Why are all the RBL checks failing?Something is wrong with the local machine's DNS resolution capability
Well I can do this:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# host -t txt 178.3.155.200.bl.spamcop.net
178.3.155.200.bl.spamcop.net. text "Blocked - see http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml?200.155.3.178";
So it appears to be working at the OS level. I have no problems with DNS on the machine as far as I know.
One thing I'd do is carefuly check your /etc/resolv.conf. Is the first listed DNS server working? try:
dig @1.1.1.1 www.spamassassin.org where 1.1.1.1 is the first DNS server listed in resolv.conf.
Aha! Thank you!
My /etc/resolv.conf was very wrong! It had 127.0.0.1 as the first nameserver (my machine doesn't seem to be running a DNS server anymore?!) and the second entry was outdated. The third entry worked, but obviously Net::DNS doesn't try all of them before giving up.
I presume that the host command works a different way to whatever it is that spamassassin uses (Net::DNS?).
I shouldn't have assumed it was correct just because host and dig were working.
Thanks for your help!
Nick...
