One solution that may help would be to put another qmail server infront of the scanner. This gives you several advantages:
RBLSMTPD checks at the qmail level Incoming mail queuing If you have a problem with your QS/Vpopmail server you don't drop mail. Qmail sends email 1 message at a time or one address at a time. On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 04:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [sorry in advance: it's a long message] > > I use since 2 years a selfmade mail system now with Qmail1.03 + > Qmail-Scanner1.20 + F-Prot + Vpopmail in a linux RedHat 7.3 box. > And I've used Spamassassin 2.61 for only 5 email account so in the past > I've set the 5 account .qmail file with correct entry and all work very > fine. > > Now I need use Spamassassin for all users so 3 days ago I've migrated my > configuration to use spamd/spamc and storing SA user preferences in a > RDBMS (MySQL). > Thanks to QS 1.20 nice feature: it call 'spamc' with '-u' option and > message recipient so spamd can retrieve user preference from DB. > > All seems to work fine BUT I've now discovered that QS sometimes (about > 1/5) fails to detect recipient. So QS call spamc without '-u' option and > so 'spamd' run as it's default user and so email are not cheched from SA > correctly. > > Around line 2054 of QS 1.20: > ----------------- > $spamc_options="$spamc_options -u \"$cmdline_recip\"" if ($cmdline_recip > ne ""); > ----------------- > $smdline_recip is equal to "" and spamc is called without -u option. > > So my new system is not reliable for spam scanning. > There is a bug in recipient name decoding ? > > > > This are correct behaviour logs (I hide with '###' some info for privacy): > > 1) The email is correctly processed by qmail: > -------QMAIL----- > Dec 19 10:14:47 mail qmail: 1071825287.208990 new msg 239238 > Dec 19 10:14:47 mail qmail: 1071825287.209087 info msg 239238: bytes 30818 > from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qp 28336 uid 505 > Dec 19 10:14:47 mail qmail: 1071825287.213156 starting delivery 1907: msg > 239238 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dec 19 10:14:47 mail qmail: 1071825287.213222 status: local 1/10 remote 1/20 > Dec 19 10:14:47 mail qmail: 1071825287.249314 delivery 1907: success: > did_0+0+1/ > Dec 19 10:14:47 mail qmail: 1071825287.249375 status: local 0/10 remote 1/20 > Dec 19 10:14:47 mail qmail: 1071825287.249386 end msg 239238 > ----------------- > > 2) QS find the recipient and send it to spamc with -u option: > ---------QS------- > Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:14:45 +0100:28315: SA: run /usr/bin/spamc -f -t 120 -s > 1000000 -u "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > < /var/spool/qmailscan/working/new/mail.#####.it107182528548328315 > ------------------ > > 3) SPAMD works ok: the user is set as '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' correctly > --------SPAMD------ > Dec 19 10:14:46 mail spamd[28328]: connection from localhost.localdomain > [127.0.0.1] at port 56984 > Dec 19 10:14:46 mail spamd[28328]: processing message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > for [EMAIL PROTECTED]:511. > Dec 19 10:14:47 mail spamd[28328]: clean message (0.6/500.0) for > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:511 in 0.5 seconds, 30180 bytes. > ------------------- > > > > And now the problem: > > 1) QMAIL works ok: > ------QMAIL----- > Dec 19 09:49:07 mail qmail: 1071823747.217134 new msg 202098 > Dec 19 09:49:07 mail qmail: 1071823747.217237 info msg 202098: bytes > 131899 from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qp 16468 uid 505 > Dec 19 09:49:07 mail qmail: 1071823747.221246 starting delivery 1606: msg > 202098 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dec 19 09:49:07 mail qmail: 1071823747.221314 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20 > Dec 19 09:49:07 mail qmail: 1071823747.255884 delivery 1606: success: > did_0+0+1/ > Dec 19 09:49:07 mail qmail: 1071823747.255944 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20 > Dec 19 09:49:07 mail qmail: 1071823747.255954 end msg 202098 > ---------------- > > 2) QS has called 'spamc' without '-u' option because (I suppose) > $cmdline_recip is empty: > -----QS----- > Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:49:02 +0100:16408: SA: run /usr/bin/spamc -f -t 120 -s > 1000000 < /var/spool/qmailscan/working/new/mail.goweb.it > 107182374248316408 > ------------- > > 3) SPAMC->SPAMD has not user so 'spamd' run as it's default user (qmailq): > -----SPAMD----- > Dec 19 09:49:07 mail spamd[24804]: connection from localhost.localdomain > [127.0.0.1] at port 54260 > Dec 19 09:49:07 mail spamd[16465]: processing message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for qmailq:511. > Dec 19 09:49:07 mail spamd[16465]: clean message (1.1/500.0) for > qmailq:511 in 0.2 seconds, 131335 bytes. > --------------- > > 4) User 'qmailq' has not preference in SA database, so SA scan email in a > incorrect way. > > > > I can help QS author to solve this 'bug' (??). > How can I help you ? > > > Many thanks > (sorry for my english lang not so good). > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. > Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. 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