd not well after crash

[kalin mintchev <ka...@el.net>]

 hi all...

 last week we had a power outage and our mail sever went down with it. the
spamd performance has been disappointing ever since. crap like "Re:
veaooVzlAGRA" is passing through without a hitch. here is what spamd added
to the headers:

X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on xxxxxxxx.net
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50,HTML_80_90,
     HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=ham version=3.0.2


apparently the rbs check are not functioning (i'm not sure why) but even
if they are not score=0.1 and autolearn=ham?!?!

please somebody explain...

thanks...

Re: spamd not well after crash

[John Andersen <js...@pen.homeip.net>]

On Monday 07 August 2006 03:32, Loren Wilton wrote:
> If you previously installed from a distro of some kind you should probably
> upgrade using the newer distro rather than CPAN directly; otherwise you can
> end up with mucked up installations since some distros move things around.

The problem with that is that many Distros don't release upgrades very often.
The only problem you are likely too have in this regard is spamd located in 
a non-standard place. So check dates.

It might be wise to uninstall the rpm just prior to doing the CPAN route.

Be sure to follow and install all the pre-requisite cpan modules.
There are some that just do not work, and won't build.  You can ignore
these.  But do get the network tests working if possible.

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Re: spamd not well after crash

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

>> It would be easier to fire up CPAN and install the latest than to
>> try and figure it out.  You are back level 2 or 4 releases.

If you previously installed from a distro of some kind you should probably 
upgrade using the newer distro rather than CPAN directly; otherwise you can 
end up with mucked up installations since some distros move things around.


> ok. i'll be doing it. but we are using vpopmail with individual
> preferences for every user. does that mean that every single user has to
> start from scratch?!  how do you rebuild individual databases?!
> i remember asking bout that in order to be able to do black/white listing
> per user and as far as i remember that was not possible?!?!?!
> and what happened the the rbl lookups?!?!

Not much has changed in regards to any of this between 3.0.4 and now.  The 
major change is that there are more things in plugins, and some of them 
arean't enabled by default.  You will have to look for init.pre and any 
other *.pre files in the same general place, and see which things you want 
to uncomment.  I think some of the RBLs may qualify for this.

The user config files, if they were up to date in 3.0 and not spitting 
warnings, will probably still be OK.  There has been some added syntax 
checking, so things that were wrong but didn't get complaints before might 
get complaints now.  Same with your site-wide config files.  As always, it 
is a good idea to run --lint after the new install to see what it might 
complain about.

I don't believe either the Bayes or AWL databases have changed since around 
3.0, so I don't think you should have to do any rebuilding as the result of 
the upgrade.

        Loren

Re: spamd not well after crash

[kalin mintchev <ka...@el.net>]

>
> Horked Bayes database?
>
> It would be easier to fire up CPAN and install the latest than to
> try and figure it out.  You are back level 2 or 4 releases.

ok. i'll be doing it. but we are using vpopmail with individual
preferences for every user. does that mean that every single user has to
start from scratch?!  how do you rebuild individual databases?!
i remember asking bout that in order to be able to do black/white listing
per user and as far as i remember that was not possible?!?!?!
and what happened the the rbl lookups?!?!

thanks..



>
>
> --
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> John Andersen
>

Re: spamd not well after crash

[John Andersen <js...@pen.homeip.net>]

On Sunday 06 August 2006 16:30, kalin mintchev wrote:
>  hi all...
>
>  last week we had a power outage and our mail sever went down with it. the
> spamd performance has been disappointing ever since. crap like "Re:
> veaooVzlAGRA" is passing through without a hitch. here is what spamd added
> to the headers:
>
> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on xxxxxxxx.net
> X-Spam-Level:
> X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50,HTML_80_90,
>      HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=ham version=3.0.2
>
>
> apparently the rbs check are not functioning (i'm not sure why) but even
> if they are not score=0.1 and autolearn=ham?!?!
>
> please somebody explain...
>
> thanks...

Horked Bayes database? 

It would be easier to fire up CPAN and install the latest than to
try and figure it out.  You are back level 2 or 4 releases.


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