On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:12:58 -0500 "Bradley Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is an error that happens when I have the issue of Exim and > SpamAssassin running. [snip] > 2006-02-27 23:06:42 1FDw3S-0004Tw-Cp ** dottie@<removed>.com > F=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R=spamcheck_director > T=spamcheck: Child process of spamcheck transport returned 2 from > command: /usr/sbin/exim (preceded by transport filter timeout while > writing to pipe) Superficially that just looks like a SpamAssassin timeout, in which case I'd say you need to optimise your SA setup or something. However, you said your system is lightly loaded so that's weird. Whilst this isn't really addressing your actual problem, you could/ should consider switching to use Exim's built-in content scanning extensions if you can and do spam scanning at SMTP time. The "communication" path between Exim and SpamAssassin is simpler then, and there's less to go wrong. Additionally, at a quick glance, it looks like your current setup (when it works) is probably bouncing detected spam to the "senders", which is a Bad Thing to do, because it burdens unrelated third parties with your rejected spam. Rejecting stuff at SMTP time (rather than accepting the message and running it through SA at a later point in time, as you're currently doing) is a good idea if you can do it. Tim -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
