[PLUG] Figuring out spamassassin...

Kenneth G. Stephens kens at kens.cad2cam.com
Sat Oct 11 13:29:02 UTC 2003


On Sat, 2003-10-11 at 12:47, Jeme A Brelin wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 11 Oct 2003, Michael C. Robinson wrote:
> > My .forward...
> > "|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #user"
> 
> Why are you doing this instead of just using procmail for all local
> delivery?
> 
> > So this sets the internal field seperator to ' ' and puts a new
> > timestamp in an email as far as the from?  What's the exit 75
> > #user about?
> 
> 'exit 75' sets the exit code in case procmail fails (hence, the or [||])
> to 75.
> 
> The #user is a comment.
> 
> > My .procmailrc	...
> > :0fw: spamassinin.lock
> > | /usr/bin/spamassassin
> >
> > I assume this just forwards to spamassassin.
> 
> And sets a lockfile.  man procmail.  It's very handy.
> 
> > I seem to be getting duplicate messages under evolution now, any tips?
> 
> Dunno what kind of voodoo you're attempting, but I just use procmail for
> all local delivery and my rc.general (under .procmail) starts with this:
> 
> :0fw
> | /usr/bin/spamc
> 
> :0:
> * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes
> IN.spam
> 
> And it works beautifully.
> J.
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Jeme,

For the rest of us who setup spamassassin "by the book/gui", how does it
work?  sendmail receives the email and then procmail distributes it.
Procmail sends it to spamassassin?  Or. . . .

Ken
CAD2CAM.COM





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