Avoiding Spam [ was Re: list archive updates ]

[Ethan Merritt]

Thanks for the pointers!

This looks great.  And even better, I see that there is a perl script
IMAPAssassin that will do all the filtering remotely via IMAP.
So in fact I don't need to set this up on the deskmail server at 
all, just run it periodically on some other machine to automatically
clean out my deskmail IMAP folders.

	this is going to keep me busy over New Year's

		Ethan


On Monday 30 December 2002 15:22, M. Hornung wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 at 14:42, Ethan Merritt wrote:
> |I didn't know one could run or install things on a deskmail account.
> |How would I go about doing that?  So far as I know I have no way
> |to log in to it at all.
>
> You need a computer of similar architecture with a compiler...if
> you're a student use goodall.u.washington.edu.  If you're staff,
> faculty, or grad student use mead.u.washington.edu.  Compile
> spamassassin and set it up to run from within your account.  If you
> don't want to use 'mailfilt' for some reason then you can install
> 'procmail' in your account too.  Once everything's set up, just use
> 'scp' to copy it all over to your deskmail account.  You need at
> least the following to use spamassassin:
>
> spamassassin binary
> spamassassin rules
> .forward file
>
> It's not immediately obvious how you can change the shell on your
> deskmail account.  Here's one way you can do so.  This only matters
> if 'gpw' says your deskmail account is using the padded shell (psh). 
> If you run 'host myuwnetid.deskmail.washington.edu' you'll see which
> system is your "deskmail account".  For example:
>
> 	% host mtest2.deskmail.washington.edu
> 	mailer33.u.washington.edu is 140.142.16.24,  Aliases: 
> mtest2.deskmail.washington.edu
>
> What is my current shell situation?
>
> 	% gpw
> 	    Uid  User    PW  Home                  Shell               Name
> 	@157573  mtest2  p0  /mailer33/d51/mtest2  /usr/local/bin/psh
> 	H                p1  /ua12/d53/mtest2      /usr/local/bin/psh
> 	M                p2  /ua12/d53/mtest2      /bin/csh
>
> Now let's change my shell on mailer33 to something like bash (which
> is in /etc/shells).  Note an important bit of weirdness here - after
> you run the remote 'chsh' command, 'ssh' will appear to hang.  It's
> not hung.  'chsh' is waiting for input which you don't see since you
> haven't made a truly interactive session, so give it the name of the
> shell you want.  In a moment it should proceed and return you back to
> your shell on homer/dante at which point you should be able to 'ssh'
> to your deskmail box.
>
> 	% ssh mailer33 /usr/local/bin/chsh
> 	/usr/local/bin/bash
> 	Changing login shell for mtest2.
> 	Old shell: /usr/local/bin/psh
> 	New shell: homer28%
>
>
> DISCLAIMERS - while you're playing with this stuff there's a
> possibility you could lose mail, so be careful.  Tinkering around on
> your deskmail account is completely unsupported by C&C.  In fact,
> they don't take well to the idea that you might be toying with things
> that might potentially cause trouble.  It's all too easy for people
> to blame their own mistakes on others.  Last but not least, your
> particular deskmail computer can and likely will change over time. 
> That means if you make scripts or anything that rely on the name of
> your deskmail server, use
> "myuwnetid.deskmail.washington.edu" instead.  There are probably more
> warnings to be made here, so basically proceed with caution.  If
> anything fails it's your fault and not C&C's.
>
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