[SOLVED] Spamassassin on Slackware not stopping spam

stockton · 09-22-2013, 09:21 AM

For years spamassassin version 3.3.1 running on Perl version 5.10.1on our Slackware server kernel 2.6.39.1 has given good service but just lately it is letting thru a lot of "junk enhancement" rubbish and other rubbish despite me running sa-learn hopefully teaching spamassassin what to ignore.

Please tell me where I start to resolve this issue?

willysr · 09-22-2013, 10:13 AM

I guess it should goes to upstream

stockton · 09-23-2013, 04:33 AM

Please tell me what "goes to upstream" means.

Stuferus · 09-23-2013, 05:18 AM

i think he means you should ask the developers.. not sure..

willysr · 09-23-2013, 07:39 AM

Yes, upstream means the original developer, because i think it's not Slackware's fault for having those junks

bathory · 09-23-2013, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stockton

For years spamassassin version 3.3.1 running on Perl version 5.10.1on our Slackware server kernel 2.6.39.1 has given good service but just lately it is letting thru a lot of "junk enhancement" rubbish and other rubbish despite me running sa-learn hopefully teaching spamassassin what to ignore.

Please tell me where I start to resolve this issue?

Despite sa-learn you should run sa-update regularly, to get updated rules

Regards

LukenShiro · 09-23-2013, 10:20 AM

Unfortunately #@%&$ spammers are nowadays more and more treacherous and elusive

Try to update your rules with greater frequency (with sa-update); then compile them (with sa-compile) for better speed.
If it doesn't solve it, you can try to learn a significant bunch of ham/spam (that is: a lot of it).
Otherwise your problem should be directed to SpamAssassin upstream developers on http://spamassassin.apache.org (unfortunately I cannot help on this).

LukenShiro (as spamassassin SBo script's maintainer)

stockton · 09-24-2013, 03:56 AM

Thank you. I had forgotten about sa-update. Done as suggested and now let us see what happens.

stockton · 09-24-2013, 08:15 AM

OK I ran sa_update this morning and uploaded my spam folder and ran sa_learn against that but still I am getting that "junk enhancement" spam.
I probably now need to talk to the spamassassin developers themselves.