[Mimedefang] Some Pointers Required

[John Mason Jr.]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com 
> [mailto:mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com] On 
> Behalf Of Peter A. Cole
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 6:46 AM
> To: MIME Defang
> Subject: [Mimedefang] Some Pointers Required
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Just wondering if someone can give me a list of things to 
> check to see where I'm going wrong.
> 
> I'm running MIMEDefang 2.38 with Sendmail 8.12.9, ClamAV 
> 0.60, and SpamAssassin 2.61 under Debian Sarge.
> 
> These are all the Debian packages, I haven't built from source.
> 
> Basically, I've been through the MIMEDefang HOWTO, the 
> MIMEDefang FAQ's, and had a search through the archives and 
> on Google and Google Groups.
> 
> I'm totally confused as to where I'm going wrong.
> 
> When new messages arrive via Fetchmail, they are delivered to 
> my mailboxes with apparently no action performed on them 
> whatsoever, even though I have added the Features in for 
> CLAMD and SpamAssassin.

Why do you say no action, are you looking for headers or some action?
Remember unless you tell it SA can't change the message under mimedefang

http://www.mimedefang.org/node.php?id=21


> 
> I have run mimedefang.pl -features and both are listed there, 
> and running mimedefang.pl -f /etc/mail/mimedefang-filter 
> -test says there is nothing wrong with my filter.

Did you change anything in the filter?


> 
> Can anyone give me a list of things to check in order so I 
> can see if I can narrow down where the problem lies? I'm at 
> the point now where I'm just confusing myself and just need a 
> clearer point of view I think.


You could try http://spamassassin.planetmirror.com/gtube/
And
http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm



John