It queries TXT records
$ dig TXT 2.4.3.updates.spamassassin.org ;; ANSWER SECTION: 2.4.3.updates.spamassassin.org. 3424 IN CNAME 3.3.3.updates.spamassassin.org. 3.3.3.updates.spamassassin.org. 79 IN TXT "1879105" It is normal that updates might be stale for a few days sometimes. Use "sa-update -D" to debug and post relevant lines if you have an actual problem. On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 10:13:00AM +0200, Stephan Fourie wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Our SpamAssassin rules have not gotten any recent updates (looks like past 2 > days). When investigating, sa-update tries to connect to: > 2.4.3.updates.spamassassin.org > > When doing a DNS lookup on this hostname it appears to be a CNAME which points > to: 3.3.3.updates.spamassassin.org. When doing a lookup for > 3.3.3.updates.spamassassin.org it doesn't resolve, which I'm leaning towards > being the issue. Please see below lookup results: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;3.3.3.updates.spamassassin.org. IN A > > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: > spamassassin.org. 1799 IN SOA ns2.pccc.com. > pmc.spamassassin.apache.org. 2020062505 7200 3600 604800 3600 > > ;; Query time: 265 msec > ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) > ;; WHEN: Fri Jun 26 10:10:28 SAST 2020 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 131 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Anyone else seeing the same issue? > > Thanks! > Stephan