> After stopping SpamAssassin messages like these are appearing in > /var/log/maillog: > > Aug 19 21:23:19 erebus spamc[20803]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.1 > failed, retrying (#3 of 3): Connection refused
So something is calling spamc, which is trying to connect to spamd and failing (not too surprising, since you just killed spamc). Unfortunately, what this mystery process is and how it's responding to failure are both questions outside the scope of a SpamAssassin list; it's probably a qmail thing, but since I've been fortunate enough never to deal with qmail I'm no help to you here. -- Dave Pooser Cat-Herder-in-Chief, Pooserville.com "Jon, the CIA's credibility has never been lower. Crazy people no longer believe the CIA is implanting a chip in their heads to listen to their dreams. They just don't think they can pull it off. It's a sad day for America when even our paranoid schizophrenics realize they don't need to wear the aluminum foil hats anymore." -- Ed Helms, "The Daily Show"