On Thursday 28 June 2007 15:22, Lindsay Haisley wrote: > Attached is a proposed patch for /var/lib/spamassassin/rules_du_jour > which addresses the problem of the refresh URL which Rules Emporium > sometimes sends out instead of a valid cf file. Basically, this patch > greps the downloaded file for the string "META HTTP-EQUIV", which should > never occur in a valid rules file, but is part if the refresh URL. If > the downloaded file is a refresh URL, it's deleted, the script waits 1 > second and tries again, up to 3 times. If the download fails after 3 > tries, the bad file is deleted and the script moves on. > > You might try running rules_du_jour from a cron job with the -D option > and redirecting the output to a /tmp file and see if you get any notices > about "Download of .... FAILED after 3 tries", in which case I've > mis-diagnosed the problem somewhat. In any event, the problem file > should be deleted rather than causing a --lint failure in spamassassin.
I'm going to try this, but with a 5 minute wait. I run it in the middle of the night anyway, who cares how long it takes. Actually, the proper response might be a random wait. -- Phil Barnett AI4OF SKCC #600
