Is the following line from the non-spam procmail log entry a clue? procmail: Bypassed locking "/var/mail/mdb.lock"
Should it be able to lock my mailbox file? And what are the implications if it can't? .\\ichelle >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Michelle Brownsworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [SAtalk] SA + procmail are blocking non-spam mail >Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 17:03:41 -0700 > >Gentle friends, > >I'm running sendmail, procmail, and spamassassin in daemon mode, >i.e., spamd, on a FreeBSD 4.5 server: > >2012 ?? Is 0:01.11 /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/spamd -d -F 0 > >I'd thought I had procmail and spamd playing nicely together since >the procmail.log showed all the spam being identified and rerouted. > >But then I noticed that non-spam messages were not making it through >to my mailbox, despite the procmail.log's entries to the contrary. >Furthermore, messages that had been reported as being delivered to >my mailbox were not only missing in action, the mailbox (which had >previously contained many messages) was now empty: > >-rw------- 1 mdb mdb 0 May 6 15:26 /var/mail/mdb > >My client leaves mail on the server, so it's definitely >procmail/spamd doing the emptying. > >Here's my .procmailrc: > >LOGFILE=procmail.log > >LOG=" >" > >VERBOSE=yes > >LOGABSTRACT=all > >MAILDIR=$HOME/mail > ># Start of filters >:0: >* ^Subject:.*test >test_msgs > ># Filter through spamassassin's spamd >:0fw >| spamc > ># Archive the spam >:0: >* ^X-Spam-Status: Yes >filtered_spam > ># Messages that fall through are delivered to default INBOX, ># i.e., /var/mail/mdb > > >From procmail.log: > >procmail: [72630] Mon May 6 13:56:17 2002 >procmail: Assigning "LOGABSTRACT=all" >procmail: Assigning "MAILDIR=/home/mdb/mail" >procmail: Executing "spamc" >procmail: [72630] Mon May 6 13:56:20 2002 >procmail: No match on "^X-Spam-Status: Yes" >procmail: Bypassed locking "/var/mail/mdb.lock" >procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=/var/mail/mdb" >procmail: Opening "/var/mail/mdb" >procmail: Acquiring kernel-lock >procmail: Notified comsat: "mdb@221815:/var/mail/mdb" > Subject: Re: Hee hee! > Folder: /var/mail/mdb 4219 > >procmail: [72651] Mon May 6 13:56:37 2002 >procmail: Assigning "LOGABSTRACT=all" >procmail: Assigning "MAILDIR=/home/mdb/mail" >procmail: Executing "spamc" >procmail: [72651] Mon May 6 13:56:43 2002 >procmail: Match on "^X-Spam-Status: Yes" >procmail: Locking "filtered_msgs.lock" >procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=filtered_msgs" >procmail: Opening "filtered_msgs" >procmail: Acquiring kernel-lock >procmail: Unlocking "filtered_msgs.lock" >procmail: Notified comsat: "mdb@49965:/home/mdb/mail/filtered_spam" > Subject: *****SPAM***** Get Instant "Online" Term Life Quotes for FREE !!! > Folder: filtered_spam 4980 > > >As I said, actual spam is being caught and put into >~mdb/mail/filtered_spam, just as it should, but non-spam is not >being delivered to /var/mail/mdb as the procmail.log entry above >indicates. And the mailbox is being zeroed out to boot. > >However, the test filter identifies and redirects test messages as >it should and allows non-test mail to pass: > >:0: >* ^Subject:.*test >test_msgs > >Commenting out the filter that runs spamc returns everything to >normal, so it has to be the culprit. > >I admit it, I'm stymied. I hope the list can shed some light. > >.\\ichelle >--------------------- >Michelle Brownsworth >System Administrator >PrimeLogic Corporation >http://www.primelogic.com > >_______________________________________________________________ > >Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply >the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >_______________________________________________ >Spamassassin-talk mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
