My Spamassassin is no longer checking RBL lists for each incoming message, and I've no idea why.
I installed Spamassassin on a new Centos server in February. The server runs Exim and I manage it mostly through DirectAdmin (the install was using a script that comes with DirectAdmin), I have a modest ability to manage a linux machine from the command line. Spamassassin ran perfectly well for a few months, catching 95%+ of spam, mostly because of the RBL lists, I didn't know how to manage the Bayes system and everything was functioning perfectly as it was, so I left it alone. Then, all of a sudden, about a month ago, I start getting lots of unmarked spam, and very little marked spam. Upon further investigation I saw that no RBL lists where being checked. I don't know why this occured, the only possibly relevent things that might have occured around the same time was an automatic update to DirectAdmin and the fact that I upped the spam threshold from 5 to 6 and changed the Spamassassin settings for some domains to automtically delete the spam messages from the server and not have the client download them. I didn't do any other configuration changes to Spamassassin through DirectAdmin, and I didn't do anything through the command line, or modify any config files. I have now spent the last 2 days solid trying to investigate this issue and fix it. Most of what I know about Spamassassin has been learnt in the last 2 days but I'm still stuck. A few more clues I have gathered are: - If I run 'spamassassin -D -t < spamMsg.eml' through the command line I get a high spam value and it checks the RBL lists as before and adds up all the points, but the same message originally came through the system unmarked as spam because the rbl lists where not checked. - my /etc/virtual/use_rbl_domains file was empty, I've no idea if this was empty or not originally, or if this has somehow happened since. I then entered in 2 domains which I receive mail from and restarted Exim through DirectAdmin, but I still got spam through one of those domains. I have since restarted the whole server but have not yet received any marked or unmarked spam. I would be very grateful if anyone could even point me in the right direction to resolve this issue, is it a Spamassassin issue or an Exim issue? Our clients are starting to get a little angry about all this spam. :( Thanks, PAUL. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Spamassassin-RBL-lists-stopped-working-t1825619.html#a4979870 Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users forum at Nabble.com.
