///** Following are the steps to install Spam_log **/// :--
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1> Login to your server & su - to root.
2> Turn off exim while we do this so it doesn't freak out :-
#/etc/init.d/exim stop
3> Backup your original /usr/sbin/sendmail file, On systems using Exim MTA, the sendmail file is just basically a pointer to Exim itself :-
#mv /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail.hidden
4> Create the spam monitoring-script for the new sendmail :-
#pico /usr/sbin/sendmail
Paste in the following:-
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
# use strict;
use Env;
my $date = `date`;
chomp $date;
open (INFO, ">>/var/log/spam_log") || die "Failed to open file ::$!";
my $uid = $>;
my @info = getpwuid($uid);
if($REMOTE_ADDR) {
print INFO "$date - $REMOTE_ADDR ran $SCRIPT_NAME at $SERVER_NAME n";
}
else {
print INFO "$date - $PWD - @infon";
}
my $mailprog = '/usr/sbin/sendmail.hidden';
foreach (@ARGV) {
$arg="$arg" . " $_";
}
open (MAIL,"|$mailprog $arg") || die "cannot open $mailprog: $!n";
while (<STDIN> ) {
print MAIL;
}
close (INFO);
close (MAIL);
5> Change the new sendmail permissions :-
#chmod +x /usr/sbin/sendmail
6> Create a new log file to keep a history of all mail going out of the server using web scripts :-
#touch /var/log/spam_log
chmod 0777 /var/log/spam_log
7> Start Exim up again :-
#/etc/init.d/exim start
8> Monitor your spam_log file for spam, try using any formmail or script that uses a mail function - a message board, a contact script :
#tail - f /var/log/spam_log
Sample Log Output
Mon Apr 11 07:12:21 EDT 2005 - /home/username/public_html/
Log Rotation Details :-
Your spam_log file isn't set to be rotated so it might get to be very large quickly, Keep an eye on it and consider adding it to your logrotation.
#pico /etc/logrotate.conf
FIND :-
/var/log/wtmp {
monthly
create 0664 root utmp
rotate 1
}
**// ADD BELOW //** :-
# SPAM LOG rotation
/var/log/spam_log {
monthly
create 0777 root root
rotate 1
}
