I have just had reason to run --lint (first time in a week) and it
failed drastically. This is on an well-established postfix mail server
(but currently no real users) running 3.4.6 on Perl version 5.32.1 on
Debian Bullseye. Result of --lint is...
Oct 26 14:39:02.888 [121778] warn: plugin: failed to parse plugin (from
@INC): Can't locate Mail/SpamAssassin/Plugin/WelcomeListSubject.pm in
@INC (you may need to install the
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::WelcomeListSubject module) (@INC contains:
/usr/share/perl5 /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.32.1
/usr/local/share/perl/5.32.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.32
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.32
/usr/share/perl/5.32 /usr/local/lib/site_perl) at (eval 109) line 1.
with two added comments due to plugin not found.
Reload just perormed gives...
Oct 26 14:29:16 bristolmail spamd[9968]: spamd: server killed by
SIGTERM, shutting down
Oct 26 14:29:16 bristolmail spamd[9968]: spamd: cannot send SIGINT to
child process [9970]: No such process
Oct 26 14:29:16 bristolmail spamd[9968]: spamd: cannot send SIGINT to
child process [9969]: No such process
Oct 26 14:29:20 bristolmail spamd[121434]: logger: removing stderr method
Oct 26 14:29:20 bristolmail spamd[121438]: plugin: failed to parse
plugin (from @INC): Can't locate
Mail/SpamAssassin/Plugin/WelcomeListSubject.pm in @INC (you may need to
install the Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::WelcomeListSubject module) (@INC
contains: /usr/share/perl5 /etc/perl
/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.32.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.32.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.32 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.32 /usr/share/perl/5.32
/usr/local/lib/site_perl) at (eval 31) line 1.
Oct 26 14:29:22 bristolmail spamd[121438]: zoom: able to use 530/530
'body_0' compiled rules (100%)
Oct 26 14:29:23 bristolmail spamd[121438]: spamd: server started on
IO::Socket::IP [127.0.0.1]:783 (running version 3.4.6)
Oct 26 14:29:23 bristolmail spamd[121438]: spamd: server pid: 121438
Oct 26 14:29:23 bristolmail spamd[121438]: spamd: server successfully
spawned child process, pid 121439
Oct 26 14:29:23 bristolmail spamd[121438]: spamd: server successfully
spawned child process, pid 121440
Oct 26 14:29:23 bristolmail spamd[121438]: prefork: child states: IS
Oct 26 14:29:23 bristolmail spamd[121438]: prefork: child states: II
Oct 26 14:29:24 bristolmail spamd[121438]: spamd: server killed by
SIGTERM, shutting down
Oct 26 14:29:24 bristolmail spamd[121470]: logger: removing stderr method
Oct 26 14:29:24 bristolmail spamd[121475]: plugin: failed to parse
plugin (from @INC): Can't locate
Mail/SpamAssassin/Plugin/WelcomeListSubject.pm in @INC (you may need to
install the Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::WelcomeListSubject module) (@INC
contains: /usr/share/perl5 /etc/perl
/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.32.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.32.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.32 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.32 /usr/share/perl/5.32
/usr/local/lib/site_perl) at (eval 31) line 1.
Oct 26 14:29:25 bristolmail spamd[121475]: zoom: able to use 2/2
'body_500' compiled rules (100%)
Oct 26 14:29:26 bristolmail spamd[121475]: spamd: server started on
IO::Socket::IP [127.0.0.1]:783 (running version 3.4.6)
Oct 26 14:29:26 bristolmail spamd[121475]: spamd: server pid: 121475
Oct 26 14:29:26 bristolmail spamd[121475]: spamd: server successfully
spawned child process, pid 121476
Oct 26 14:29:26 bristolmail spamd[121475]: spamd: server successfully
spawned child process, pid 121477
Oct 26 14:29:26 bristolmail spamd[121475]: prefork: child states: IS
Oct 26 14:29:26 bristolmail spamd[121475]: prefork: child states: II
Oct 26 14:38:52 bristolmail spamd[121475]: spamd: server hit by SIGHUP,
restarting
Oct 26 14:38:52 bristolmail spamd[121475]: spamd: child [121477] killed
successfully: interrupted, signal 2 (0002)
Oct 26 14:38:52 bristolmail spamd[121475]: spamd: child [121476] killed
successfully: interrupted, signal 2 (0002)
Oct 26 14:38:52 bristolmail spamd[121475]: spamd: server socket closed,
type IO::Socket::IP
Oct 26 14:38:52 bristolmail spamd[121475]: logger: removing stderr method
Oct 26 14:38:53 bristolmail spamd[121772]: plugin: failed to parse
plugin (from @INC): Can't locate
Mail/SpamAssassin/Plugin/WelcomeListSubject.pm in @INC (you may need to
install the Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::WelcomeListSubject module) (@INC
contains: /usr/share/perl5 /etc/perl
/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.32.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.32.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.32 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.32 /usr/share/perl/5.32
/usr/local/lib/site_perl) at (eval 31) line 1.
Oct 26 14:38:53 bristolmail spamd[121772]: config: failed to parse line,
skipping, in "/etc/spamassassin/w7_whitelist.cf": whitelist_subject
Barstaple House
Oct 26 14:38:53 bristolmail spamd[121772]: config: failed to parse line,
skipping, in "/etc/spamassassin/w7_whitelist.cf": whitelist_subject ST
TERESAS FETE
Oct 26 14:38:54 bristolmail spamd[121772]: zoom: able to use 2/2
'body_500' compiled rules (100%)
Oct 26 14:38:54 bristolmail spamd[121772]: spamd: server started on
IO::Socket::IP [127.0.0.1]:783 (running version 3.4.6)
Oct 26 14:38:54 bristolmail spamd[121772]: spamd: server pid: 121772
Oct 26 14:38:54 bristolmail spamd[121772]: spamd: server successfully
spawned child process, pid 121773
Oct 26 14:38:54 bristolmail spamd[121772]: spamd: server successfully
spawned child process, pid 121774
Oct 26 14:38:54 bristolmail spamd[121772]: prefork: child states: IS
Oct 26 14:38:54 bristolmail spamd[121772]: prefork: child states: II
The last time SA worked (according to postfix logs) was:
Oct 11 04:25:53 bristolmail spamd[9969]: spamd: connection from
127.0.0.1 [127.0.0.1]:45694 to port 783, fd 5
Oct 11 04:25:53 bristolmail spamd[9969]: spamd: processing message
<autogen-java-3e1a0b8a-5bf7-456c-9f9b-f6c568194...@google.com> for sales:121
Oct 11 04:25:55 bristolmail spamd[9969]: spamd: identified spam
(17.5/5.0) for sales:121 in 1.3 seconds, 14316 bytes.
Oct 11 04:25:55 bristolmail spamd[9969]: spamd: result: Y 17 -
DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM,FREEMAIL_REPLY,HTML_MESSAGE,PFSA_AUTH_DKIM_PASS,PFSA_BODY_TINYURL,PFSA_DKIM_PASS,PFSA_DMARC_DKIM_OK,PFSA_DMARC_PASS,PFSA_SPF_PASS,PFSA_SUBJ_LONGISH,PFSA_SUBJ_WEIGHT,PFSA_UTF8_SUBJECT_FREE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,SUBJECT_DIET
scantime=1.3,size=14316,user=sales,uid=121,required_score=5.0,rhost=127.0.0.1,raddr=127.0.0.1,rport=45694,mid=<autogen-java-3e1a0b8a-5bf7-456c-9f9b-f6c568194...@google.com>,autolearn=disabled,shortcircuit=no
Oct 11 04:25:55 bristolmail spamd[9968]: prefork: child states: II
I can find nothing between these dates.
I would not notice SA failure as the server is currently only for
assessment with no proper users.
