spamassassin

[gigi]

Hallo,
1- after installation is Spamassassin selflearing usually on ? There is no graphic ways to check it via DA
2 - How to proceed in order to make spamass. self learn ? I read somewhere that it would check spam folders and learn from them, is it true? Other solutions ?

Please help, I am a newbie
tnks a lot

 

[gigi]

... I am not skilled in the matter, so I attempt to learn by myself what I discover online

I found in the server the file user_prefs. It includes the following code


required_score 5.0

report_safe 1

What if I add to it this code?


use_bayes 1

bayes_auto_learn 1

Please any advice
tnks

 

[OliverScott]

Personally I would put these lines in your local.cf file (to make the changes server wide rather than user specific):

This file can usually be found in /etc/mail/spamassassin

Note: You will need to log into your server using somthing like WinSCP (if you are a windows user), or edit it in VI if you are a masochist

use_bayes 1
bayes_auto_learn 1
bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam 1.0
bayes_auto_learn_threshold_spam 10.0
bayes_file_mode 0777

# Limit the size of the Bayes database to about 30MB (in my case)
bayes_expiry_max_db_size 500000

# New Bayes Rules for even more certainty
body BAYES_99 eval:check_bayes('0.990', '0.999')
body BAYES_999 eval:check_bayes('0.999', '1.000')
body BAYES_00 eval:check_bayes('0.001', '0.010')
body BAYES_000 eval:check_bayes('0.000', '0.001')
describe BAYES_99 Bayesian spam probability is 99 to 99.9%
describe BAYES_999 Bayesian spam probability is 99.9 to 100%
describe BAYES_00 Bayesian spam probability is 0.1 to 1%
describe BAYES_000 Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 0.1%

# My Suggested Bayes Scoring
score BAYES_999 3.000
score BAYES_99 2.500
score BAYES_95 2.000
score BAYES_80 1.500
score BAYES_60 0.500
score BAYES_50 0.001
score BAYES_40 -0.100
score BAYES_20 -0.200
score BAYES_05 -0.500
score BAYES_00 -1.200
score BAYES_000 -1.500

# Ignore headers which may cause trouble
# PICK WHICH ONES YOU TRUST!
bayes_ignore_header X-Bogosity
bayes_ignore_header X-Spam-Flag
bayes_ignore_header X-Spam-Status
bayes_ignore_header X-Spam-Virus
bayes_ignore_header X-Spam-SpamTokens
bayes_ignore_header X-Spam-HamTokens
bayes_ignore_header X-Received-From-IP
bayes_ignore_header X-Virus-Scanned
bayes_ignore_header X-Spam-Level
bayes_ignore_header X-Sender
bayes_ignore_header X-Mailer
bayes_ignore_header ReSent-Date
bayes_ignore_header ReSent-From
bayes_ignore_header ReSent-Message-ID
bayes_ignore_header ReSent-Subject
bayes_ignore_header ReSent-To
bayes_ignore_header ReSent-Date

You can learn a LOT by reading the spamassassin mailing list which is available online at:

http://www.nabble.com/SpamAssassin-f191.html

And by reading the wiki at:

http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin

Hope this helps

 

[OliverScott]

required_score 5.0
report_safe 1

These are both set through the SpamAssassin section of the DirectAdmin interface.

required_score is "What score threshold do you wish to use?"

report_safe is "How should the spam be delivered?"

 

[gigi]

tnks a lot for your advice