On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 02:14:34PM -0700, Michelle Brownsworth wrote: > I've -HUP'ped spamd every time local.cf has been modified. But just > for grins I killed it completely and restarted it. It came up for a > short while then died. Odd, I thought. I restarted it again with > the same result. So figuring it was time to upgrade to the latest > version, I downloaded 2.31 and installed it.
HUPping spamd won't do anything for you, you have to fully stop/start it. In fact, sending it a HUP causes it to die because there's no handler for it. > [ -x /usr/bin/spamd ] && /usr/bin/spamd -d -F 1 && echo -n ' spamd' > > Again it ran briefly (until it was invoked by spamc, I think) then > died. Seeking more information, I added a "-D" switch for debugging, > and restarted spamd. This time it stayed running when it was invoked > by spamc, with these entries from procmail.log: In one window, run it without the -d and with the -D. That'll run it in debug mode in the foreground. In another window, run something through spamc and see what happens. > sudden. I have spamd 2.20 installed on 6 servers and, although I > think they're disregarding /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf, they're > filtering messages and -- most importantly -- they stay running. 2.20 (and later) don't have any problems with the local.cf file, so it must be something in your configuration. Did any of those directories exist? -- Randomly Generated Tagline: P.S. Perl's master plan (or what passes for one) is to take over the world like English did. Er, *as* English did... -- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk