hi,
i am a sysadmin at a small isp and have several questions to ask. please bear with me, my questions are probably very basic. i have implemented spamassassin 3.x and want to activate surbls. our mailserver is running on RH linux with sendmail/open webmail, as well as pop clients.
1. how do i tell if Net::DNS is installed?
2. how do i make sure "network tests" are enabled?
3. how do i tell if "Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URIDNSBL" is present and loaded? if it isn't present by default, i think i found the URIDNSBL plugin code on the surbl.org site but i don't know how to install it.
4. what needs to be done in the /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf file to get surbls working?
5. how can i tell if surbl is working once everything is in place?
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i'm sure these are all very basic setup issues but to me, i'm at a bit of a loss.
any help is greatly appreciated.
tia, dave
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On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 07:08:17PM -0500, Dave Harris wrote:
- how do i tell if Net::DNS is installed?
probably "rpm -q perl-Net-DNS", but you can run "spamassassin -D --lint" and right near the top you'll see something like:
debug: diag: module installed: Net::DNS, version 0.48
- how do i make sure "network tests" are enabled?
Run a message through with -D. :)
- how do i tell if
"Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URIDNSBL" is present and loaded? if it isn't present by default, i think i found the URIDNSBL plugin code on the surbl.org site but i don't know how to install it.
See answer to #2. :) If you're running SA 3.x, the plugin is included. SA 2.x requires a patch and such. Can't help on that one.
- what needs to be done in the
/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf file to get surbls working?
Nothing for SA 3.0. See answer to #3.
- how can i tell if surbl is working once everything
is in place?
See answer to #2. :) More specifically, run a message through that has some URLs in it. You'll see the queries + results in the debug output.
thanks Theo!
this is exactly what i needed, a push in the right direction :).
turns out i don't have Net::DNS installed so that explains why nothing works.
thanks again for your fast response!
-dave
--- Theo Van Dinter felicity@kluge.net wrote:
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 07:08:17PM -0500, Dave Harris wrote:
- how do i tell if Net::DNS is installed?
probably "rpm -q perl-Net-DNS", but you can run "spamassassin -D --lint" and right near the top you'll see something like:
debug: diag: module installed: Net::DNS, version 0.48
- how do i make sure "network tests" are enabled?
Run a message through with -D. :)
- how do i tell if
"Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URIDNSBL" is present
and
loaded? if it isn't present by default, i think i found the URIDNSBL plugin code on the surbl.org
site
but i don't know how to install it.
See answer to #2. :) If you're running SA 3.x, the plugin is included. SA 2.x requires a patch and such. Can't help on that one.
- what needs to be done in the
/etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf file to get surbls working?
Nothing for SA 3.0. See answer to #3.
- how can i tell if surbl is working once
everything
is in place?
See answer to #2. :) More specifically, run a message through that has some URLs in it. You'll see the queries + results in the debug output.
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Dave, Have you seen the SURBL FAQ:
and the SpamAssassin wiki?
http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/
You may find that they answer most of your questions.
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