I had a problem with spamd (2.63) dying on me all the time, with Fedora Core 1. It seems that spamd isnt very reliable with Perl 5.8.1.
To try and increase the stability I have installed FreeBSD 5.2 which comes with perl 5.6.1 (like redhat 7.3) Cheers Richard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:12 PM Subject: SPAMD not processing mail (again) > I reported this a while back, and it's happening again. Seems to be > happening more often, now, too. > > I have > > * SA 2.63 (from CPAN, not RPM) > * ClamAV 0.67 & clamav-milter > * spamass-milter 0.2.0+cvs > * Fedora Core 1 (current patches, stock 2174 kernel); previously reported > under 2166, IIRC > * Sendmail 8.12.10-1.1.1 (standard Fedora package) > > In the interest of full disclosure, I have made one (tiny) change to > /usr/bin/spamd -- I output the message ID to syslog (diff output follows): > > 826c826 > < logmsg "$msgid $was_it_spam ($msg_score/$msg_threshold) for > $current_user:$> in ". > --- > > logmsg "$was_it_spam ($msg_score/$msg_threshold) for > $current_user:$> in ". > > There is no obvious error on the syslog; and the error does not appear to > be with spamass-milter. Once can see that spamd is accepting > connections, and the "processing message". The following excerpt from my > syslog is contiguous (but for my comments). I've turned up SPAMD's debug > level (I did this before for about a week without it failing, so I turned > it down again). It's happened 3 times now in the last few days, so I'm > hopeful that I'll get some useful information in short order. > > Last message processed by SPAMD: > > Mar 1 06:29:19 sweep sendmail[8821]: i21BTJKQ008821: > from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED] apache.org>, > size=1866, class=-60, nrcpts=1, > msgid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, > relay=daedalus.apache.org [208.185.179.12] > Mar 1 06:29:20 sweep sendmail[8821]: i21BTJKQ008821: Milter add: header: > X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.67, clamav-milter version 0.66n > Mar 1 06:29:20 sweep spamd[2801]: connection from localhost.localdomain > [127.0.0.1] at port 49737 > Mar 1 06:29:20 sweep spamd[8829]: handle_user: unable to find user > 'list-admin'! > Mar 1 06:29:20 sweep spamd[8829]: processing message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for list-admin:501. > Mar 1 06:29:28 sweep spamd[8829]: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> clean message (-3.3/5.0) for > list-admin:501 in 8.1 seconds, 2193 bytes. > Mar 1 06:29:28 sweep sendmail[8821]: i21BTJKQ008821: Milter add: header: > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_SORBS > \n\tautolearn=no version=2.63 > Mar 1 06:29:28 sweep sendmail[8821]: i21BTJKQ008821: Milter add: header: > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on > \n\tsweep.axonsolutions.com > Mar 1 06:29:28 sweep sendmail[8831]: i21BTJKQ008821: > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, delay=00:00:09, xdelay=00:00:00, > mailer=smtp, pri=139866, relay=hub.axonsolutions.com. [192.168.58.11], > dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Message accepted for delivery) > > > I block mail from "topofferz.net" domain in /etc/access: > > Mar 1 06:31:00 sweep sendmail[8840]: ruleset=check_relay, > arg1=mx8.topofferz.net, arg2=69.6.60.8, relay=mx8.topofferz.net > [69.6.60.8], reject=550 5.7.1 Access denied > > > Former employee's spam gets silently discarded: > > Mar 1 06:34:24 sweep sendmail[8841]: i21BYLKQ008841: ruleset=check_rcpt, > arg1=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=[80.74.111.163], discard > Mar 1 06:34:25 sweep sendmail[8841]: i21BYLKQ008841: > from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=5165, class=0, nrcpts=1, > msgid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, > relay=[80.74.111.163] > Mar 1 06:34:25 sweep sendmail[8841]: i21BYLKQ008841: discarded > > > Another spammer domain blocked: > > Mar 1 06:37:54 sweep sendmail[8845]: ruleset=check_relay, > arg1=mx8.sheck-buy.com, arg2=64.70.43.8, relay=mx8.sheck-buy.com > [64.70.43.8], reject=550 5.7.1 Access denied > > > Something goes wrong (spamd shows "connection from", "handle_user", > "processing message" -- no "identified spam" or "clean message"). This > message should have been ham: > > Mar 1 06:39:07 sweep sendmail[8846]: i21Bd7KQ008846: > from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED] apache.org>, > size=3171, class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=daedalus.apache.org [208.185.179.12] > Mar 1 06:39:08 sweep sendmail[8846]: i21Bd7KQ008846: Milter add: header: > X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.67, clamav-milter version 0.66n > Mar 1 06:39:08 sweep spamd[2801]: connection from localhost.localdomain > [127.0.0.1] at port 49742 > Mar 1 06:39:08 sweep spamd[8854]: handle_user: unable to find user > 'list-admin'! > Mar 1 06:39:08 sweep spamd[8854]: processing message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for list-admin:501. > Mar 1 06:39:17 sweep sendmail[8856]: i21Bd7KQ008846: > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, delay=00:00:10, xdelay=00:00:00, > mailer=smtp, pri=141171, relay=hub.axonsolutions.com. [192.168.58.11], > dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Message accepted for delivery) > > > Still not working (spamd shows "connection from", "handle_user", > "processing message" -- no "identified spam" or "clean message"). This > message should have been spam: > > Mar 1 06:41:19 sweep sendmail[8857]: i21Bf3KQ008857: > from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=7296, class=0, nrcpts=1, > msgid=<KTXXGNKIXQGDQHZGFDVRNI@>, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, > relay=[81.192.7.103] > Mar 1 06:41:19 sweep sendmail[8857]: i21Bf3KQ008857: Milter add: header: > X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.67, clamav-milter version 0.66n > Mar 1 06:41:20 sweep spamd[2801]: connection from localhost.localdomain > [127.0.0.1] at port 49746 > Mar 1 06:41:20 sweep spamd[8865]: processing message > <KTXXGNKIXQGDQHZGFDVRNI@> for csh:501. > Mar 1 06:41:31 sweep sendmail[8867]: i21Bf3KQ008857: > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, delay=00:00:20, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=smtp, > pri=37296, relay=www.grailtech.com. [66.92.68.48], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent ( > <KTXXGNKIXQGDQHZGFDVRNI@> Queued mail for delivery) > >
