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by barbours
19 Oct 2025 21:30
Forum: 5.x Bugs
Topic: eFa 5 Installation error - [eFa] - Error initializing system! Please try again...
Replies: 4
Views: 4271

Re: eFa 5 Installation error - [eFa] - Error initializing system! Please try again...

Thank you for the feedback! I want to address your concerns directly - both the false positive issue and the technical problem with email releases not arriving. Let me break this down:

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ISSUE 1: Legitimate Emails ...
by barbours
16 Oct 2025 13:06
Forum: 5.x Bugs
Topic: eFa 5 Installation error - [eFa] - Error initializing system! Please try again...
Replies: 4
Views: 4271

Re: eFa 5 Installation error - [eFa] - Error initializing system! Please try again...

EFA-project is going off into the sunset. Please come join us on OpenEFA - https://openefa.com forum: forum.openefa.com. We are developing a modern, more dynamic, smarter EFA. We are continuing support of the efa-project efa so please post your solution there.

Look forward to seeing you.

sb
by barbours
15 Oct 2025 05:56
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Docker
Replies: 12
Views: 151504

Re: Docker

Come over to OpenEFA and put that in the feature request. We are developing the long term replacement to EFA at what feels like break neck speed, we will add this. We have a few things yet to do for the main release, but things like this are on our minds as well. Hope to see you there.
by barbours
14 Oct 2025 14:50
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Docker
Replies: 12
Views: 151504

Re: Docker

Come join the future of EFA https://openefa.com

We are continuing the development and modernizing components. I am interested in your take on containers and dockerizing it.

Sb
by barbours
14 Oct 2025 14:15
Forum: Introduction
Topic: Greetings
Replies: 1
Views: 562668

Re: Greetings

Come join the OpenEFA forum as we modernize the install of the EFA. Https://forum.openefa.com
by barbours
13 Oct 2025 00:59
Forum: How-to
Topic: exclude recipient from filtering
Replies: 1
Views: 4493

Re: exclude recipient from filtering


is it possible so exclude a recipient email or a recipient domain from beeing checked and filtered against spam, virus or bad contenct?
How to configure?


You can use the Block and Allow List link in the menu bar. Leave the from blank or add an @ sybol and then add your user below. Essentially ...
by barbours
09 Oct 2025 14:51
Forum: Discussion
Topic: The future of efa
Replies: 13
Views: 338433

Re: The future of efa

The OpenEFA forum is open. First release is imminent.
Come join us https://forum.openefa.com
by barbours
08 Oct 2025 06:44
Forum: Discussion
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: OpenEFA Community Forum is Now Open!
Replies: 1
Views: 4876

ANNOUNCEMENT: OpenEFA Community Forum is Now Open!

Hey everyone! :wave:
We're excited to announce that the OpenEFA Community Forum is officially live and ready for you!
:globe_with_meridians: Visit: https://forum.openefa.com
What's there?
- A place to continue the great discussions from the EFA Project days
- Forums for announcements ...
by barbours
23 Sep 2025 04:48
Forum: Discussion
Topic: The future of efa
Replies: 13
Views: 338433

Re: The future of efa

working hard on it. reach out to me at openefa.com. i have implemented a lot of new features and a new web interface. working on the release version and trying make the install easy. sb
by barbours
24 Aug 2025 15:41
Forum: Discussion
Topic: The future of efa
Replies: 13
Views: 338433

Re: The future of efa


Proxmox Mail Gateway is one alternative that could serve as a suitable replacement.

You may have seen the recent announcement — if there are members of the community who are interested in continuing the EFA Project, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Just one word of advice: don’t make the ...
by barbours
22 Aug 2025 00:21
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Ability to download .EML mail
Replies: 5
Views: 61038

Re: Ability to download .EML mail

As part of the modification, you also get a new or additional search function that includes the download function.
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by barbours
21 Aug 2025 22:50
Forum: Discussion
Topic: The future of efa
Replies: 13
Views: 338433

Re: The future of efa

I echo all of the comments about the work over the years. It has been wonderful. I have some resources, a fair amount of hosting services, and ample servers, and platform to keep things moving forward. I am working on a release of OpenEFA (fork of efa-project v5) and have added some basic ...
by barbours
21 Aug 2025 20:21
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Edit release message
Replies: 4
Views: 50135

Re: Edit low spam release message


Is there a way to set this spam release message to revert to the behavior of the older EFA 3.x where the released message is in the body rather than an attachment?


Get a hold of me if you are interested in implementing the change now. Use the contact for at https://openefa.com. Or reach out to ...
by barbours
21 Aug 2025 20:19
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Edit release message
Replies: 4
Views: 50135

Re: Edit release message

I have modified it to release the live message and "MailGuard Resend: original subject" to the user. When a message is blocked, the user gets an email telling them that message so and so was blocked. At the bottom of that email, is a link to release it. If clicked, it is then released with the ...
by barbours
21 Aug 2025 20:04
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Ability to download .EML mail
Replies: 5
Views: 61038

Re: Ability to download .EML mail

I have integrated this in my EFA filter and
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will be integrating it into the first release of OpenEFA. Here is a screen shot.
by barbours
21 Aug 2025 19:59
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Announcing OpenEFA – Continuing the Legacy of the eFa-Project
Replies: 4
Views: 34272

Re: Announcing OpenEFA – Continuing the Legacy of the eFa-Project

About 25 days out from the first release of OpenSpacy. Again, OpenSpacy sits in front of the current EFA version 5 and provides dynamic level of intelligence to the fight against spam and for email security. It is currently using 20 different models, from BEC, Marketing, TOAD, phishing, domain ...
by barbours
19 Jun 2025 00:30
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Announcing OpenEFA – Continuing the Legacy of the eFa-Project
Replies: 4
Views: 34272

Re: Announcing OpenEFA – Continuing the Legacy of the eFa-Project

Here is the latest taken from my post on slack.
I'm actively working on a one-click interactive install script for my SpaCy-based email filtering engine, currently integrated with eFa version 5. It's already running smoothly alongside my mail filter and leveraging MariaDB/MySQL.
Right now, I'm ...
by barbours
08 Jun 2025 17:17
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Announcing OpenEFA – Continuing the Legacy of the eFa-Project
Replies: 4
Views: 34272

Re: Announcing OpenEFA – Continuing the Legacy of the eFa-Project

Agreed. Might have gotten a little bit ahead of myself. That being said, I have done a lot of work on the natural language processing and have integrated it into the efa. So, stay tuned. it is coming soon.
by barbours
30 May 2025 15:39
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Announcing OpenEFA – Continuing the Legacy of the eFa-Project
Replies: 4
Views: 34272

Announcing OpenEFA – Continuing the Legacy of the eFa-Project

Dear eFa Community,
We’re proud to introduce OpenEFA, a modern continuation of the original eFa-Project—built on the solid foundation laid by Shawn Iverson, whose work brought intelligent and accessible email filtering to thousands of organizations.

OpenEFA is a community-driven effort to preserve ...
by barbours
30 May 2025 07:02
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Ability to download .EML mail
Replies: 5
Views: 61038

Re: Ability to download .EML mail

After Shawns departure, We have forked the project over to openefa.com and integrated AI and a natural language server SpaCy server. We are working on our first release. Are you available for a discussion about eFa future? Call me at 7025618743 or email at scott@seguelogic.com. new site is https ...
by barbours
30 May 2025 06:47
Forum: Discussion
Topic: rspamd
Replies: 1
Views: 16668

Re: rspamd

We have enhanced spamassassin using a SpaCy server and integrated it into the efa appliance. Due to Shawn's departure from the project we have forked the great work he has accomplished and are integrating SpaCy and AI into our next release. Let me know how we can help. The new site is http://openefa ...
by barbours
14 May 2025 02:27
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Bad TXREP scores from Sophos infra
Replies: 1
Views: 17249

Re: Bad TXREP scores from Sophos infra

Personally not seeing it, but this might help. create a file in /etc/mail/spamassassin/ called sophos_whitelist.cf. The put the content below in the file. Run spamassassin --lint. If no output you are good to restart sparmassassin systemctl restart spamassassin.

# /etc/mail/spamassassin/sophos ...
by barbours
04 May 2025 15:17
Forum: Discussion
Topic: A lot of spam is marked as "no spam" recently
Replies: 2
Views: 102187

Re: A lot of spam is marked as "no spam" recently

Do you have the full header available? Could send in pm if necessary. Also include a snapshot of the email. I think I can provide the rule you are looking for
by barbours
04 May 2025 05:24
Forum: Discussion
Topic: PCI Compliance Scan results
Replies: 6
Views: 36618

Re: PCI Compliance Scan results

Here is some thought. I don't have the PCI requirement, but certainly have an interest in being secure.

Edit the Postfix configuration file:
vi /etc/postfix/main.cf
Change this line:tls_medium_cipherlist = ECDSA+AESGCM:ECDH+AESGCM:DH+AESGCM:ECDSA+AES:ECDH+AES:DH+AES:ECDH+3DES:DH+3DES:RSA+AESGCM ...