[RELEASE] SpamBlocker Plugin

[resolveit]

Edit 11-Oct-2006: SpamBlocker Plugin is no longer a product of Edge Internet Services.

The new contact information is as follows:

To order Spamblocker:
https://www.daplugins.net/

To use the ticket system:
http://spamblocker.virtualhelpdesk.info/


Edit 05/31/2006: We've had to disable the 2CheckOut payment option as we weren't getting good support from them. We'll add our own CC gateway as soon as we can but in the meantime PayPal is the only payment option available. If any returning users can't pay by PayPal and need additional licenses please enter a ticket at http://spamblocker.virtualhelpdesk.info/ and we'll manage to work something out.

SPAMBlocker Plugin for DirectAdmin has been released.

SPAMBlocker Plugin makes managing the configuration of SPAMBlocker (from Nobaloney Internet Services) a breeze.

SpamBlocker Plugin version 1.7.0 is available

You can manage the following from the Plugin (if you have SPAMBlocker version 1)

exim.conf settings for SPAMBlocker 1
Upgrade to SPAMBlocker 2
which domains are affected by SPAMBlocker
automatically adding new domains to SPAMBlocker
excluding domains from being added to SPAMBlocker
Domains blacklist
Hosts Whitelist
View exim.conf




You can manage the following from the Plugin (if you have SPAMBlocker version 2)

View exim.conf from inside the plugin
exim.conf settings for SPAMBlocker 2
Enable/Disable any of the external RBL lists
which domains are affected by SPAMBlocker
automatically adding new domains to SPAMBlocker
excluding domains from being added to SPAMBlocker
Domains whitelist
Domains blacklist
Hosts Whitelist
Hosts Blacklist
Sender Whitelist
Senders Blacklist
View exim.conf



Licenses for the plugin is for sale at http://www.daplugins.net for $29.95.

You can download the plugin from
PHP 4 Version http://spamblocker.daplugins.net/plugin/php4/spamblocker.tar.gz
PHP 5 Version http://spamblocker.daplugins.net/plugin/php5/spamblocker.tar.gz

[resolveit]

Some Screenshots of the SPAMBlocker plugin.

The forum does not support PDF attachments so you'll have to get it from http://spamblocker.daplugins.net/screenshots/SBPlugin.pdf

Regards,
Onno Vrijburg

[getUP]

Can you shed any light on the ease of installation? Do you still have to follow the instructions in the readme file as before?

And please, make normal screenshots instead of printing out a website to a pdf file.

[resolveit]

This is a plugin, it installs into DA and is only accessible from the admin level. Installation is a breeze as you only need to specify the URL, enter your password and click install. When the plugin is installed you need to enter your license code and you're ready to go.

I know that's not what you asked but also important :)

Upgrading is as simple as clicking the Upgrade button and configuring the settings for version 2. The plugin has already implemented everything in the readme so click the button, configure the URL's and wait 1 minute and you're on SPAMBlocker 2.

What this plugin does NOT do is install Spam Assassin, you can en/disable Spam Assassin in the exim.conf file with the plugin but still have to run the script to install Spam Assassin yourself.

When I have more time I'll make gif/jpg files for those who don't want to view the PDF.

Regards,
Onno Vrijburg

[Chrysalis]

If possible can you have it check if /usr/local/bin/spamd exists and if it does use path's /usr/local appended, reason for this is if someone uses spamassassin from freebsd ports it will be in that path.

[getUP]

It's not that I don't want to view the PDF, but for some reason my computer isn't thrilled with opening PDF files :)

[resolveit]

Originally posted by Chrysalis
If possible can you have it check if /usr/local/bin/spamd exists and if it does use path's /usr/local appended, reason for this is if someone uses spamassassin from freebsd ports it will be in that path.

I don't follow what you want me to do... I can check to see if /usr/local/bin/spamd exists, no problem but what do you want me to do if it exists and what do you want me to do if it does not exist?

regards,
Onno

[resolveit]

Originally posted by getUP
It's not that I don't want to view the PDF, but for some reason my computer isn't thrilled with opening PDF files :)

I'll try and get them done before Wednessday :)

[resolveit]

Ok, getting images into this forum is a problem for me :(

Here are some screenshots in JPG format :)


Main Menu of the Plugin (http://www.daplugins.net/screenshots/menu.JPG)
SPAMBlocker Configuration (http://www.daplugins.net/screenshots/configure.JPG)
Select domains (http://www.daplugins.net/screenshots/selectdomains.JPG)
Editing Blacklists and Whitelists (http://www.daplugins.net/screenshots/black-whitelist.JPG)
Viewing the logs (http://www.daplugins.net/screenshots/logviewer.JPG)

[Chrysalis]

Originally posted by resolveit
I don't follow what you want me to do... I can check to see if /usr/local/bin/spamd exists, no problem but what do you want me to do if it exists and what do you want me to do if it does not exist?

regards,
Onno

Sorry I got confused when I wrote the post, does spamblocker only modify exim.conf if so then no need to do what I said. It is only needed if spamassassin config gets modified.

[nobaloney]

The plugin does not at this time manage SpamAssassin.

As Onno has mentioned (he's asleep now; it's 1:30 am in Holland, so I'm responding), the plugin allows you to either enable or disable SpamAssassin (by managing the commenting and/or uncommenting of the specific lines in exim.conf), but doesn't do anything to change it.

Jeff

[getUP]

Quoted from the other topic:

SpamBlocker Version 2 will be included in future releases of DirectAdmin and will be available from the DirectAdmin website as soon as it becomes an official part of DirectAdmin.

Do you know when that will be?
Will this module be any part of the official DirectAdmin distribution?

[resolveit]

I know that the spamblocker 2 exim file is currently being integrated with DA and if it's not already available it will be soon (for new installs). For existing installs you can download the exim.conf file and manually modify it (or you can have the plugin do it for you).

The plugin is a commercial product and is sold seperately.

Regards,
Onno Vrijburg

[getUP]

To have it cleared up for myself; if the spamblocker config file is integrated into fresh installs, you can buy the plugin to configure it as you need? There will be no configuration possible on the interface level from DirectAdmin or is this yet unknown?

The reason I'm asking this is because in the past we've bought things which seemed to be part of a future releases of other software we used, so made our, sometimes tiny, investments in fact straight up losses.

[nobaloney]

Here's the definitive answer.

Onno and I are partners in SpamBlocker.

I maintain the SpamBlocker exim.conf file, which is an open source release, licensed under the same license as Exim (see the license here (http://www.nobaloney.net/downloads/spamblocker/DirectAdmin/gnu-gpl-v2.txt).

We of course allow JBMC to include it in DA.

We also offer it on our download site, here (http://www.nobaloney.net/downloads/spamblocker/DirectAdmin/).

Onno maintains the plugin code. It is not open source. The license has not yet been written; I'm in charge of that and I haven't had the time yet. As soon as it's written the plugin will be available for sale.

We have no expectation of licensing DA to use the code, but we make no promises that we won't, nor can we promise that DA won't write similar code.

We can promise you a valuable plugin at a good price.

Jeff

[resolveit]

This plugin will be released later today and will be prices at $29.95 per license.

[nobaloney]

I finally got the license finished :) .

Jeff

[resolveit]

The SpamBlocker Plugin has been released!!!

I've updated the first post in this thread with all the details.

[Chrysalis]

Looks good, do all domains using spamblocker have to share the same whitelist?

[resolveit]

Hi Chrysalis,

Currently all domains using SpamBlocker's exim.conf file use the same white and blacklists.

We will be releasing a Pro version called MailBlocker that will include the possibility to have individual White and Blacklists per domainname. The Pro version will also include a new exim.conf file that allows per-domain black and whitelists.

Note that the MailBlocker exim.conf file will NOT be distributed under the OpenSource license but all changes in the SpamBlocker exim.conf file will also be made in the MailBlocker exim.conf file.

Regards,
Onno Vrijburg

[rocketcity]

What is the best way to get support for the plugin? I have an issue that I need help with.

[resolveit]

The best way is to use our helpdesk system http://spamblocker.virtualhelpdesk.info but if you feel it concerns the other users you may post it here as well.

Regards,

[rocketcity]

Sounds good, I'll post here first then if we need to move we can.

My problem: I set up the SpamBlocker "exim.conf" file yesterday with intension of purchasing the plugin today. This morning I purchased the plugin and did the install. I went through the steps of setting up the license and configuring SpamBlocker via the "Admin" panel. I then proceded to setup the domains that should be filtered and the such. When I latter went back in to add another domain I appeared that non of the info that I entered (domains to be filtered) were saved. So I tried it again (with no luck). I tried to add a couple of "blacklist domains" same thing nothing showed up. I check the log and saw where the information had been written to "Updating /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/data/blacklist_domains for the "blacklist domains". I ssh'd to the server and was able to verify this information existed. I then "cd to /etc/virtual and check those files and found nothing (blacklist_domains or use_rbl_domains) both were blank. As a test I enter the domains to be filtered to the "use_rbl_domains" file and save it. I then check the SpamBlocker/Admin
"Select domains" page and found the entries that I put in manually.

It appears that "My plugin" is modifying the /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/data/blacklist_domains and not /etc/virtual files.

What do I need to change to correct this?

[resolveit]

This is correct, the plugin updates /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/data/* and a cronjob ensures that the files are moved to the correct place and the correct accessrights are set on the files.

Please check /etc/crontab to see if the following entry exists



*/1 * * * * root /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/shared/cron.php > /dev/null


If it does exist you need to check if the crond process is actually running on your server



# ps aux | grep crond


should return at least 1 entry other than the grep itself

[rocketcity]

The cron job was not in crontab. I have modified the crontab to include:


*/1 * * * * root /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/shared/cron.php > /dev/null However I did notice that the code broke and went to another line here: /usr/local/directadmin/plugins......

I tried to add another domain and still no luck. I check to see if crond was running and it was. Results:

# ps aux | grep crond
root 3241 0.0 0.1 4460 1124 ? Ss Oct17 0:00 crond
root 4144 0.0 0.0 3732 668 pts/0 S+ 15:17 0:00 grep crond

Any other ideas?

Thanks for the help

[resolveit]

What OS are you running?

Would it be possible for me to get SSH + root access on your server to analyse the problem?

Onno

[rocketcity]

I have sent you a PM

Greg

[resolveit]

Hi,

You entered the cron-job on 2 lines in stead of 1. I fixed that and then ran it manually to see if it works. I noticed that I made a typo in the SpamBlocker v1 runtime-queue handling. It's fixed and you can upgrade the plugin to fix it on your server.

The bug was related to the blacklist_domains file.

I would however also strongly recommend that you upgrade to version 2 of SpamBlocker as this is what is now distributed with DA and it fixes a bug in the handeling of whitelists. You can use the option in the plugin to upgrade if you wish, it will do everything for you :)

Regards,

[rocketcity]

Just ran the update from the plugin manager. The SpamBlocker Plugin is at V 1.5.8 and the SpamBlocker exim.conf is at V 2. Is this correct?

I am not sure why the crontab line dropped. I manually typed it in. In the process it kept dropping to a second line during the process. This happen several times as I tried retyping it 4 different times before finally saving it as it was.

Thanks for your help.

Greg

[resolveit]

Yes, the new SpamBlocker exim.conf is version 2 and the latest SpamBlocker Plugin is v1.5.8

Did you check the crontab after upgrading again to make sure it's still correct?

Regards,

[rocketcity]

Checked the crontab, it is correct and everything is updateing as it should. :)

Thanks for your help.

[Vpower]

I`m having trouble upgrading exim.conf to V.2. I try upgrading, but version does not change. Any advice?

[nobaloney]

I just wanted to add this to clarify that any exim.conf files distributed by us will be available under the terms of the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 2.

The terms of the license state that we are required to offer the source code to anyone who obtains MailBlocker Pro from us who asks for it.

Since the exim.conf file is human readable, hence source code, distribution of MailBlocker Pro will fill the terms of the license.

Anyone who so receives the code can also distribute it under the terms of the license.

The MailBlocker Pro plugin will NOT be open source and will not be redistributable.

Jeff

[nobaloney]

Originally posted by rocketcity
Just ran the update from the plugin manager. The SpamBlocker Plugin is at V 1.5.8 and the SpamBlocker exim.conf is at V 2. Is this correct?
I believe so, but I'm at home and don't have access to the current version information right now.

I am not sure why the crontab line dropped. I manually typed it in. In the process it kept dropping to a second line during the process. This happen several times as I tried retyping it 4 different times before finally saving it as it was.
That's a function of your editor.

Jeff

[nobaloney]

Originally posted by Vpower
I'm having trouble upgrading exim.conf to V.2. I try upgrading, but version does not change. Any advice?
Updating how? Through the SpamBlocker Plugin? Or some other way?

Jeff

[Vpower]

Through the plug in. Have I totally misunderstood something here or?

[resolveit]

The SpamBlocker 2 exim.conf file is OpenSource and is distributed as part of DirectAdmin under the OpenSource License. All new versions are distributed with the new exim.conf produced by Nobaloney Internet Services as announced on this forum.

The Plugin (a commercial product) is an extension that makes it easier to configure SpamBlocker and one feature we built in was the ability to upgrade exim.conf to the latest version.

It seems that the upgrade did not work with your installation. Can you PM me root and admin logins so I can see what's wrong and fix it for you?

Regards,

[Vpower]

No sorry, won`t pm root login. What permission should exim.conf have and who is the right owner?
I could just install the The SpamBlocker 2 exim.conf manually..

[resolveit]

Ok, what you need to do is check that the cronjob is entered into /etc/crontab and that it's actually running (read this thread for the cronjob).

check /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/data if there are files there.

Let me know what you find.

/etc/exim.conf must be owned by root and group must also be set to root.

Without access to your system I am unable to fix the problem quickly, but I do understand that there are always security issues to be considdered.

[Vpower]

The cronjob wasn`t entered for some reason. Inserted it and it works fine now :)
Thanks :)

[resolveit]

Glad I could help.

[resolveit]

A new version of the SpamBlocker Plugin is available.

* This is a recommended upgrade because it fixes the crontab issue discussed in this thread.
* We've made some minor code modifications to make things work better
* One helpful visible addition: the plugin will now tell you if it detected an installation of SpamAssassin (in the configuration screen).

Regards,

[Oddis]

http://spamblocker.virtualhelpdesk.info/
Is this helpdesk in use??????????

[resolveit]

Sorry email notification was not enabled for my account. I've fixed it and will activly monitor it from now on.

[resolveit]

I've posted a new version encoded for PHP5, See the first post in this thread. If you're running PHP5 please let me know if you have issues with this version.

[nobaloney]

SpamBlocker Plugin version 1.7.0 is available.

New features:
View exim.conf inside the plugin
Enable/Disable any of the pre-defined external blocklists

BugFixes:
Get's the full version number for the exim.conf file

Jeff

[sander815]

is this also for spamblocker 2?

[resolveit]

Originally posted by sander815
is this also for spamblocker 2?

The first post in this thread shows what you can manage if you have SpamBlocker 1.x and what you can manage if you have SpamBlocker 2.x. This plugin can manage both versions of SpamBlocker.

[Vpower]

I just tried to update to 1.7.0 and now I get this:
Warning: file_get_contents(/usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/plugin.conf): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/admin/menuv2.php on line 8 Warning: file_get_contents(/usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/plugin.conf): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/admin/header.php on line 7

when I go to "Spamblocker" configuration in DA.

Any advice?

[resolveit]

Can you check the permissions on the /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/plugin.conf file, it should look like this


-rw-r--r-- 1 diradmin diradmin 241 Oct 27 22:57 plugin.conf


Did the update complete or were there errors?
Try updating again and check for errors, then try the plugin again.

[Vpower]

Thanks :)

For some reason permissions was wrong, so I did chmod 644 plugin.conf and it worked like a charm. Also upgrade to 1.7.1 went fine :)

[sky]

hello
I try to use the ticket systeme but no way to login or send a ticket.


I am trying your DA plugins and i cant get it to work.

I have php5.

When i install it, it returns : uninstall.sh returned a non-zero value:
For installation, update or delete.

So i delete it and try the link for php4 but then phpgardian dont like it :)

Thx for any help.
Sky

[hostpc.com]

Originally posted by resolveit
A new version of the SpamBlocker Plugin is available.

* This is a recommended upgrade because it fixes the crontab issue discussed in this thread.
* We've made some minor code modifications to make things work better
* One helpful visible addition: the plugin will now tell you if it detected an installation of SpamAssassin (in the configuration screen).

Regards,

FYI: Downloaded and installed this today (about 3 weeks after your post) - crontab still isn't updated.

[resolveit]

Originally posted by sky
hello
I try to use the ticket systeme but no way to login or send a ticket.


I am trying your DA plugins and i cant get it to work.

I have php5.

When i install it, it returns : uninstall.sh returned a non-zero value:
For installation, update or delete.

So i delete it and try the link for php4 but then phpgardian dont like it :)

Thx for any help.
Sky

I replied to your PM

[resolveit]

Originally posted by hostpc.com
FYI: Downloaded and installed this today (about 3 weeks after your post) - crontab still isn't updated.

Which crontab are you looking at? I'll check it again on a clean system and a system where it's been installed on before and make sure the crontab is working.

Thanks for the info.

[hostpc.com]

I'm VERY impressed with this product so far, but I've got some questions before I commit to a bulk purchase of licenses.

1.
2005-11-18 10:56:25 H=(X.X.X.X) [85.186.238.152] F=<lfwoaguc@globalweb.net> rejected RCPT <simpson@hostpc.com>: to unblock see http://www.hostpc.com/*****

Can the unblock page be configured for EACH domain on a shared server?

2. Can the white/blacklists be configured PER domain?

I'm running it on a dedicated site/server right now, and it's catching 99% of the spam coming to the domain. Very impressive... I'm just concerned about those items above - I'm sure the customers will ask how THEY can control it - or be excluded from it.

Thanks

Joe

[sky]

I have still not any response for my problem ...
I have enough of spam !

[resolveit]

Originally posted by hostpc.com
I'm VERY impressed with this product so far, but I've got some questions before I commit to a bulk purchase of licenses.

1.
2005-11-18 10:56:25 H=(X.X.X.X) [85.186.238.152] F=<lfwoaguc@globalweb.net> rejected RCPT <simpson@hostpc.com>: to unblock see http://www.hostpc.com/*****

Can the unblock page be configured for EACH domain on a shared server?

2. Can the white/blacklists be configured PER domain?

I'm running it on a dedicated site/server right now, and it's catching 99% of the spam coming to the domain. Very impressive... I'm just concerned about those items above - I'm sure the customers will ask how THEY can control it - or be excluded from it.

Thanks

Joe

Hi Joe,

The answer to both questions is that it will be implemented in future releases, the exact timing will depend on how busy Jeff is in the comming weeks/months.

For the moment this is a serverwide configuration. Domains can be excluded by not adding them to the /etc/virtual/use_rbl_domains list or when using "set and forget" by adding them to the exclude list.

The SpamBlocker Plugin is currently an admin-level plugin only and will be expanded with Reseller and User-level access to SpamBlocker and Virus Control in the future.

[resolveit]

Originally posted by sky
I have still not any response for my problem ...
I have enough of spam !

Have you tried the URL for PHP5 in the first post?

I'll also reply to the PM you sent me with the actual URL.

[hostpc.com]

Originally posted by resolveit
Hi Joe,

The answer to both questions is that it will be implemented in future releases, the exact timing will depend on how busy Jeff is in the comming weeks/months.

For the moment this is a serverwide configuration. Domains can be excluded by not adding them to the /etc/virtual/use_rbl_domains list or when using "set and forget" by adding them to the exclude list.

The SpamBlocker Plugin is currently an admin-level plugin only and will be expanded with Reseller and User-level access to SpamBlocker and Virus Control in the future.

Thanks for the info Onno. IF I ever tried to implement something like this without users having complete access to what's being blocked / bounced, they'd serve my head on a platter for Christmas dinner. Just adding spamassassin and diddling with the headers (adding ***SPAM*** to the header) caused an uproar - if you'll remember in the beginning it wasn't necesssarily easily configured by domain. People get VERY testy when you mess with their email - especially when they dont have direct control over what is bouncing and what isn't. With 40 servers and nearly 10,000 customers, there's no way we can take on management of white/blacklists for all our users.

Please be sure to post, or maybe Jeff can keep us updated on how progress is being made implementing this with user controls...

Thanks

[hostpc.com]

Are you (Jeff & resolveit) planning on releasing this plugin as compatible with the upcoming release of Dovecot?

[hostpc.com]

I installed the plugin 11/23... it's worked fine until now. This morning, after _NO_ changes to the server, no upgrde - this message appears when I try to add a new user domain to those using SpamBlocker

Warning: file_get_contents(/etc/virtual/domains): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/admin/rbl.php on line 40

SpamBlocker Plugin
1.7.1

SpamBlocker exim.conf
2.0


Any ideas?

[hostpc.com]

Not sure how, but /etc/virtual/domains got CHMOD 600 ... swapped it back to 644, and it works again. bizzare.

[nobaloney]

Yes it is bizzarre, as I don't know of anything in the code that could cause the change.

I don't see any reason why SpamBlocker would be incompatible with dovecot as it works at the SMTP level, long before email is passed over for delivery.

In any event, if we have problems, we'll fix it; I'm looking forward to dovecot and to Maildir as much as anyone :) .

And to answer the final unanswered question; I was delayed getting back from Idaho because of unseasonable snowstorms in both Montana and Oregon (the two paths south out of Idaho I could even consider in this unusual early pre-winter snow season). And I still haven't caught up with everything, due mostly to some spam attacks through PHP mostly to AOL (we hold AOL peer agreements, and they notify us and we work together to fix problems).

And Onno has been busy as well.

But I've cancelled my second trip this holiday season, so I may actually catch up this year :) .

Jeff

[@how@]

Originally posted by resolveit
SPAMBlocker Plugin for DirectAdmin has been released.

SPAMBlocker Plugin makes managing the configuration of SPAMBlocker (from Nobaloney Internet Services) a breeze.

SpamBlocker Plugin version 1.7.0 is available

You can manage the following from the Plugin (if you have SPAMBlocker version 1)

exim.conf settings for SPAMBlocker 1
Upgrade to SPAMBlocker 2
which domains are affected by SPAMBlocker
automatically adding new domains to SPAMBlocker
excluding domains from being added to SPAMBlocker
Domains blacklist
Hosts Whitelist
View exim.conf




You can manage the following from the Plugin (if you have SPAMBlocker version 2)

View exim.conf from inside the plugin
exim.conf settings for SPAMBlocker 2
Enable/Disable any of the external RBL lists
which domains are affected by SPAMBlocker
automatically adding new domains to SPAMBlocker
excluding domains from being added to SPAMBlocker
Domains whitelist
Domains blacklist
Hosts Whitelist
Hosts Blacklist
Sender Whitelist
Senders Blacklist
View exim.conf



Licenses for the plugin is for sale at http://www.daplugins.net for $29.95.

You can download the plugin from
PHP 4 Version http://spamblocker.daplugins.net/plugin/spamblocker.tar.gz
PHP 5 Version http://spamblocker.daplugins.net/plugin/spamblocker5.tar.gz

Paypal :mad: only
https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-approved-signup-countries-outside

do you have other gateway :confused:
and what about 3/5 - Extra Details (Installation)



Wael

[hostpc.com]

Jeff and Onno,

I've emailed you, I've sent you PM's via the forums... but I've yet to hear a response from you.


In any event, if we have problems, we'll fix it; I'm looking forward to dovecot and to Maildir as much as anyone

I've invested a few hundred dollars into this project, but as of right now, none of my spamblocker plugins are working after the 1.26 release of DA (and the upgrade to Dovecot).

The only reply I've received from Onno to this point is ( 12-21-2005 03:18 AM ):


Do you have instructions on how to upgrade a standard installation of DA to Dovecot? Then I can set up a test system and fix the problem.

I replied to that request - that was the last I've heard from either of you.

Could you PLEASE look into this issue - and advise me of the status?

Thank you.

[nobaloney]

Originally posted by @how@
Paypal :mad: only
https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-approved-signup-countries-outside

do you have other gateway[/b]
Can you use 2CheckOut? We can probably set up a 2CheckOut page for SpamBlocker, though we're on holiday mode right now and it could take until just after the near year :( .
[quote]and what about 3/5 - Extra Details (Installation)
Please clarify this question; I'm not sure what you mean.

Jeff

[nobaloney]

Originally posted by hostpc.com
I've invested a few hundred dollars into this project, but as of right now, none of my spamblocker plugins are working after the 1.26 release of DA (and the upgrade to Dovecot).
Does it not work after 12.6 of DA alone, or only after the Dovecot?

I thought that Dovecot was still in beta. Does Dovecot install change the exim.conf file?

Onno is tied up with family during the holiday season and is possibly not as able to respond as I am. Please send me a copy of the email to him and I'll look at Dovecot. I'm also very busy with commitments but I am interested in having the SpamBlocker Plugin compatible with Dovecot.

Could you PLEASE look into this issue - and advise me of the status?
I don't know that I can do it today, but I'll do it as quickly as I can after hearing from you.

(I have to install a new testbed server to get it done.)

So please send me a copy of the email to Onno and to any other links I may need.

Just to clarify my position: If Dovecot is still in beta, then it's reasonable to presume it may not work with other programs that interact with the mail stream. It's certainly reasonable that it may not work with third party programs until we (the third party publishers) have the chance to make it work.

I'm happy to work with you to get it working as quickly as I can.

Jeff

[nobaloney]

Another response to solicit additional help:

Anyone who uses Dovecot:

Please let me know if Dovecot has made any changes to the exim.conf file; if you're not sure, please zip (or tar) a copy of your file post Dovecot install, and email it to me.

And please also let me know of the Dovecot install makes any changes to the /etc/virtual directory. If you don't know, then please:

cd /etc/virtual
ls -al

and then send me the output.

Once you've done that, then please post to the forum so no one else will; I only need one set.

Thanks.

Jeff

[nobaloney]

Joe,

Someone ??? was kind enough to post in another thread a link to the dovecot patch (http://files.directadmin.com/services/exim.conf.dovecot.patch).

And also that DA installs a generic exim.conf file (probably patched) when installing Dovecot.

Is DA installing the original SpamBlocker exim.conf file, or the Version 2 file? If the original SpamBlocker file, then I'd suggest manually installing the Version 2 file, making the patches (caution: it may not patch directly), and then see if SpamBlocker plugin can manage it.

I hope you have a testbed server to try this on.

If you don't, let me know and I can build one for you to test.

Don't get me wrong, we will support dovecot on DA.

I'm just not sure how quickly we can do it.

:(

Jeff

[@how@]

i can't buy by Paypal do you have other gateway ?

[nobaloney]

Originally posted by @how@
i can't buy by Paypal do you have other gateway ?
Not yet. :(

I'm trying to get one installed by the New Year.

Jeff

[@how@]

Originally posted by jlasman
Not yet. :(

I'm trying to get one installed by the New Year.

Jeff

Thanks Jeff

:(
Wael

[nobaloney]

Further note:

We may install 2CheckOut, as we already have a relationship with them and it would be the easiest to do.

We also accept credit cards directly, but we don't have an allpurpose shopping cart installed, and we have to figure out how to set up our system to securely access our merchant solution.

Jeff

[@how@]

Yes 2CheckOut fast and easy to use, i'm waiting :)



Wael

[resolveit]

You can pay via 2CheckOut now.

[resolveit]

Originally posted by hostpc.com
Jeff and Onno,

I've emailed you, I've sent you PM's via the forums... but I've yet to hear a response from you.

......


Could you PLEASE look into this issue - and advise me of the status?

Thank you.

Hi Joe,

Sorry for dissapearing for a while... I had family commitments that took center stage during the holiday-season.

I've just upgraded one of my testservers to dovecot and I can confirm that the SpamBlocker Plugin works with dovecot installed and the system is running DirectAdmin 1.26.1

What error are you getting?

Regards,
Onno

[@how@]

Originally posted by resolveit
You can pay via 2CheckOut now.

:) order done thanks,



Wael

[@how@]

how long to active licenses ?

[resolveit]

Licenses should be activated immediately upon payment. Could be that there is still a problem in the 2CheckOut code.
I'll see if I can find any problems...

I checked 2Checkout payments on the 21st of December (when you ordered the plugin) and I see no payment for a plugin on the 21st or the 22nd. Please PM me your details (no creditcard) you used while paying.

Regards,
Onno

[resolveit]

Hi @how@,

Found a payment from you on the 27th but the status is pending (we've not received payment yet). For more information please contact 2CheckOut.

Regards,
Onno

[Chrysalis]

they tend to take 1-3 days to clear payments.

[nobaloney]

I just want to clarify how 2CheckOut works...

They're officially a reseller of our product. You order it from them.

When they let us know they've accepted you as a buyer, we dropship (activate the order).

They only pay us twice a week, but we don't wait until we're paid, but only until they clear (accept) the payment as good.

If they still haven't done that in a few more days I can ask them to look it up for me, but it takes a long time on hold so I don't want to have to do it without giving them a chance to handle it in due course.

We'll set up our own system for accepting payments as soon as possible.

Thanks!

Jeff

[@how@]

Jeff , Onno thanks :) :)


Wael

[servertweak]

how is this on dovecot ?

[resolveit]

Originally posted by servertweak
how is this on dovecot ?

I've upgraded a testserver to dovecot without any issues but one of our customers reported that the plugin does not work after upgrading to dovecot. We are in the process of figuring out what went wrong on his servers.

As the dovecot patch to exim.conf does not affect the sections we update there should be no issue as we simple read the file, update the sections we use and write the file again.

Regards,
Onno Vrijburg

[servertweak]

Originally posted by resolveit
I've upgraded a testserver to dovecot without any issues but one of our customers reported that the plugin does not work after upgrading to dovecot. We are in the process of figuring out what went wrong on his servers.

As the dovecot patch to exim.conf does not affect the sections we update there should be no issue as we simple read the file, update the sections we use and write the file again.

Regards,
Onno Vrijburg


ok one more question,

when a email is being filtered out from the system does it use up alot of cpu power ?

reason i ask is, if a spamer sends out a massspam email to a client. the spamd will load up to 99% cpu.

[resolveit]

Originally posted by servertweak
ok one more question,

when a email is being filtered out from the system does it use up alot of cpu power ?

reason i ask is, if a spamer sends out a massspam email to a client. the spamd will load up to 99% cpu.

This is the power of SpamBlocker, the server hardly does anything as the Spam is blocked before it ever reaches the server.

Regards,
Onno Vrijburg

[servertweak]

ordered :)

[rocketcity]

After a major server crash Friday afternoon & spending several hours reinstalling the OS & restoring all of the customer accounts in DA, I tried to reinstall the Plugin this afternoon. However each time I have tried to install the plugin I get the following error.
Details

index successfully downloaded
Error unpacking /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/index/plugin.tar.gz : Error restoring file /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/index/plugin.tar.gz : gzip: stdin: not in gzip format /bin/tar: Child returned status 1 /bin/tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors : tar returned error code 512

No install.sh script was found. Script not executed. I have tried downloading the file to my local computer and downloading from the url.

I am using the same IP address that I made the purchase under. I manually setup all of the files in the "Readme" for Spamblocker 2. The only thing that has changed is the OS I changed from FC3 to CentOS 4.2 What can I do to fix this?

Thanks for the help,

[servertweak]

Not Working


centos 4
exim 4.6
Dovecot


:(


not getting my emails, run test and still notthing

[servertweak]

Originally posted by jlasman
Joe,

Someone ??? was kind enough to post in another thread a link to the dovecot patch (http://files.directadmin.com/services/exim.conf.dovecot.patch).

And also that DA installs a generic exim.conf file (probably patched) when installing Dovecot.

Is DA installing the original SpamBlocker exim.conf file, or the Version 2 file? If the original SpamBlocker file, then I'd suggest manually installing the Version 2 file, making the patches (caution: it may not patch directly), and then see if SpamBlocker plugin can manage it.

I hope you have a testbed server to try this on.

If you don't, let me know and I can build one for you to test.

Don't get me wrong, we will support dovecot on DA.

I'm just not sure how quickly we can do it.

:(

Jeff


that worked

[servertweak]

Originally posted by resolveit
This is the power of SpamBlocker, the server hardly does anything as the Spam is blocked before it ever reaches the server.

Regards,
Onno Vrijburg


humm

1593 its2la8 16 0 28108 22m 2720 R 96.3 1.1 6:49.65 spamd


96.3% of cpu for blocking spam to the user

[servertweak]

Request :

1. Auto Add host to block list [ when a large amount of spam comes in ]

2. Auto Block senders [ when user sends spam outgoing ]

3. Admin [ can set amount before it can be blocked

[resolveit]

Originally posted by servertweak
humm

1593 its2la8 16 0 28108 22m 2720 R 96.3 1.1 6:49.65 spamd


96.3% of cpu for blocking spam to the user

Have you enabled SpamBlocker for the domains on your server?

[resolveit]

Originally posted by servertweak
Request :

1. Auto Add host to block list [ when a large amount of spam comes in ]

2. Auto Block senders [ when user sends spam outgoing ]

3. Admin [ can set amount before it can be blocked

Tell me how to detect this and I'll see about adding is to a next release.

[resolveit]

Originally posted by rocketcity
After a major server crash Friday afternoon & spending several hours reinstalling the OS & restoring all of the customer accounts in DA, I tried to reinstall the Plugin this afternoon. However each time I have tried to install the plugin I get the following error.
Details

index successfully downloaded
Error unpacking /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/index/plugin.tar.gz : Error restoring file /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/index/plugin.tar.gz : gzip: stdin: not in gzip format /bin/tar: Child returned status 1 /bin/tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors : tar returned error code 512

No install.sh script was found. Script not executed. I have tried downloading the file to my local computer and downloading from the url.

I am using the same IP address that I made the purchase under. I manually setup all of the files in the "Readme" for Spamblocker 2. The only thing that has changed is the OS I changed from FC3 to CentOS 4.2 What can I do to fix this?

Thanks for the help,

I also use CentOs 4.2 without problems.

What URL are you using to download the plugin?
Can you PM me admin and root access so I can try and fix this for you.

[resolveit]

Originally posted by servertweak
that worked

Ok so to get this to work with dovecot you have to run the patch. What I don't understand though is why when I tried to run the patch on my (clean) DA/dovecot installation I got an error stating that the patch was already installed.

Maybe DirectAdmin Support can let us know if the patch is now included in the upgrade to dovecot.

[servertweak]

Originally posted by resolveit
Ok so to get this to work with dovecot you have to run the patch. What I don't understand though is why when I tried to run the patch on my (clean) DA/dovecot installation I got an error stating that the patch was already installed.

Maybe DirectAdmin Support can let us know if the patch is now included in the upgrade to dovecot.



have it working great :) thank you

i'm also waiting on your other project you have going like your virusBlocker


and i'll support any other ones as well, please let us/me know

[resolveit]

Thanks for the support servertweak.

Glad everything is working and we'll post the status of our projects on the forum.

[rocketcity]

Onno,

I have sent you a PM.

Greg

[hostpc.com]

License Error: Cannot communicate with the license server, please notify the helpdesk at http://spamblocker.virtualhelpdesk.info.

[resolveit]

Hi Joe,

Can you do a tracetoure to www.daplugins.net and www.daplugins.com and post the results (or if you prefer PM me)

Regards,
Onno

[interfasys]

I wanted to test this, but the link to the PHP5 version of the plugin is dead....

[resolveit]

Originally posted by interfasys
I wanted to test this, but the link to the PHP5 version of the plugin is dead....

Link fixed.

[interfasys]

Well, the plugin cannot be installed on PHP 5.1.1.

After fixing it manually, you can insert a license, but then there is a permission problem on plugin.conf which needs to be 644 to be able to be accessed from DA.

On the config page there is this nonsense:

SpamAssassin installed Yes SpamAssassin is not installed on your server.

The config detected that I did not use the Spamcop RBL, but when I saved the config, it enabled it...


This plugin really needs more QA testing...

[resolveit]

Originally posted by interfasys
Well, the plugin cannot be installed on PHP 5.1.1.

After fixing it manually, you can insert a license, but then there is a permission problem on plugin.conf which needs to be 644 to be able to be accessed from DA.

On the config page there is this nonsense:

SpamAssassin installed Yes SpamAssassin is not installed on your server.

The config detected that I did not use the Spamcop RBL, but when I saved the config, it enabled it...


This plugin really needs more QA testing...

Granted I did not test it on PHP 5 as I don't have a PHP 5 configured server available. If you have a testserver available with PHP5 installed or can give me a howto get it configured without breaking DA, etc let me know and I'll test it better or PHP5 servers. Can you at least tell me what did not work and how you fixed it in PHP 5 version?

I'll check into the SpamCop RBL issue and fix the "not" in the above, must have slipped in with the last release.

Regards,
Onno Vrijburg

[interfasys]

Downloading the new ixeds and fixing the permissions made the plugin work.

About the RBL, If you deactivate it, it works, but if it's already deactivated it will be enabled.

I have a modified exim.conf without any spamassassin in it, but the plugin keeps checking the box next to "SpamAssassin enabled". I don't know what is greped to make it act like that, but it must be wrong ;)

Besides those problems, the plugin seems to work OK and it's a real time saver.

[interfasys]

Anf this keeps filling the logs,because the queue is run every minute:

PHP Notice: Undefined variable: up2date in /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/shared/runtime_queue.php on line 9

[resolveit]

Check to see if you have the file /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/config/automate.php , if not that is the problem if you have it replace it with...



<?php

// Values for up2date is "N" or "Y".
$up2date = "N";

?>


Regards,

[interfasys]

The file was empty. Adding your code to it fixed it. Thank you.

[resolveit]

You're welcome :)

[@how@]

I cant set new seting in Local Lists & External Lists only http://www.example.com/ :confused:

[nobaloney]

@how@, please give a specific example; I don't follow your post.

Jeff

[@how@]

I mean in configuration i cant change any thing

Attach file

[sky]

I have php5.1.1

when i install the plugin, i get this :
install.sh has been run:

PHP script /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/scripts/setup.php is protected by SourceGuardian and requires file ixed.5.1.1.lin or ixed.5.1.lin.
Please read SourceGuardian protected scripts manual.

[nobaloney]

Originally posted by @how@
I mean in configuration i cant change any thing
What happens when you try? Can you not write into the windows at all? Or do you get an error message when you try to save?

Jeff

[nobaloney]

Originally posted by sky
I have php5.1.1

when i install the plugin, i get this
It appears you're using a version of PHP not supported by the version of the Plugin downloaded to your server.

I've asked Onno to look a this thread at his earliest convenience.

Jeff

[@how@]

all fine in windows and save ok, but did no save new seting.

[resolveit]

The php5 version of the plugin has been updated. download from http://spamblocker.daplugins.net/plugin/php5/spamblocker.tar.gz

[aleborg]

Quite funny, resolveit, I made an order on spamblocker and didn't retrive any mail, so I had a look in our mailservers log and found this:
Sender refused by the DNSBL Please visit ordb.org for an explanation
:D

I've whitelisted your mailserver, could you please resend the activation mail for my account "aleborg"?

[resolveit]

I've activated your account on DAPlugins.net. Please log into your account using the username and password you provided.

Regards,
Onno Vrijburg

[resolveit]

Originally posted by @how@
I mean in configuration i cant change any thing

Attach file

This probably means that the cron-job is not running.

Check /etc/crontab to see if this entry is listed...



*/1 * * * * root /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/shared/cron.php > /dev/null


If it's not in there the add it and things should work :)

[@how@]

Originally posted by resolveit
This probably means that the cron-job is not running.

Check /etc/crontab to see if this entry is listed...



*/1 * * * * root /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/shared/cron.php > /dev/null


If it's not in there the add it and things should work :)

corn alradey in etc/crontab any other help

[resolveit]

@how@,

1) Do you get any error messages?

2) Can you check the content of /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/data

3) If you run "/usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/shared/cron.php" from the commandline as root, do you then get any error messages?

Regards,

[@how@]

In ssh
/usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/shared/cron.php
PHP script <B>/usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/shared/runtime_queue.php</B> is protected by <A HREF="http://www.sourceguardian.com/">SourceGuardian</A> and requires file <B>ixed.4.4.2.lin</B> or <B>ixed.4.4.lin</B>.<BR>Please read <A HREF="http://www.sourceguardian.com/ixeds/">SourceGuardian protected scripts manual</A>.

[sky]

Hello

When i added the licence number, then i got this error :
License Error: Cannot communicate with the license server, please notify the helpdesk at http://spamblocker.virtualhelpdesk.info.

What does that mean?

[resolveit]

This means that you are need to download the linux ixed files for PHP 4.4 ( I will include them in future releases of the plugin) and place them in /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/ixed

Regards,
Onno Vrijburg



Originally posted by @how@
In ssh
/usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/shared/cron.php
PHP script <B>/usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/shared/runtime_queue.php</B> is protected by <A HREF="http://www.sourceguardian.com/">SourceGuardian</A> and requires file <B>ixed.4.4.2.lin</B> or <B>ixed.4.4.lin</B>.<BR>Please read <A HREF="http://www.sourceguardian.com/ixeds/">SourceGuardian protected scripts manual</A>.

[resolveit]

Originally posted by sky
Hello

When i added the licence number, then i got this error :

What does that mean?

check to see if you can do the following from the commandline

# wget http://www.daplugins.net/remote.php

It should give you a 0-byte file but more important you should get the following



Resolving www.daplugins.net... 62.212.91.160
Connecting to www.daplugins.net|62.212.91.160|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK


If you get anything other than "200 OK" as a response you problably need to review your firewall policy.

Please let me know the outcome so other people can learn from this.

[@how@]

still SPAMBlocker not accept exim configuration,

Added to runtime queue... It could take up to a minute for the changes to be reflected
and still show http://www.example.com/ in Local Lists & External
any how to fix, and there is no error it i set new link in Local Lists & External
:confused:

[resolveit]

Please PM me with the login information so I can get this fixed for you.

Regards,

[@how@]

PM sent :)

[extor]

I see that a lot of people having problems with installing this plugin.

Before I want to buy this one, has anybody have good results (blocking the spam) after installing this plugin?

[resolveit]

Originally posted by extor
I see that a lot of people having problems with installing this plugin.

Before I want to buy this one, has anybody have good results (blocking the spam) after installing this plugin?

Note the plugin is only a simple way to manage the exim.conf and other SpamBlocker related files.

SpamBlocker is distributed with all DA installations and many people manage the files manually and it works the same as if you've got the plugin installed.

The only difference is that the files you had to edit by hand can now be edited through a graphical interface in your admin control panel.

[resolveit]

Originally posted by extor
I see that a lot of people having problems with installing this plugin.

Before I want to buy this one, has anybody have good results (blocking the spam) after installing this plugin?

I put together this page ( http://www.budgethosting.nl/uk/spamreport.php ) using the script located here (http://www.directadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11783) (no the script does noet give you an html format, the output is plain text) as an indication of what SpamBlocker is blocking on some of my servers.

[Chrysalis]

I had a few problems with this plugin, I didnt do a ticket as I am not the licence holder but I will be happy to discuss this with the dev to help to resolve it. The issue I have fixed myself but what happened is below.

It initially threw up an error in DA on installation about missed ixed libraries, the 4.4 version is not bundled dispite php 4.4.x now been months old. I think this is a simple fix guys and a bit careless for a commercial product as I believe this error caused the remaining problems I had.

I then installed the ixed libraries and a new error comes up about the licence been invalid, I looked around in DA but no where to enter it so I hunt in ssh for a manual way to enter the licence. The file it seems I need to edit doesnt exist, so I guess that because of the ixed problem installation is incomplete.

I then ran the install.sh from the scripts dir which seemed to install the missing files. I then manually entered the licence in ssh, I then got a error that it couldnt contact the licence servers but there was connectivity, the actul fault was a space at the end of the licence number and when removed it worked. So perhaps the error can be more accurate for this problem as well.

After this the plugin appears to be working. I will report if I find any more problems.

A question tho as I am curious, spamassassin uses many advanced filtering to catch spam such as looking for special words in the body and subject and contacting dcc servers. Does spamblocker solely rely on spam blacklists sorbs etc. or does it have its own filtering techniques as well?

[nobaloney]

Originally posted by Chrysalis
It initially threw up an error in DA on installation about missed ixed libraries, the 4.4 version is not bundled dispite php 4.4.x now been months old. I think this is a simple fix guys and a bit careless for a commercial product as I believe this error caused the remaining problems I had.
We'll look into these issues.

A question tho as I am curious, spamassassin uses many advanced filtering to catch spam such as looking for special words in the body and subject and contacting dcc servers. Does spamblocker solely rely on spam blacklists sorbs etc. or does it have its own filtering techniques as well?
SpamBlocker relies on blocklists. Future versions of the SpamBlocker Plugin and/or MailBlocker will allow you to pick and choose your blocklists.

Jeff

[@how@]

Originally posted by @how@
I mean in configuration i cant change any thing

Attach file

:confused: :confused: :confused:

[Chrysalis]

another question, if the exim.conf is non standard, (has added exiscan and a different message size limit) if an option is changed in the plugin does it just ammend the appropriate lines or reset the whole config file?

thanks

[interfasys]

It searches and replaces.

[nobaloney]

Originally posted by @how@
I mean in configuration i cant change any thing
Do you get an error? Does it appear to work but not change anything?

Have you checked (see Onno's reply) to see if your cron file is running?

Jeff

[@how@]

Need how to fix :confused:

[resolveit]

Originally posted by Chrysalis
another question, if the exim.conf is non standard, (has added exiscan and a different message size limit) if an option is changed in the plugin does it just ammend the appropriate lines or reset the whole config file?

thanks

Unless you use the upgrade feature in the plugin it will leave all lines intact except for the lines that you can enable/disable/change from the interface.

Your customization of exim.conf is no issue for the plugin.

[nobaloney]

I just wanted to add the caveat that updating exim.conf from the Plugin will lose all customizations.

Jeff

[Remco00]

Just bought the plugin. No problems installing it. But will it be possible to delete the style code that the plugin installs in the Admin panel so that the SpamBlocker link is not shown red and bold:

<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style1 {
color: #FF0000;
font-weight: bold;
}
-->
</style>
<a href='/CMD_PLUGINS_ADMIN/spamblocker/index.html' class="style1">SpamBlocker™</a>

[Remco00]

Just figured it out. I changed the file admin_txt.html in the hooks dir of the plugin.

[groefie]

Hi,

about three weeks ago I bought (and paid) an additional license for spamblocker at daplugins.net, but the order is still in pending status what means the license can't be used at the moment. I've already mailed their support but with no luck, i get no answer. Is daplugins.net still alive??? :confused:

[@how@]

take time 3 to 7 day, coz 2co.com run slow ;)

[resolveit]

Originally posted by groefie
Hi,

about three weeks ago I bought (and paid) an additional license for spamblocker at daplugins.net, but the order is still in pending status what means the license can't be used at the moment. I've already mailed their support but with no luck, i get no answer. Is daplugins.net still alive??? :confused:

What is the username you registered with and how did your pay and I'll see what I can find.

[groefie]

Hi,

just sent a pm. :)

Regards.

[sspt]

Up and running :D

[estover]

Is there a reason for this, or is it just a SNAFU on my part?

I added a domain to be blocked a little over 2 hours ago and everything was fine. I got back to the office to add some domains to the white list and the plug-in would not come up.
I tried to go the daplugins.net and that site is down. Is the plug-in tied to the site? I am highly medicated right now so sorry if my question does not make sense.

OK site is back up and I an get to my SpamBlocker plugin.

[resolveit]

Originally posted by estover
Is there a reason for this, or is it just a SNAFU on my part?

I added a domain to be blocked a little over 2 hours ago and everything was fine. I got back to the office to add some domains to the white list and the plug-in would not come up.
I tried to go the daplugins.net and that site is down. Is the plug-in tied to the site? I am highly medicated right now so sorry if my question does not make sense.

OK site is back up and I an get to my SpamBlocker plugin.

I'll look into this the plugin should fail over to daplugins.com if daplugins.net is unavailable. If this is a problem I will bring out a fix as soon as possible.

[estover]

Just wondering aloud here but should something that one pays for be tied to someone elses "structure"? What would happen if your servers were down for a week? And someone who only knows how to modify the whitelist via the plug in has to add a doamin to it? Does he have to wait untill someone else fixes your server. What if you toss in the towel, and just give up on this? Where does that leave the people that paid for the plugin?

Sorry if I sound grumpy. I am just in a bad mood this morning.

[resolveit]

That is why we run it off 2 domains located on 2 seperate servers in 2 seperate datacenters in 2 seperate countries ;)

DA is ties into the DA licencing infrastructure, so are many other applications out there but don't dispair, we are currently working on making you less reliant on our infrastructure.

Well I can claim that we'll never leave but as the saying goes... "never say never....". If for any reason we no longer wish to carry on developing of supporting the plugin we will send all license holders a copy of the source code which is more than most other companies would do. Don't worry about it as we already have :)

[FastAttack]

Originally posted by groefie
Hi,

about three weeks ago I bought (and paid) an additional license for spamblocker at daplugins.net, but the order is still in pending status what means the license can't be used at the moment. I've already mailed their support but with no luck, i get no answer. Is daplugins.net still alive??? :confused:


same situation for me ;)

[resolveit]

Originally posted by FastAttack
same situation for me ;)

What userid did you place your order under? When did you order the plugin?

Regards,
Onno Vrijburg

[sullise]

I created my own mini-spamblocker plugin..well not really..I just added all the spamblocker files to my File Editor list in DA..lol...

[nobaloney]

That works, Sean :) .

SpamBlocker plugin was created for several reasons.

Some:

To make it easy to manage the SpamBlocker files added to /etc/virtual/ .

To give people a chance to support our work on SpamBlocker, which we've given to the community.

To give us experience in plugin management so when we issue MailBlocker Pro we'll have a lot of experience and we'll know what you and other clients are looking for.


It's not really very complex as most of the work is done in the free SpamBlocker additions to the exim.conf file.

And certainly anyone can use an editor to do most of the same thing.

Jeff

[FastAttack]

Originally posted by resolveit
What userid did you place your order under? When did you order the plugin?

Regards,
Onno Vrijburg

Username is FastAttack
Order is # 83
OrderDate was : 3/15
And my 2checkout payment :

Checkout.com Order Number: 2308546174




Quantity: 1
Product ID: 7
Product Description: SpamBlocker Plugin
SBPlugin ($ 29.95 USD)

Total: $ 29.95 USD ( US Dollars )
The order was billed to:
Enrique Mertins
enrique@elm2.com

[nobaloney]

Please let us know if this has been resolved.

Thanks.

Jeff

[resolveit]

A license has already been issues for order # 83 (username FastAttack)

[rogerdavis]

OK fixed it with dovecourt but was a pig on a big server but it does work well when running but if you are running dovecort and install this plugin it will kill your mail system off .

Regards

Les

[resolveit]

This is strange. I've recently installed 2 new servers for customers using dovecot and then installed the plugin, works 100% without changes to either exim.conf or the plugin.

What went wrong, what did you have to fix. Hopefully we can all learn from your experience.

[nobaloney]

Onno, I think the problem occurs when the user tries to update the exim.conf file version through the plugin after Dovecot has been installed.

Of course that would happen no matter how Dovecot was installed.

Jeff

[@how@]

Still SpamBlocker Plugin not accept new change.

Added to runtime queue... It could take up to a minute for the changes to be reflected
but still
errors@example.com
http://www.example.com/
http://www.example.com/
.... etc

if i set new domain in place example.com :)

Added to runtime queue... It could take up to a minute for the changes to be reflected
but again
errors@example.com
http://www.example.com/
http://www.example.com/
.... etc

cornjob work fine, no error if i set new domain or email, but if i set new setting i see old setting again :)



Wael

[resolveit]

Hallo Wael,

Can you check the accessrights on your exim.conf file and post them.

[@how@]

Dear Onno,
I use new exim.conf 2.0 with ClamAV
in exim.conf and disable_functions in php

system, exec, shell_exec, suExec, dl, passthru, popen, pclose, proc_open, proc_nice, proc_terminate, proc_get_status, proc_close, pfsockopen, leak, apache_child_terminate, posix_kill, posix_mkfifo, posix_setpgid, posix_setsid, posix_setuid, escapeshellcmd, escapeshellarg


Wael

[nobaloney]

Hopefully Onno will give us a definitive answer. However I think I'm safe in saying that that if you disable the functions PHP needs to edit files, then it won't edit the files.

Jeff

[resolveit]

Can you run the cron.php from the commandline?

/usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/shared/cron.php

Please post any error you get here.

[interfasys]

Does blacklisting work?
I've blacklisted one domain (www-goto.com), but emails are still going through...

[resolveit]

What version of the exim.conf file are you using? I know that in version 2 exim.conf file it does work.

Regards,
Onno Vrijburg

[interfasys]

I'm using v2, I'll check the manual to see if I forgot to enable something...

[interfasys]

The file is here, it's owned by mail, there is only one entry, but emails still get through. Strange...

[nobaloney]

Is the recipient domain name in the use_rbl_domains file?

Do you know how to use exim -bh command?

Check it out, and try a test with it.

Jeff

[interfasys]

Just did with another tool. It's blocked OK

exim_checkaccess <add your IP> <add a rcpt email> -f suckers@www-goto.com

I'll check my emails to see if I get any more of those...

Edit:
I had the wrong exim_checkaccess syntax.

[nobaloney]

Just a note to let everyone know we've had to disable the 2CheckOut payment option as we weren't getting good support from them. We'll add our own Credit/Debit - card option as soon as we can but until then the only payment option is PayPal. If any returning users can't pay by PayPal and need additional licenses please write to directadmin@nobaloney.net and we'll manage to work something out.

Jeff

[Remco00]

When I click the botton 'select domains' I get this:

Warning: file_get_contents(/etc/virtual/domains): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/admin/rbl.php on line 40

:confused:

[resolveit]

This error means that the plugin is not able to read the /etc/virtual/domains file on your system. Please chmod this file 755 and set the ownership to user mail and group mail.

[resolveit]

Recently some of you have experienced problems using the plugin, the typical symptom is this message "License Error: Cannot communicate with the license server, please notify the helpdesk "

This seems to be due to the hostname check in the updated licensing software. I modified the license validation section of the software so it should work now. Please let me know if you experience this or any other problem and we'll work to solve the problems as soon as possible.

[ljweb]

So how long must i wait after paying to get the plugin? Its been more then 12hrs and no response and my account still says payment pending even though i paid through paypal. No response from info@daplugins.net either, whats the go?

[resolveit]

Mail me your daPlugins.net login and your method of payment to onno AT edgeinternetservices DOT com and I'll check to see what's gone wrong. Normally you would have your license immediately after payment.

[nobaloney]

Paypal has had some problem returning information to us :( .

Just today I went through the system and manually approved all who paid by PayPal (after checking our PayPal account manually of course).

If we missed someone please let either Onno or I know by email and we'll fix it.

Jeff

[Zwix]

It works really well but I keep receiving spam what's send to/via emailforwarders. So for my popboxes it works perfect but my popboxes keeps receiving spam from the emailforwarders to it.

I hope you can help me.. then I will be almost totally spam free!! :D

[Aziz]

I am looking for a spam solution, anyone can confirm how this plugin is effective?

thanks,

[chatwizrd]

Originally posted by Aziz
I am looking for a spam solution, anyone can confirm how this plugin is effective?

thanks,

It searches global block lists for potential spammers and then blocks them if they are found.

The plugin is meant to administer spamblocker.

[ArielHost]

I paid for this with Paypal this morning, but did not receive anything... showing as an unpaid invoice at the site.

Edit: Over 24 hours since my order and its still showing as pending. Not impressed so far.

[ArielHost]

Just received my license - thanks.

[ArielHost]

Well it doesn't work. I installed the PHP4 version... using FreeBSD 5.4, PHP 4.4.2... I get this error:

PHP script /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/admin/index.php is protected by SourceGuardian and requires file ixed.4.4.2.fre or ixed.4.4.fre.
Please read SourceGuardian protected scripts manual.

[@how@]

Originally posted by ArielHost
Well it doesn't work. I installed the PHP4 version... using FreeBSD 5.4, PHP 4.4.2... I get this error:

PHP script /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/admin/index.php is protected by SourceGuardian and requires file ixed.4.4.2.fre or ixed.4.4.fre.
Please read SourceGuardian protected scripts manual.

you need to install SourceGuardian protected to start plugins
resolveit mast post how to install SourceGuardian protected



Wael

[groefie]

Hi,

could you please enable my license as I'm waiting for over 10 days now. :eek:

Order=124 from the 18th of this month, payment has been done via Paypal on the 18th also.

Thank you. :rolleyes:

[@how@]

jlasman or resolveit
SpamBlocker work fine with this

disable_functions = tempnam, copy, popen , pclose, system, exec, shell_exec, suExec, dl, passthru, pclose, proc_open, proc_nice, proc_terminate, proc_get_status, proc_close, pfsockopen, leak, apache_child_terminate, posix_kill, posix_mkfifo, posix_setpgid, posix_setsid, posix_setuid, escapeshellcmd, escapeshellarg
php.ini ?


Wael

[resolveit]

Hi Wael,

Unfortunately not, the plugin uses some of those functions to move files around on the system.

Regards,

[@how@]

Thanks Onno SpamBlocker Plugin work fine 100%
:)


Wael

[Chrysalis]

Whats the procedure for migrating between servers on this plugin?

[resolveit]

You need to install your new server obviously. When you're ready to move the plugin log into your account at http://www.daplugins.net and edit the license. remove the info next to hostname and IP address and install the plugin on the new server. Copy and paste the license code and it will work on the new server. The plugin will no longer work on the old server.

Regards,

[Chrysalis]

I was more reffering to transferring settings.

The licence on the old server goes down when the new one activates, so stop been able to view the old settings. I also couldnt find the files that stored the settings.

[resolveit]

Hi, if you want I can issue a temp license for the old server.

Let me know your DAplugins.net login name.

regards,
Onno Vrijburg

[Chrysalis]

ok sent in pm, im not the owner of license.

[resolveit]

Temp license has been issued :)

Regards,

[rldev]

Does this work with users running Dovecot? I can't even get Spamblocker 2 to work with my install. The old one works fine though except for whitelists.

[netstability]

Waiting for License, also experiencing the paypal delay here it seems. Sent you a PM.

[dan35]

Same here. PM sent.

[dan35]

PHP script /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/admin/index.php is protected by SourceGuardian and requires file ixed.4.4.4.fre or ixed.4.4.fre.
Please read SourceGuardian protected scripts manual.

[miked]

The Screenshot links are dead. Can anyone send out some new ones?

I had an older version working on another machine and it worked great. Now I am getting a boat load of spam on the one included and (installed and working assume out of the box) from DA. I could not find the README.SpamBlocker.exim.conf.2.0 anywhere either...

Any help would be appreciated.

UPDATE: I-D-10-T error missed the symbolic link to domains in etc/virtual...

All set and working again.
Thanks,
Mike

[UpAllNight]

I'm interested in purchasing the plug-in but need to know if it is still available and being actively supported? The pdf screenshot links in the product description were not working for me.

[resolveit]

Hi,

This plugin is still available and is actively supported although there have been no need for changes since version 1.71. However the plugin will be updated as the SpamBlocker exim.conf file is updated.

regards,

[resolveit]

Originally posted by miked
The Screenshot links are dead. Can anyone send out some new ones?
Thanks,
Mike

Hi Mike,

I'll have a look and fix them when I get time later this week. Been snowed under by email during my holiday :)

Regards,

[resolveit]

Dear Customers,

After an upgrade to the server software there seems to be a problem with the plugin resulting in the message



"License Error: Cannot communicate with the license server, please notify the helpdesk at http://spamblocker.virtualhelpdesk.info."


To solve this problem I will create a new version but for people who cannot wait please download the attached file and replace the version in /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/shared/functions.inc.php . Please note that this is an encrypted file and should be uploaded in binary mode. Also you need to keep the ownership and accessrights the same as the current version.

rename the file from tar.gz to inc.php!!!!

Regards,

[Chrysalis]

this file is corrupt.

[Chrysalis]

in addition I get this when trying to update in directadmin.

spamblocker successfully downloaded
Error unpacking /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/plugin.tar.gz : Error restoring file /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/plugin.tar.gz : tar: Unrecognized archive format: Inappropriate file type or format : tar returned error code 256

[Remco00]

License Error: Cannot communicate with the license server, please notify the helpdesk at http://spamblocker.virtualhelpdesk.info.

[Oddis]

Updated to version 1.7.2

Clicking Spamblocker:
License Error: Invalid license key. Please contact your software vendor for support.

Please enter a valid license key (on this page)

Clicking: (on this page)
Unable to execute your request

Details
A valid file was not found

edit:
----------------------------
Deleted and installed the plugin again and now it's working

[Chrysalis]

as far as I know new keys have been issued but my issue is all the files provided are corrupt both the file in this thread and the plugin update, is their a updated version of the php5 spamblocker plugin?

[rocketcity]

We updated the "functions.inc.php" file with the one above and every thing is currently working with that file.

[Chrysalis]

its 19.2kB ?

[rocketcity]

Here is what I see in the directory:
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19654 Sep 7 15:42 functions.inc.php

I down loaded the .tar file to my Mac and then ftp'd it to the server. Once on the server, I changed the name and set the premissions.

[Chrysalis]

oh so it isnt actually a tarball, its a renamed php file?

yeah I reread his post and see now :(

[rocketcity]

That's correct.

Just down load the file as it is, upload to your server and rename it with "cp". That is what I did.

[Chrysalis]

unfortenatly I now get this and I assume its because they have only fixed the php 4 version.

Fatal error: SourceGuardian Loader - script was encoded for another version of zend engine in /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/shared/functions.inc.php on line 2

The owner of the license has contacted them about this but hasnt got a reply yet.

[rocketcity]

Sorry, not sure about that one.

[resolveit]

Originally posted by Chrysalis
unfortenatly I now get this and I assume its because they have only fixed the php 4 version.

The owner of the license has contacted them about this but hasnt got a reply yet.

1) The fix for PHP5 will be available by the end of the weekend.
2) We've responded to all the people who've contacted us so if the license owner says he had no answer then we did not get his email/ticket.

Regards,

[resolveit]

Because we get several questions about this I thought it would be wise to post it here. If you are not the owner of the license you need to get the owner to get the license key for you. We will only give license keys to the real owners according to our system.

============
Dear Customer,

During our recent server upgrade to resolve a PayPal issue we seem to have broken the communication between the SpamBlocker plugin and the server, this happened because the plugin software and the server software now have 2 different communication methods. Also the algorithm for the license keys have changed.

We've created a new version of the plugin and compiled it for PHP4.x the fixed version for PHP5.x will be available after 10 Sept 2006.

To fix the problem you need to do the following:

1) Log into http://www.daplugins.net and get your new license key
2) Log into DA as admin.
3) Go to "Plugin Manager"
4) Upgrade the SpamBlocker plugin
5) Go to the Plugin, click the link to enter your new license key and enter it in the box provided.
6) You may again use the plugin.

Regards,
Edge Internet Services

============

Regards,

[Remco00]

Onno, it does not work:

License Error: Invalid license key. Please contact your software vendor for support.

---

Please enter a valid license key on this page

>>>

Unable to execute your request


Details

A valid file was not found

---

I did use the new license code. This is becomming a real problem. Please fix it asap!

[Remco00]

Onno, I first did an upgrade and after getting the same error I deleted the plugin and did a new install. I entered the new license code but still the same error. I send you a PM with the current code. Hopefully you can resolve this soon.

[rocketcity]

I updated per the instructions above and it did work.

I do have a question / comment. In the previous version, under "Enable / Disable SpamBlocker for domains" there was an option to choose which domains to allow to use SpamBlocker, you could view and move the domains from the not allowed list to the allowed list. Now there is only the option for "Set and Forget". I prefer selecting the domains myself as I was able to in version 1.7.1. Will this option be coming back?

[resolveit]

Originally posted by rocketcity
I updated per the instructions above and it did work.

Now there is only the option for "Set and Forget". I prefer selecting the domains myself as I was able to in version 1.7.1. Will this option be coming back?

From version 1.7.0 the option Set and Forget was introduced. When you enable Set and Forget then the option to select domains are hidden, to display it again click on Set and Forget and disable this option. This is the same for all versions 1.7.x.

Regards,

[resolveit]

Originally posted by Remco00
Onno, I first did an upgrade and after getting the same error I deleted the plugin and did a new install. I entered the new license code but still the same error. I send you a PM with the current code. Hopefully you can resolve this soon.

Please send me your DAPlugins.net login key and the license ID, this is required fro me to solve problems related to the licensing.

Regards,

[Remco00]

License problem solverd. Thanks Onno. But now (version 1.72) when I click the Runtime Queue button I get this:

---

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 64889123 bytes) in /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/admin/logs.php on line 5

[resolveit]

Originally posted by Remco00
License problem solverd. Thanks Onno. But now (version 1.72) when I click the Runtime Queue button I get this:

---

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 64889123 bytes) in /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/admin/logs.php on line 5

It seems that the runtime queue log file is too large. I'll see if I can get code written to prune the file and keep a specified number of lines.

I'll get it done as soon as possible.

Regards,
Onno Vrijburg

[Chrysalis]

is the php5 fix coming today?

[resolveit]

Due to copmuter problem it might not... I'm trying to get it out though...

regards,

[Firehosting]

Hello,

I updated the pluding from version 1.7.1 to 1.7.2.
After having done that i get a license error:

"License Error: Invalid license key. Please contact your software vendor for support.

Please enter a valid license key on this page".

Click on the link and then:

"Unable to execute your request

Details

A valid file was not found".

Any idea's how i can solve thist?

Thanx,
Marcel.

[groefie]

Hi,

just login at daplugins.net and grab your new license key ;)

[Firehosting]

Originally posted by groefie
Hi,

just login at daplugins.net and grab your new license key ;)

Already did also.
Also reinstalled the plugin.
I can fill in my new licence key, it's say's everything is oke.
But when i click the plugin i still get the same error's again.

[Remco00]

Firehosting > I had the same problem. Just sent Onno a PM so he can fix it. Worked with me!

[resolveit]

Hi,

Some of you are getting the message "a valid file was not found" this seems to be a problem in the URL, in the URL you'll see .../spamblocker/spamblocker/... , change this to .../spamblocker/... and it should solve the problem. I'm busy looking into the code to find a solution for this problem.

regards,
Onno Vrijburg

[Chrysalis]

php5 still not fixed I take it, tried to upgrade plugin in DA and still seeing unable to open tarball message.

[Solden]

Here the same: no update possible for the PHP 5 version (trying to update from 1.71 to 1.72). Tarball problem... :( And the current version keeps complaining about being made for another Zend version.

[Chrysalis]

Sorry but I think this is a right mess, if it cant be fixed in a short time fram why didnt the paypal changes just get rolled back until the spamblocker was changed to accomodate this.

[Solden]

It's been 10 days and no news yet. Normally I would be very patient of course. But, Dutch as I am ;), 30 Euro's makes me want to have a product that works...

So is there any news on this yet, please?

[@how@]

There is no edit to (Hostname) & (IP) ?


Wael

[@how@]

Originally posted by @how@
There is no edit to (Hostname) & (IP) ?


Wael

in
http://www.daplugins.net/index.php

??

[psdesign]

License Error: Invalid license key. Please contact your software vendor for support.

Please enter a valid license key on this page,

What do i have to do, when ik click on the link i see:

Unable to execute your request



Details

A valid file was not found

[Firehosting]

Originally posted by resolveit
Hi,

Some of you are getting the message "a valid file was not found" this seems to be a problem in the URL, in the URL you'll see .../spamblocker/spamblocker/... , change this to .../spamblocker/... and it should solve the problem. I'm busy looking into the code to find a solution for this problem.

regards,
Onno Vrijburg

That did the trick here.

[psdesign]

Allready findt the problem, it wil only works bij the Hostname, from your license, when you login from another login it will not work.

[resolveit]

Hi,

Sorry for the VEEERRRRYYYY long wait for the updated PHP5 version of the plugin. We have had issues with the encoding for PHP5 and we came accross a couple of problems that were not in the PHP4 version but were in the PHP5 version we tested.

We fixed the minor issues and reencoded for PHP4 and PHP5.

You can update your plugins through the DA interface.

New users (or if you want to start clean) can download the plugin from .....



For PHP4
http://www.daplugins.net/spamblocker/plugin/php4/spamblocker.tar.gz

For PHP5
http://www.daplugins.net/spamblocker/plugin/php5/spamblocker.tar.gz


Once again sorry for the delay. Please use our helpdesk for any questions/queries you have...

http://www.virtualhelpdesk.info/?group=spamblocker

[estover]

Cannot communicate with the license server!

I asked this question a long time ago and got a non answer.
Why is it that when you buy software you never really own it?


I NEED TO EDIT A DOMAINS BLOCKLIST AND CAN NOT!!!!!!!!!!


I should start forwarding the flamming e-mails I get from my clients to you guys.

Folowed the instructions to update to 1.7.3 and now I get:


License Error: Invalid license key. Please contact your software vendor for support.

Please enter a valid license key on this page .

When you first talked about the "Pro" version of this I paid upfront $250.00. ( I talked with you on the phone for about 20 minutes about this being on the back burner unless you could get some paying people to sign on. Well I signed on and nothing.) There is still no "Pro" version and the peice of crap I do have ****s the bed when you guys have a problem on your end.
Why dont you change the damn software to accept a license and not have to check if it is alod to run. You guys seam to be blaming everyone else for your licensing problems except the guy that wrote it. I think a refund of ALL monies is in order. We should not have to pay for ALPHA crap!

[resolveit]

can you send me the following information in a PM...

DAPlugins.net username
License ID
Server Hostname
Server IP
URL you use to access the plugin


Regards,
Onno Vrijburg

[Chrysalis]

Onno this remains broken my client is sending you an email as I type this.

1 - The ixed loader is out of date and fails on php 5.1 installation as the included one only supports upto php 5.0

2 - After manually installing the up to date ixed loaders and running the setup.php file it gives an error unable to execute request invalid permissions.

3 - trying to rerun install after the proper ixed loaders manually put in place generates this error. "Fatal error: SourceGuardian Loader - script was encoded for another version of zend engine in /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/spamblocker/scripts/setup.php on line 2"