Re: [cobalt-users] MailScanner & SpamAssassin

["Jonathan Michaelson" <michaelsonjd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> > I installed MailScanner on one of my servers and it seems to
> > work fine against attachments.  But it does not seem to
> > filter out Spam by itself.  Do I need to install SpamAssassin
> > for it to filter out spam
>
> Yes

Erm, No...

You can use just RBL entries without having to install SpamAssassin from
within MailScanner v4. Just have a look through your
/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf and look for:

# This is the list of spam blacklists (RBLs) which you are using.
# See the "Spam List Definitions" file for more information about what
# you can put here.
# This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
Spam List = ORDB-RBL Infinite-Monkeys spamcop.net spamhaus.org

You can list as many as you want, but they must be defined within
spam.lists.conf

Then you need to make sure you lower this value:

# If a message appears in at least this number of "Spam Lists" (as defined
# above), then the message will be treated as "High Scoring Spam" and so
# the "High Scoring Spam Actions" will happen. You probably want to set
# this to 2 if you are actually using this feature. 5 is high enough that
# it will never happen unless you use lots of "Spam Lists".
# This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
Spam Lists To Reach High Score = 2

By default it is 5, which basically disables it. Set it to 2 for the least
false-positives, Set it to 1 if you don't want email from people on
blocklists.

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