> > Hmm, just retried it twice more, and the test succeeds on these two > > tests. Perhaps Net::DNS gives up too quickly? > > Found the section in "man Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf" on > dns_available and > changed it to use a domain my server is master for, to > guarantee that it > has the records on hand if it's up. In > /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf I > now include: > > # DNS tests may time out prematurely indicating falsely that BIND is > # down so query a zone we are authoritative for locally > dns_available test: myhouse.lan
Or maybe just: dns_available: yes Bret
