Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-21 Thread mouss
ll be honest, I'm not familiar with the host command, it's a replacement of the old nslookup. so maybe these commands don't mean a thing. But I do know that I get positive hits on spamcop all the time (on real spam messages, that is), so I can do some dns tests in SA. Skip

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-21 Thread Skip
he host command, so maybe these commands don't mean a thing. But I do know that I get positive hits on spamcop all the time (on real spam messages, that is), so I can do some dns tests in SA. Skip -- Get my PGP Public key here: http://pelorus.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-21 Thread SM
At 14:58 21-07-2008, Skip wrote: I thought you guys would like a little humor. Here's what I sent my host and what I got in response. *sigh* What response did you expect? :-) Regards, -sm

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-21 Thread Karsten Bräckelmann
On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 17:58 -0400, Skip wrote: > I thought you guys would like a little humor. Here's what I sent my > host and what I got in response. *sigh* > > Maybe tomorrow I'll have better luck with them. > > FROM: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > SITE: pelorus.org > ADDR: 68.231.250.115 > > Why w

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-21 Thread Skip
I thought you guys would like a little humor. Here's what I sent my host and what I got in response. *sigh* Maybe tomorrow I'll have better luck with them. FROM: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SITE: pelorus.org ADDR: 68.231.250.115 Why would I be getting this on box106? [EMAIL PROTECTED] [~]# host 2.0

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-21 Thread mouss
so you have a DNS problem. if you can run a dns server on your shared host, do so. otherwise, you can't use dns tests reliably. As for the CPU exceeded error that a few of you got (if you went to website, pelorus.org), that happens occasionally if I am doing something CPU inten

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-21 Thread Kai Schaetzl
@pelorus.org> Reply-To: users@spamassassin.apache.org X-Rcpt-To: Skip wrote on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:57:22 -0400: > I'm > pretty sure all they do is stop serving up web pages when you get a in > CPU exceeded situation. I don't think they'd turn off internal DNS lookups. Why not? They sure thro

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-21 Thread Skip
mouss wrote: Skip wrote: mouss wrote: Skip wrote: [snip] Anyway, please bear with me as I do have a few more questions. In this thread before, some people thought I should look at a possible DNS problem, or perhaps my system is exceeding the daily threshold for spamhaus. All they say

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-21 Thread mouss
Skip wrote: mouss wrote: Skip wrote: [snip] Anyway, please bear with me as I do have a few more questions. In this thread before, some people thought I should look at a possible DNS problem, or perhaps my system is exceeding the daily threshold for spamhaus. All they say at the spamhaus

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-20 Thread Sahil Tandon
Sahil Tandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > I got this: > > $ host 2.0.0.127.zen.spmahaus.org > > Host 2.0.0.127.zen.spmahaus.org not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) ^^^ > I see the same thing. Woops! We both just copy&pasted the same typo. :-) This should work:

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-20 Thread Rob McEwen
Skip wrote: I got this: $ host 2.0.0.127.zen.spmahaus.org Host 2.0.0.127.zen.spmahaus.org not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) That can't be good. I do not know what dns server we are using at bluehost. I did a ps and searched for anything that looked like a dns server, but couldn't find any. Sometimes i

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-20 Thread Sahil Tandon
Skip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] >> try: >> >> $ host 2.0.0.127.zen.spmahaus.org >> 2.0.0.127.zen.spamhaus.org has address 127.0.0.4 >> 2.0.0.127.zen.spamhaus.org has address 127.0.0.10 >> 2.0.0.127.zen.spamhaus.org has address 127.0.0.2 >> >> BTW, what DNS server(s) are you using? [...] >

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-20 Thread Skip
mouss wrote: Skip wrote: [snip] Anyway, please bear with me as I do have a few more questions. In this thread before, some people thought I should look at a possible DNS problem, or perhaps my system is exceeding the daily threshold for spamhaus. All they say at the spamhaus FAQ is that i

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-20 Thread mouss
Skip wrote: [snip] Anyway, please bear with me as I do have a few more questions. In this thread before, some people thought I should look at a possible DNS problem, or perhaps my system is exceeding the daily threshold for spamhaus. All they say at the spamhaus FAQ is that if you exceed the

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-20 Thread Skip
Sahil Tandon wrote: Skip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But I want to stop the test from even being done at all. I guess I should have included more of the previous post. Sorry :( Please do not top-post (google if you are unfamiliar with the term). And as already advised, just set s

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-20 Thread Sahil Tandon
Skip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But I want to stop the test from even being done at all. I guess I should > have included more of the previous post. Sorry :( Please do not top-post (google if you are unfamiliar with the term). And as already advised, just set score to 0 to disable individu

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-20 Thread Raymond Dijkxhoorn
Hi! But I want to stop the test from even being done at all. I guess I should have included more of the previous post. Sorry :( Just score the tests you want to disable 0. Same answer, just score them 0. Bye, Raymond.

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-20 Thread Skip
But I want to stop the test from even being done at all. I guess I should have included more of the previous post. Sorry :( Skip Raymond Dijkxhoorn wrote: Hi! I was actually thinking the same thing about configuring SA to use a different resolver, but could not find such a configuration o

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-20 Thread Raymond Dijkxhoorn
Hi! I was actually thinking the same thing about configuring SA to use a different resolver, but could not find such a configuration option. What is the generally approved way to disable individual RBL checks? I can easily disable all of them, but I haven't figured out how to disable indivi

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-20 Thread Skip
Wow, I wonder how I am going to convince Bluehost that they are having issues. What's the best way to disable individual RBL checks? I'm also curious which tests you consider to be most effective on your system. I was actually thinking the same thing about configuring SA to use a differ

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-18 Thread Skip
Kai Schaetzl wrote: Skip wrote on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:19:07 -0400: As for too many connection per day, my domain certainly does not generate anywhere near the 100,000 connections spamhaus considers as the cutoff, but I'll be my host (bluehost) does. If all they check is originating IP a

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-18 Thread Sahil Tandon
On Jul 18, 2008, at 6:31, Kai Schaetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Skip wrote on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:19:07 -0400: As for too many connection per day, my domain certainly does not generate anywhere near the 100,000 connections spamhaus considers as the cutoff, but I'll be my host (bluehost)

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-18 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Skip wrote on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:19:07 -0400: > As for too many connection per day, my domain certainly does not > generate anywhere near the 100,000 connections spamhaus considers as the > cutoff, but I'll be my host (bluehost) does. If all they check is > originating IP address, then I'm su

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-17 Thread Skip
le the spamhaus check. Or, if it is still working, why is mine not? possibly because you (or your dns forwarder) generate(s) too many connections per day: http://www.spamhaus.org/organization/dnsblusage.html 2) What can I do in procmail to check to make sure the DNS tests were complet

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-17 Thread Richard Frovarp
Or, if it is still working, why is mine not? possibly because you (or your dns forwarder) generate(s) too many connections per day: http://www.spamhaus.org/organization/dnsblusage.html 2) What can I do in procmail to check to make sure the DNS tests were completed? Maybe give each m

Re: DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-17 Thread mouss
ll working, why is mine not? possibly because you (or your dns forwarder) generate(s) too many connections per day: http://www.spamhaus.org/organization/dnsblusage.html 2) What can I do in procmail to check to make sure the DNS tests were completed? Maybe give each mail a second or

DNS Tests not always getting done

2008-07-17 Thread Skip
why is mine not? 2) What can I do in procmail to check to make sure the DNS tests were completed? Maybe give each mail a second or third chance to get the DNS checks done. I'll probably have to pick one or two of them and call them vital, and run a check against them just to see if i

Re: dns tests and scoring info for modification

2008-04-05 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> > don't modify "standard" rule files. > > > > instead, create a /path/to/site/rules/scores.cf (same directory where > > you have local.cf) and override the scores there (use a 0 score to > > disable a test). look at 50_scores.cf to get an idea. > > > > I hope you have valid reasons to disable

Re: dns tests and scoring info for modification

2008-04-05 Thread mouss
Robert - elists wrote: don't modify "standard" rule files. instead, create a /path/to/site/rules/scores.cf (same directory where you have local.cf) and override the scores there (use a 0 score to disable a test). look at 50_scores.cf to get an idea. I hope you have valid reasons to disable n

RE: dns tests and scoring info for modification

2008-04-04 Thread Robert - elists
> > You probably know this, but make sure you put the zeroed-out scores in > your local config dir (i.e. /etc/mail/spamassassin or the like) so that > they won't be overwritten the next time you upgrade and/or run sa-update. > > -- > Kelson Vibber > SpeedGate Communications Kelson Thanks, I h

RE: dns tests and scoring info for modification

2008-04-04 Thread Robert - elists
> > don't modify "standard" rule files. > > instead, create a /path/to/site/rules/scores.cf (same directory where > you have local.cf) and override the scores there (use a 0 score to > disable a test). look at 50_scores.cf to get an idea. > > I hope you have valid reasons to disable network te

Re: dns tests and scoring info for modification

2008-04-04 Thread Kelson
Robert - elists wrote: Are all tests for DNS type RBL's in this default 20_dnsbl_tests.cf SA file? Do I need to grep all the other files to check for where the scores are, or is there only one default score file on this? If you use sa-update, there should also be some in 72_active.cf. Either

Re: dns tests and scoring info for modification

2008-04-04 Thread mouss
Robert - elists wrote: My searching came up a tad short on this... I am guessing there is a howto already on this, I just didn't find it, so I went digging in the internals some more. Are all tests for DNS type RBL's in this default 20_dnsbl_tests.cf SA file? Do I need to grep all the other fi

dns tests and scoring info for modification

2008-04-04 Thread Robert - elists
My searching came up a tad short on this... I am guessing there is a howto already on this, I just didn't find it, so I went digging in the internals some more. Are all tests for DNS type RBL's in this default 20_dnsbl_tests.cf SA file? Do I need to grep all the other files to check for where th

Re: DNS tests getting aborted

2007-06-13 Thread Mark Martinec
> Actually my DNS is working fine. Other DNS rulesets are hitting fine > like RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET > > In order to get URI tests working I have to put rbl_timeout 40 in my > local.cf > The default rbl_timeout of 15 is too less, but that is strange. It had > been working with my older SA 3.1.5 tho

Re: DNS tests getting aborted

2007-06-13 Thread ram
On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 09:34 -0400, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 06:48:04PM +0530, ram wrote: > > [8454] dbg: dns: success for 0 of 29 queries > > [8454] dbg: dns: timeout for after 10 seconds > > > > but dig on the machine is working fine without any issues. > > my user_prefs

Re: DNS tests getting aborted

2007-06-11 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 04:43:28PM +0200, arni wrote: > >Please do not reply to this email address as it has been automatically > >generated, but email any queries to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > are you realising, that you're "spamming" a mailinglist here? fyi, I sent a mail to their support addr (above

Re: DNS tests getting aborted

2007-06-11 Thread arni
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Server .116 The email attached has been identified by one of our team as legitimate but unfortunately was incorrectly tagged as SPAM. The email address has been whitelisted to ensure this will not happen again and we are currently looking into the reasons why this h

DNS tests getting aborted

2007-06-11 Thread root
Server .116 The email attached has been identified by one of our team as legitimate but unfortunately was incorrectly tagged as SPAM. The email address has been whitelisted to ensure this will not happen again and we are currently looking into the reasons why this happened. No mail has been lo

Re: DNS tests getting aborted

2007-06-11 Thread Theo Van Dinter
On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 06:48:04PM +0530, ram wrote: > [8454] dbg: dns: success for 0 of 29 queries > [8454] dbg: dns: timeout for after 10 seconds > > but dig on the machine is working fine without any issues. > my user_prefs file shows dns_available yes > and I have Net::DNS Is the first DN

Re: DNS tests getting aborted

2007-06-11 Thread Duane Hill
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, ram wrote: Hi, I have been using SA 3.1.5 for a long time now. I am testing SA 3.2 on a test machine before upgrade. Something seeems to be missing , none of the uridnsbl tests are working when I run SA in debug mode I can see 8454] dbg: check: running tests

DNS tests getting aborted

2007-06-11 Thread ram
Hi, I have been using SA 3.1.5 for a long time now. I am testing SA 3.2 on a test machine before upgrade. Something seeems to be missing , none of the uridnsbl tests are working when I run SA in debug mode I can see 8454] dbg: check: running tests for priority: 500 [8454] dbg: d

Re: Disabling some DNS tests

2007-05-11 Thread Luis Hernán Otegui
OK, Got it. Anyway, I tracked down the timing issues which drove me to disable DNS tests to a problem with my nameservers. Now the scanning times reported by Amavis are similar to the other servers I have. BTW, thanks for the tip, I've disabled CBL testings in Postfix. Luix 2007/5/11, R

RE: Disabling some DNS tests

2007-05-11 Thread Randal, Phil
Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -Original Message- > From: Luis Hernán Otegui [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 May 2007 14:33 > To: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: Disabling some DNS tests >

Re: Disabling some DNS tests

2007-05-11 Thread Duane Hill
On Fri, 11 May 2007, Luis Hern?n Otegui wrote: Hi, list, I'm currently running zen.spamhaus.org and cbl.abuseat.org as RBLs over Postfix, how can I disable them in SA? (I mean, if I'm already blocking connections which got listed in those RBLs, why let SA check them? I suppose it should lower sc

Disabling some DNS tests

2007-05-11 Thread Luis Hernán Otegui
Hi, list, I'm currently running zen.spamhaus.org and cbl.abuseat.org as RBLs over Postfix, how can I disable them in SA? (I mean, if I'm already blocking connections which got listed in those RBLs, why let SA check them? I suppose it should lower scan times...) Thanks, Luix -- ---

inconsistent results on dns tests

2006-02-27 Thread Ramprasad
Hi, I have seen that dns tests for the same mail sent twice ( to different recipients ) give inconsistent results The first mail got hit by RCVD_IN_WHOIS_BOGONS and the second did not ( I use a local caching name server ). I cant figure out why ? Has this occurred to anybody else ? Thanks Ram

Fw: DNS tests

2004-12-31 Thread shane mullins
From: "Jeff Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "shane mullins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: > > Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 5:49 PM > > Subject: Re: DNS tests > > > >> On Friday, December 31, 2004, 2:15:51 PM, shane mullins wr

Re: DNS tests

2004-12-31 Thread Jeff Chan
On Friday, December 31, 2004, 2:15:51 PM, shane mullins wrote: > The Net::DNS module is ver 0.48. >> Our secondary spam box is not performing dns tests. The perl mod dns > is >> installed and the dns_available option is set in the local.cf. Does >> anyone have any sugg

Re: DNS tests

2004-12-31 Thread shane mullins
The Net::DNS module is ver 0.48. Shane - Original Message - From: "shane mullins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 5:13 PM Subject: DNS tests > Our secondary spam box is not performing dns tests. The perl mod dns is > installed and the d

DNS tests

2004-12-31 Thread shane mullins
Our secondary spam box is not performing dns tests. The perl mod dns is installed and the dns_available option is set in the local.cf. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Shane

Problems with URI DNS tests in spamd?

2004-10-31 Thread Carl R. Friend
G'day. Has anyone else noticed problems with the DNS-based URI tests in SpamAssassin 3.0.[01]? Specifically, running on Solaris 9, Perl 5.8.5, and SpamAssassin 3.0.0 and .1 that the "urirhssub" and "uridnsbl" tests are not even being called from spamd. However, they work fine from a direct