Hi again, The problem is still there.
> What about your spamd logs? This is the way spamd is running. ps aux spamd 7893 0.4 3.8 21672 19904 ? S 10:41 0:00 /usr/bin/perl -T -w /usr/bin/spamd -x -u spamd -H /home/spamd -d --pidfile=/var/run/spamd.pid The spamd logs. running the test for spamassassin. cd /usr/local/src/Mail-Spamassassin-2.63 make test more /var/log/mail.err May 6 10:43:08 emu spamc[8027]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3): Connection refused May 6 10:43:09 emu spamc[8027]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.1 failed, retrying (#2 of 3): Connection refused May 6 10:43:10 emu spamc[8027]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.1 failed, retrying (#3 of 3): Connection refused May 6 10:43:11 emu spamc[8027]: connection attempt to spamd aborted after 3 retries > Have you checked your firewall (if any) as it > looks like your firewall is blocking spamc's connection to > localhost/783. Firewall. I have not configured the firewall. I am using the 2.4.x kernel which uses iptables. So just in case I have used told the firewall to remove all rules and user-defined chains and set the default policy to accept ALL. /etc/init.d/iptables clear rerunning the same test that is failing. cd /usr/local/src/Mail-Spamassassin-2.63 make test more /var/log/mail.err May 6 10:50:43 emu spamc[8756]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3): Connection refused May 6 10:50:44 emu spamc[8756]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.1 failed, retrying (#2 of 3): Connection refused May 6 10:50:45 emu spamc[8756]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.1 failed, retrying (#3 of 3): Connection refused May 6 10:50:46 emu spamc[8756]: connection attempt to spamd aborted after 3 retries > You can also try --socketpath directive of spamd with -U > option of spamc to enable UNIX domain socket communication > instead of TCP socket communication. Trying the socketpath directive with spamd. vi /etc/default/spamassassin OPTIONS="-x -u spamd -H /home/spamd -D --socketpath -U" ENABLED=1 cd /usr/local/src/Mail-Spamassassin-2.63 make test more /var/log/mail.err May 6 11:08:30 emu spamc[9507]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3): Connection refused May 6 11:08:31 emu spamc[9507]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.1 failed, retrying (#2 of 3): Connection refused May 6 11:08:32 emu spamc[9507]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.1 failed, retrying (#3 of 3): Connection refused May 6 11:08:33 emu spamc[9507]: connection attempt to spamd aborted after 3 retries Any ideas anyone? Regards, Phillip Lucs > Hello, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi, >> >> netstat -lnp | grep spamd >> >> Does not find spamd. >> >> instead netstat -lnp shows the process running on port 783: >> >> tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:783 0.0.0.0:* >> LISTEN >> 24813/perl >> >> and gives it the name perl since: >> >> ps aux >> >> spamd 24813 0.0 3.8 21676 19904 ? S 15:26 0:00 >> /usr/bin/perl -T -w /usr/bin/spamd -d -D >> >> I can also telnet into spamd. >> >> Does the failure have anything to do with the ... 24813/perl where perl >> should be spamd? I wonder. > > I think it's not a problem as your spamd listens for localhost/783. What > about your spamd logs? Have you checked your firewall (if any) as it > looks like your firewall is blocking spamc's connection to > localhost/783. You can also try --socketpath directive of spamd with -U > option of spamc to enable UNIX domain socket communication instead of > TCP socket communication. > >> Thanks for the help. I wonder when the spam gods will give me a break. >> >> Regards, >> Phillip Lucs >> >> >> >> >>>Hello, >>> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>>Hi to the group, >>>> >>>>Spamassassin is not checking my emails yet. One of the tests that is >>>>failing is the following. >>>> >>>>cd /usr/local/src/Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63 >>>> >>>>make test >>>> >>>>Which results in the following log file messages. >>>> >>>>tail /var/log/mail.err >>>> >>>>May 5 23:04:20 emu spamc[24520]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at >>>> 127.0.0.1 >>>>failed, retrying (#1 of >>>>3): Connection refused >>>>May 5 23:04:21 emu spamc[24520]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at >>>> 127.0.0.1 >>>>failed, retrying (#2 of >>>>3): Connection refused >>>>May 5 23:04:22 emu spamc[24520]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at >>>> 127.0.0.1 >>>>failed, retrying (#3 of >>>>3): Connection refused >>>>May 5 23:04:23 emu spamc[24520]: connection attempt to spamd aborted >>>>after 3 retries >>> >>>What about checking: >>> >>>netstat -lnp | grep spamd >>> >>>it should listen on tcp/783 >>> >>>if it's there then spamd is listening for connections and spamc is >>>unable to connect. Check you firewall rules. Maybe you are blocking the >>>connections? >>> >>> >>>>I have googled and found that this refers to a case when spamd is not >>>>running, however spamd is running. >>>> >>>>ps afx >>>> >>>>24813 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/perl -T -w /usr/bin/spamd -x -u spamd -H >>>>/home/spamd -d -D >>>> >>>>More googling of the error revealed that reinstalling spamassassin from >>>>CPAN may be required. >>>> >>>>perl -MCPAN -e 'install Mail::SpamAssassin' >>>> >>>>This revealed that my build was up to date. When I restarted >>>>spamassassin >>>>I still had the same problem. >>>> >>>>I am really stuck and need help. >>>> >>>>My only though at this stage is that spamassassin is not working since >>>> I >>>>have not connected the spamassassin box to the internet. >>>> >>>>Regards, >>>>Phillip Lucs >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>Best Regards, >>> >>>-- >>>George Chelidze >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > Best Regards, > > -- > George Chelidze > > > >
