On 2/19/08, Matt Kettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Agnello George wrote: > > On 2/19/08, Daryl C. W. O'Shea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>> but when i telnet from 121.240.XX.X it tries to connect ..but the > >>> connection brakes after 30 seconds > >>> > >> spamd isn't exactly a telnet server for humans, it's not going to greet > >> you. :) > >> > > > > if it does not allow telnet then .......how does telnet work for > > localhost eg : ( telnet localhost 783 ) > > > > > >> If you want to talk to it, type: PING SPAMC/1.0 > >> > > > > how do i ping this from remote server ( windows ) to the spamassissin > > server ?? > > ping spamc <ip adresss of spamassiss server> > > > No.. once you've connected to port 783 with telnet, type "PING > SPAMC/1.0" into your telnet client. > > The server should respond with something like this and disconnect: > SPAMD/1.4 0 PONG > > > In general, the fact that spamd hangs up on you after 30 seconds of no > activity is completely normal. spamd doesn't allow idle connections to > hang around. If a spamc isn't feeding it mail, spamd assumes it has > crashed and hangs up with this text: > > SPAMD/1.0 79 Timeout: (30 second socket timeout reading input from client) > > Otherwise broken spamcs could tie up spamd sockets for very long periods > of time, eventually DoSing the server.. > > > Thanks i guess my problem was not a problem at all . i connected the (windows) Smatermail to the remote spamassassin server ,,, and mail started to be scaned...... thanks again
-- Regards Agnello Dsouza www.linux-vashi.blogspot.com www.bible-study-india.blogspot.com
