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lunders
02-21-2008, 04:00 AM
Heya guys, I keep getting alot of spam mail about 15 / 20 a day on my private box, This is starting to bug me now.

What are the commands for Linux to check and see if my spam blocker is setup and running correctly?
GXX
02-21-2008, 06:10 AM
What does the top of your /etc/exim.conf say?

This will tell you what's being rejected:


tail -f /var/log/exim/rejectlog
andyreed
02-21-2008, 10:16 AM
Heya guys, I keep getting alot of spam mail about 15 / 20 a day on my private box, This is starting to bug me now.

What are the commands for Linux to check and see if my spam blocker is setup and running correctly?Did you activate SpamAssassin on your server? If yes, make sure spamd is up and running.
lunders
02-21-2008, 03:15 PM
SpamBlocker.exim.conf.2.1.1-release

I am not sure if the spam blocker is working though, some things are getting blocked but alot of other things are not... keep getting them in Outlook in my Junk Mail folder........ the server sound block them and outlook shouldnt need to download them
mattb
02-24-2008, 05:07 AM
Go to SpamBlacker 3...

It's likely to block a lot more junk.
nobaloney
02-25-2008, 11:29 AM
Did you activate SpamAssassin on your server? If yes, make sure spamd is up and running.
My recollection is that if SpamAssassin is activated in the exim.conf file and spamd isn't running all incoming email will be refused and exim will fault on delivery; no mail will be delivered.

Jeff
nobaloney
02-25-2008, 11:30 AM
Heya guys, I keep getting alot of spam mail about 15 / 20 a day on my private box, This is starting to bug me now.
On today's 'net, 15 to 20 spam emails a day is NOT a lot.

Jeff
lunders
02-28-2008, 02:40 AM
I updated it to number 3 but then I never got any mail so had to go back to number 2
agnivo007
02-28-2008, 03:32 AM
Configure spamassassin to send all junk mails to "spam" folder. That way it wont get downloaded through outlook...and if any mistake is there, you can access webmail and bring back the legit ones to inbox.

It's configured on my box that way and yes, I get 15-20 mails sent to spam folder everyday automatically.
nobaloney
02-28-2008, 09:08 PM
lunders, are you runnning Maildir (Dovecot) or mbox? SpamBlocker 3.1-beta will NOT deliver email if the server runs mbox. You can check your /var/log/exim/mainlog to see what's happening to the undelivered email.

Jeff