> Hi,
>
> I have set-up spamassassin to use RBLs but all of them timeout.
>
> The DNS checks are performed without a problem and DCC, Razor etc work
fine.
>
> There are no firewalls in place, therefore I am at a loss as to why they
> fail.
>
> Does anyone know why the RBL checks would fail but the other external
checks
> work without a problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adam
>

I located the problem with some help from the SA mailing list.

If anyone else is having problems the rbl check been run.

The first thing to do is load amavid in sa-debug mode, so you can see if the
rbl checks are in fact been run etc.

If the DNS checks fail you need to install Net::DNS

If the DNS checks pass then you need to ensure that the first nameserver
listed in /etc/resolv.conf is working.

I my case I had 127.0.0.1 running which used to be valid as I ran a local
dns server, but I stopped it.

It appears that Net::DNS only uses the first entry in the file, for the RBL
checks at least.

Adam



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