SpamAssassin 3.0.2

SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (DA runs 3.0.1) was released on Dec 16, 2004.

http://spamassassin.apache.org/

Has anyone successfully upgraded to this version yet?

Yep - I've got it running on 2 DA boxes one a straight install one an upgrade - both work fine

Rob

also using 3.02 however I upgraded myself as I thought DA bundles with 2.x

Can you tell me some details about how to upgrade?

i also need a quick update instructions

I'd like to know too.

regards

John

Can u tell us how you upgrade Spam Assasin ?
I have DA 1.23.3 and use SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on a FREEBSD box.

spamassasin is in FreeBSD ports, so it shouldn't be too hard.

Read the howto section, and yes for FreeBSD users you have an easy way out install the port.

You could always just edit: /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/spam.sh

1. Change the version number to 3.0.2
2. Change the download URL to the official SA download site. 3. Then run it to upgrade.
# /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/spam.sh


Manual install/upgrade is just as easy though.

# wget http://apache.ntcity.co.uk/spamassassin/source/Mail-SpamAssassin-3.0.2.tar.gz
# tar -xzf Mail-SpamAssassin-3.0.2.tar.gz
# rm -f Mail-SpamAssassin-3.0.2.tar.gz
# cd Mail-SpamAssassin-3.0.2
# perl Makefile.pl
# make
# make install
# /usr/bin/spamd -d -c -m 5


Later.....

Manual install and ports install on FreeBSD 5.3 did not work.
Editing the spam.sh script worked.

werwin01 said:

Manual install and ports install on FreeBSD 5.3 did not work.
Editing the spam.sh script worked.

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yeah the spam.sh method will work better use that, I forgot the exact method I used to be honest.

Hmm,
I tried the spam.sh script.
It looked to go fine.
However, emails still read 3.01
I tried restarting but am not able to:

Could not create INET socket on 127.0.0.1:783: Address already in use

I just ran a kill -TERM on the parent spamd process and restarted. All is working

OK, it seems the upgrade work fine on Red Hat Enterprise AS3.

This is what I got on emails:

X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on ...
X-Spam-Level: *
X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,FORGED_RCVD_HELO,
HTML_90_100,HTML_MESSAGE,HTML_TAG_EXIST_MARQUEE,HTML_TAG_EXIST_TBODY
autolearn=no version=3.0.2

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Why is the level * ?

Why is the level * ?

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That's SA's representation of the numeric spam score in X-Spam-Status; it makes it easier to create filters based on a score; if you look for:

X-Spam-Level: ****

you'll catch all mail with a score of four or higher. It's easier for every mail client I've seen than parsing the numeric score.

(Or did you mean why did SA come up with a score of 1.6?)

Andy

Let me explain what I understand:

The greater the X-Spam-Level is (more **...) the greater the posibility to chch spam is (even with the risc of detecting as a SPAM the email which are good)

So how can I increase that spam level?

Anyway, my Threshold is 5.0 there in DirectAdmin SA setup page.

Well in Redhat 9.0 there are some problems:

I changed the version and stuff and this happens:

The error was:
version.h.pl: version.h.pl: version.h.pl: version.h.pl: version.h.pl: version.h.pl: version.h.pl: Can't locate Digest/SHA1.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ../lib /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at ../lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/EvalTests.pm line 33.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ../lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/EvalTests.pm line 33.
Compilation failed in require at ../lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/PerMsgStatus.pm line 56.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ../lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/PerMsgStatus.pm line 56.
Compilation failed in require at ../lib/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 74.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ../lib/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 74.
Compilation failed in require at version.h.pl line 27.
make: *** [spamc/Makefile] Error 2

Then i tryd it munualy:

[root@xerionhosting Mail-SpamAssassin-3.0.2]# perl Makefile.PL
What email address or URL should be used in the suspected-spam report
text for users who want more information on your filter installation?
(In particular, ISPs should change this to a local Postmaster contact)
default text: [the administrator of that system] [email protected]

Check network rules during 'make test' (test scripts may fail due to
network problems)? (y/n) [n] y

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Warning: prerequisite Digest::SHA1 0 not found.

Warning: I could not locate your pod2man program. Please make sure,
your pod2man program is in your PATH before you execute 'make'

Writing Makefile for Mail::SpamAssassin
Makefile written by ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.03
[root@xerionhosting Mail-SpamAssassin-3.0.2]# make
Makefile:95: *** missing separator. Stop.

What could it be?

Hi,
I was looking this one and i am not sure, i have a RH9 box with DA and i am still using version 2.64, does anybody knows if i can upgrad to version 3.0.2? Where i can found the best "how to" to do that?

Thanks!!

XerionHosting said:

Well in Redhat 9.0 there are some problems:

I changed the version and stuff and this happens:

The error was:
version.h.pl: version.h.pl: version.h.pl: version.h.pl: version.h.pl: version.h.pl: version.h.pl: Can't locate Digest/SHA1.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ../lib /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at ../lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/EvalTests.pm line 33.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ../lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/EvalTests.pm line 33.
Compilation failed in require at ../lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/PerMsgStatus.pm line 56.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ../lib/Mail/SpamAssassin/PerMsgStatus.pm line 56.
Compilation failed in require at ../lib/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 74.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ../lib/Mail/SpamAssassin.pm line 74.
Compilation failed in require at version.h.pl line 27.
make: *** [spamc/Makefile] Error 2

Then i tryd it munualy:

[root@xerionhosting Mail-SpamAssassin-3.0.2]# perl Makefile.PL
What email address or URL should be used in the suspected-spam report
text for users who want more information on your filter installation?
(In particular, ISPs should change this to a local Postmaster contact)
default text: [the administrator of that system] [email protected]

Check network rules during 'make test' (test scripts may fail due to
network problems)? (y/n) [n] y

Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Warning: prerequisite Digest::SHA1 0 not found.

Warning: I could not locate your pod2man program. Please make sure,
your pod2man program is in your PATH before you execute 'make'

Writing Makefile for Mail::SpamAssassin
Makefile written by ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.03
[root@xerionhosting Mail-SpamAssassin-3.0.2]# make
Makefile:95: *** missing separator. Stop.

What could it be?

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Hi,

Same problem here of FC2. A solution anyone ?

Regards,
Erik