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Posted to users@spamassassin.apache.org by Carlos Williams <ca...@gmail.com> on 2010/02/08 15:38:54 UTC
My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
For some reason when I send my self and email from my personal Postfix
mail server and add an attachment and or a URL hyperlink, it gets
flagged as ***SPAM*** from my email server. The headers are tagged
***SPAM*** from my Postfix mail server running Spamassassin and then
when I receive the message at my Gmail account. It looks like my mail
server didn't like something.
Here is the mail I get at my gmail when sent from my personal email server:
Spam detection software, running on the system "mail.iamghost.com", has
identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message
has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label
similar future email. If you have any questions, see
root@localhost for details.
Content preview: http://www.amazon.com....[snip]
[...]
Content analysis details: (7.1 points, 6.3 required)
pts rule name description
---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------
-1.4 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP
3.3 TVD_RCVD_IP4 TVD_RCVD_IP4
1.6 TVD_RCVD_IP TVD_RCVD_IP
3.4 FH_DATE_PAST_20XX The date is grossly in the future.
2.9 TVD_SPACE_RATIO BODY: TVD_SPACE_RATIO
-2.7 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Carlos Williams <ca...@iamghost.com>
To: <ca...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:18:34 -0500
Subject: Address Info
http://www.amazon.com...[snip]
Does anyone know why this could be happening? Did I configure
something wrong? Below is my /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf:
rewrite_header Subject *****SPAM*****
required_score 6.31
report_safe 1
use_bayes 1
use_bayes_rules 1
bayes_auto_learn 1
Re: My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
Posted by Egberto Monteiro <se...@futuro.usp.br>.
sa-update
Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
> * Carlos Williams <ca...@gmail.com>:
>
>> 3.4 FH_DATE_PAST_20XX The date is grossly in the future.
>>
> Did you update using saupdate?
>
>
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Re: My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
Posted by Ralf Hildebrandt <Ra...@charite.de>.
* Carlos Williams <ca...@gmail.com>:
> 3.4 FH_DATE_PAST_20XX The date is grossly in the future.
Did you update using saupdate?
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Re: My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
Posted by Carlos Williams <ca...@gmail.com>.
Thank you everyone for all your assistance. This is resolved.
-Carlos
Re: My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
Posted by Bowie Bailey <Bo...@BUC.com>.
Carlos Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Bowie Bailey <Bo...@buc.com> wrote:
>
>> sa-update-keys should default to the same location as your local.cf
>> file. On my system, that is /etc/mail/spamassassin. Create the
>> directory and try the import again.
>>
>
> I created the directory from scratch using the 'mkdir' command and it
> appears to have successfully ran. I just get this error:
>
> [root@mail spamassassin]# sa-update
> gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir
> `/etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-update-keys'
>
> Does this need to be owned by any specific user:group and does anyone
> know the permissions on this folder?
>
The permissions should be 700 (i.e. only readable by the owner). The
owner should probably be root (assuming that you will be running
sa-update as root).
# chown -R root sa-update-keys
# chmod 700 sa-update-keys
>> The import operation is not writing rules and updates, it is writing key
>> information. When you run the normal 'sa-update' command, it will write
>> the rules under the /var/lib/spamassassin/3.00X.00X directory.
>>
>
> I can now see:
>
> [root@mail 3.002005]# pwd
> /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005
> [root@mail 3.002005]# ls -la
> total 16
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 8 12:39 .
> drwx------ 4 spamd spamd 4096 Feb 8 12:39 ..
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 12:39 updates_spamassassin_org
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2431 Feb 8 12:39 updates_spamassassin_org.cf
>
> I am guessing that is all working and I shouldn't have to do much else, correct?
>
That looks correct. You will find the rule files themselves under the
updates_spamassassin_org directory. Make sure you restart spamd to
reload the rules after you run sa-update.
--
Bowie
Re: My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
Posted by Carlos Williams <ca...@gmail.com>.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Bowie Bailey <Bo...@buc.com> wrote:
> sa-update-keys should default to the same location as your local.cf
> file. On my system, that is /etc/mail/spamassassin. Create the
> directory and try the import again.
I created the directory from scratch using the 'mkdir' command and it
appears to have successfully ran. I just get this error:
[root@mail spamassassin]# sa-update
gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir
`/etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-update-keys'
Does this need to be owned by any specific user:group and does anyone
know the permissions on this folder?
> The import operation is not writing rules and updates, it is writing key
> information. When you run the normal 'sa-update' command, it will write
> the rules under the /var/lib/spamassassin/3.00X.00X directory.
I can now see:
[root@mail 3.002005]# pwd
/var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005
[root@mail 3.002005]# ls -la
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 8 12:39 .
drwx------ 4 spamd spamd 4096 Feb 8 12:39 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 12:39 updates_spamassassin_org
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2431 Feb 8 12:39 updates_spamassassin_org.cf
I am guessing that is all working and I shouldn't have to do much else, correct?
Re: My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
Posted by Bowie Bailey <Bo...@BUC.com>.
Carlos Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Bowie Bailey <Bo...@buc.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure why root would have a problem writing to the file.
>> sa-update-keys IS a directory, right? Try removing the sa-update-keys
>> file/directory and then running the command again.
>>
>
> I don't think those directories exist. At least they don't in
> /var/lib/spamassassin or /etc/mail/spamassassin. Do I need to manually
> create those directories or am not looking in the right path? Where
> should 'sa-update-keys' be?
>
>
>> You don't need to place the spam.key file anyplace special. Once you
>> import the key, the important stuff will be copied over to the
>> sa-update-keys directory and then you can delete the file. Just make
>> sure the spam.key file is in your current directory when you run the
>> 'sa-update --import' command, or you will have to specify the full path
>> on the command line.
>>
>
> Thats what I thought. I just placed it in the right folder to be safe.
> I think the problem is sa-update is looking to write rules and updates
> to folders that are not present. How do I fix this?
>
sa-update-keys should default to the same location as your local.cf
file. On my system, that is /etc/mail/spamassassin. Create the
directory and try the import again.
The import operation is not writing rules and updates, it is writing key
information. When you run the normal 'sa-update' command, it will write
the rules under the /var/lib/spamassassin/3.00X.00X directory.
--
Bowie
Re: My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
Posted by Carlos Williams <ca...@gmail.com>.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Bowie Bailey <Bo...@buc.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure why root would have a problem writing to the file.
> sa-update-keys IS a directory, right? Try removing the sa-update-keys
> file/directory and then running the command again.
I don't think those directories exist. At least they don't in
/var/lib/spamassassin or /etc/mail/spamassassin. Do I need to manually
create those directories or am not looking in the right path? Where
should 'sa-update-keys' be?
> You don't need to place the spam.key file anyplace special. Once you
> import the key, the important stuff will be copied over to the
> sa-update-keys directory and then you can delete the file. Just make
> sure the spam.key file is in your current directory when you run the
> 'sa-update --import' command, or you will have to specify the full path
> on the command line.
Thats what I thought. I just placed it in the right folder to be safe.
I think the problem is sa-update is looking to write rules and updates
to folders that are not present. How do I fix this?
Re: My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
Posted by Bowie Bailey <Bo...@BUC.com>.
Carlos Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Bowie Bailey <Bo...@buc.com> wrote:
>
>> Sounds to me like you need to install the actual gpg package.
>> Installing the keys doesn't do much if the program that uses them
>> doesn't exist.
>>
>
> Yes this was 1/2 my problem for this matter. I only had GnuPG v2
> installed however I needed to install GnuPG v1 as well and the
> --import command attempted to work. My problem now is understanding
> where the key file needs to be and where do I run the command from? I
> don't know what directory I need store the file because every single
> directory I attempt to run this command from fails:
>
> [root@mail spamassassin]# sa-update --import spam.key
> gpg: keyblock resource
> `/etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-update-keys/secring.gpg': file open error
> gpg: keyblock resource
> `/etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-update-keys/pubring.gpg': file open error
> gpg: no writable keyring found: eof
> gpg: error reading `spam.key': general error
> gpg: import from `spam.key' failed: general error
>
I'm not sure why root would have a problem writing to the file.
sa-update-keys IS a directory, right? Try removing the sa-update-keys
file/directory and then running the command again.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The Wiki makes it sound like /var/lib/spamassassin/ is a good place
> but I get an error there too. I don't have anything in that directory
> that shows a version as indicated in the Wiki. That directory only
> has:
>
> [root@mail spamassassin]# ls -la
> total 936
> drwx------ 3 spamd spamd 4096 Feb 8 11:35 .
> drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Dec 5 00:02 ..
> -rw-r--r-- 1 spamd spamd 16 Oct 29 23:57 .bash_profile
> -rw-r--r-- 1 spamd spamd 108 Oct 29 23:57 .bashrc
> drwx------ 2 spamd spamd 4096 Feb 8 11:06 .spamassassin
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 922213 Feb 8 11:13 spamd.log
> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6865 Feb 8 10:00 spam.key
>
> I am trying to import the 'spam.key' file which you see in
> /var/lib/spamassassin but it is looking for files in some directory I
> am obviously missing...
You don't need to place the spam.key file anyplace special. Once you
import the key, the important stuff will be copied over to the
sa-update-keys directory and then you can delete the file. Just make
sure the spam.key file is in your current directory when you run the
'sa-update --import' command, or you will have to specify the full path
on the command line.
--
Bowie
Re: My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
Posted by Carlos Williams <ca...@gmail.com>.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Bowie Bailey <Bo...@buc.com> wrote:
> Sounds to me like you need to install the actual gpg package.
> Installing the keys doesn't do much if the program that uses them
> doesn't exist.
Yes this was 1/2 my problem for this matter. I only had GnuPG v2
installed however I needed to install GnuPG v1 as well and the
--import command attempted to work. My problem now is understanding
where the key file needs to be and where do I run the command from? I
don't know what directory I need store the file because every single
directory I attempt to run this command from fails:
[root@mail spamassassin]# sa-update --import spam.key
gpg: keyblock resource
`/etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-update-keys/secring.gpg': file open error
gpg: keyblock resource
`/etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-update-keys/pubring.gpg': file open error
gpg: no writable keyring found: eof
gpg: error reading `spam.key': general error
gpg: import from `spam.key' failed: general error
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Wiki makes it sound like /var/lib/spamassassin/ is a good place
but I get an error there too. I don't have anything in that directory
that shows a version as indicated in the Wiki. That directory only
has:
[root@mail spamassassin]# ls -la
total 936
drwx------ 3 spamd spamd 4096 Feb 8 11:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Dec 5 00:02 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 spamd spamd 16 Oct 29 23:57 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 spamd spamd 108 Oct 29 23:57 .bashrc
drwx------ 2 spamd spamd 4096 Feb 8 11:06 .spamassassin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 922213 Feb 8 11:13 spamd.log
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6865 Feb 8 10:00 spam.key
I am trying to import the 'spam.key' file which you see in
/var/lib/spamassassin but it is looking for files in some directory I
am obviously missing...
Re: My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
Posted by Bowie Bailey <Bo...@BUC.com>.
Carlos Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Mike Cardwell
> <sp...@lists.grepular.com> wrote:
>
>> The error message, "gpg required but not found," means that gpg was
>> required, but was not found. I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest
>> that maybe gpg wasn't found, but is required, and that you should install
>> it?
>>
>
> As you guessed I figured this much with the help of Google. I search
> over and over how do I install the GPG key on my system and the Wiki
> really does not give clueless people like myself any reference as to
> how I can import the following key:
>
> http://www.apache.org/dist/spamassassin/KEYS
>
> I saved that key into a file and read the man page for sa-update
> trying to import it and all attempts failed:
>
> sa-update --gpgkey /sa_gpg.key
> error: gpg required but not found!
>
> [root@mail spamassassin]# sa-update --gpghomedir /sa_gpg.key
> error: gpg required but not found!
>
> I am guessing I am again missing something here which is placing your
> palm to face but I really would appreciate any assistance in how to
> correct this error? If it's explain to me on the SA Wiki, then I am
> missing it because I read through it pretty good.
>
Sounds to me like you need to install the actual gpg package.
Installing the keys doesn't do much if the program that uses them
doesn't exist.
Tell us which distro you are using and someone should be able to point
you to the proper installation instructions.
--
Bowie
Re: My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
Posted by Burnie <bu...@dod.no>.
Carlos Williams <ca...@gmail.com> came out of the corner and wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Mike Cardwell
> <sp...@lists.grepular.com> wrote:
> > The error message, "gpg required but not found," means that gpg was
> > required, but was not found. I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest
> > that maybe gpg wasn't found, but is required, and that you should install
> > it?
>
> As you guessed I figured this much with the help of Google. I search
> over and over how do I install the GPG key
But you probably missed the point.
Mike didn't say install the gpg key.
He suggested to install gpg.
http://gnupg.org/
--
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<E-...@dod.no> /// <URL:http://burnie.sh/>
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Re: My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
Posted by Justin Mason <jm...@jmason.org>.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 15:07, Carlos Williams <ca...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Mike Cardwell
> <sp...@lists.grepular.com> wrote:
>> The error message, "gpg required but not found," means that gpg was
>> required, but was not found. I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest
>> that maybe gpg wasn't found, but is required, and that you should install
>> it?
>
> As you guessed I figured this much with the help of Google. I search
> over and over how do I install the GPG key on my system and the Wiki
> really does not give clueless people like myself any reference as to
> how I can import the following key:
>
> http://www.apache.org/dist/spamassassin/KEYS
>
> I saved that key into a file and read the man page for sa-update
> trying to import it and all attempts failed:
>
> sa-update --gpgkey /sa_gpg.key
> error: gpg required but not found!
Take another look at the man page:
--import file Import GPG key(s) from file into sa-update's
keyring. Use multiple times for multiple files
[...]
--import
Use to import GPG key(s) from a file into the sa-update
keyring which is located in the
directory specified by --gpghomedir. Before using channels
from third party sources,
you should use this option to import the GPG key(s) used by
those channels. You must
still use the --gpgkey or --gpgkeyfile options above to get
sa-update to trust imported
keys.
To import multiple keys, use the option multiple times. i.e.:
sa-update --import channel1-GPG.KEY --import channel2-GPG.KEY
Note: use of this option automatically enables GPG verification.
--j.
> [root@mail spamassassin]# sa-update --gpghomedir /sa_gpg.key
> error: gpg required but not found!
>
> I am guessing I am again missing something here which is placing your
> palm to face but I really would appreciate any assistance in how to
> correct this error? If it's explain to me on the SA Wiki, then I am
> missing it because I read through it pretty good.
>
>
--
--j.
Re: My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
Posted by Carlos Williams <ca...@gmail.com>.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Mike Cardwell
<sp...@lists.grepular.com> wrote:
> The error message, "gpg required but not found," means that gpg was
> required, but was not found. I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest
> that maybe gpg wasn't found, but is required, and that you should install
> it?
As you guessed I figured this much with the help of Google. I search
over and over how do I install the GPG key on my system and the Wiki
really does not give clueless people like myself any reference as to
how I can import the following key:
http://www.apache.org/dist/spamassassin/KEYS
I saved that key into a file and read the man page for sa-update
trying to import it and all attempts failed:
sa-update --gpgkey /sa_gpg.key
error: gpg required but not found!
[root@mail spamassassin]# sa-update --gpghomedir /sa_gpg.key
error: gpg required but not found!
I am guessing I am again missing something here which is placing your
palm to face but I really would appreciate any assistance in how to
correct this error? If it's explain to me on the SA Wiki, then I am
missing it because I read through it pretty good.
Re: My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
Posted by Mike Cardwell <sp...@lists.grepular.com>.
On 08/02/2010 14:48, Carlos Williams wrote:
>>> 3.4 FH_DATE_PAST_20XX The date is grossly in the future.
>>
>> Looks like someone has not applied the Jan 2010 patch
>
> Yes - guilty as charged. Sorry all for my ignorance. I can sadly say I
> have never ran 'sa-update' but when I tried, I got this error:
>
> [root@mail /]# pacman -Q spamassassin
> spamassassin 3.2.5-2
>
> [root@mail ~]# cd /var/lib/spamassassin/
>
> [root@mail spamassassin]# sa-update
> error: gpg required but not found!
The error message, "gpg required but not found," means that gpg was
required, but was not found. I'm going to go out on a limb here and
suggest that maybe gpg wasn't found, but is required, and that you
should install it?
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Re: My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
Posted by Carlos Williams <ca...@gmail.com>.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:43 AM, John ffitch <jp...@codemist.co.uk> wrote:
>> 3.4 FH_DATE_PAST_20XX The date is grossly in the future.
>
> Looks like someone has not applied the Jan 2010 patch
Yes - guilty as charged. Sorry all for my ignorance. I can sadly say I
have never ran 'sa-update' but when I tried, I got this error:
[root@mail /]# pacman -Q spamassassin
spamassassin 3.2.5-2
[root@mail ~]# cd /var/lib/spamassassin/
[root@mail spamassassin]# sa-update
error: gpg required but not found!
Re: My Outgoing Email is Flagged as ***SPAM***?
Posted by John ffitch <jp...@codemist.co.uk>.
> 3.4 FH_DATE_PAST_20XX The date is grossly in the future.
Looks like someone has not applied the Jan 2010 patch
==John ff