Hi,
I setup the spamd sync feature between two servers running 4.1 and I
observe the following issues with the setup itself. Some setup based on
the man page do not work for me anyway and some are not always reliable
and some always work. See below.
Example
Interface facing the Internet: dc0.
server1.test.com 1.1.1.2
server2.test.com 1.1.1.3
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setup in rc.conf.local that always work.
In server 1:
spamd_flags="-y dc0 -Y 1.1.1.3"
In server 2:
spamd_flags="-y dc0 -Y 1.1.1.2"
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Setup that mostly work. Meaning if you reboot, it doesn't always start
spamd and as far as I can tell, that's because the name resolutions do
not work right away when the query is requested, or something like that.
This configuration will not always work and be reliable on reboot of
servers. However based on the man page, it should. if you do it on the
command line it does. Just reboot doesn't always do it.
In server 1:
spamd_flags="-y dc0 -Y server2.test.com"
In server 2:
spamd_flags="-y dc0 -Y server1.test.com"
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Setup that I never been able to get to work. I see the message that said
the initial communications between the two servers, but never do I see
any sync messages exchanged between the two on the multicast channel.
Only the initial helo message, but never any updates.
In server 1:
spamd_flags="-y dc0 -Y dc0"
In server 2:
spamd_flags="-y dc0 -Y dc0"
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Setup that I never got to work at all. Not even the initial help message
at all.
In server 1:
spamd_flags="-y server1.test.com -Y server1.test.com -Y server2.test.com"
In server 2:
spamd_flags="-y server2.test.com -Y server1.test.com -Y server2.test.com"
In theory the man page said that you should be able to do this.
I get:
spamd: sync init: Device not configured
I am still puzzle as to why it also should send the updates to itself
here. Meaning -Y server2.test.com when it's configure on server2? It's
the one sending the updates, so it already know what it is sending.
Anyway, that's what I got.
Now in the final setup, I do see the sync messages in the first
configuration above, but it's still not clear to me how I can see the
results in the /var/db/spamd file, or may be in the pf table
spamd-white. I try to add some address to see with
spamdb -a 1.2.3.4 on one side and expected it to be added on the second
server, but never see it in the spamdb. I don't see it in the pf table
spamd-white either. Isn't it suppose to be there some how? Or may be I
need to add something in the pf configuration to log it to the
spamd-white table when the updates are coming in. That might be it, but
the man page say nothing about that.
Am I forgetting something here.
All this is with brand new 4.1 install.
Thanks
Daniel
