>> -----Original Message----- >> From: Anthony Kamau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, 23 May 2008 2:07 PM >> To: users@spamassassin.apache.org >> Subject: Temp fail not working... >> >> I absolutely need to have all messages scanned for SPAM >> - too much of it in >> our domains! What can I do to rectify this issue? >> > > After further diagnosis, it appears that if I keep > spamassassin running but busy enough not to respond to > new connections, then new connections will be temp > failed. Maybe I have it all wrong, but I'd think that > one would like it to temp fail whether or not > spamassassin is running!!! Can someone please set me on > the straight and narrow, please? It is killing me when I > get all sorts of complaints from my users when they get > spam that is not tagged! Company policy dictates that > all mail is delivered as long as it is scanned for spam > and viruses! > > > Cheers, > AK.
Do you have -x in your call to spamc? man spamc -x, --no-safe-fallback Disables the 'safe fallback' error-recovery method, which passes through the unaltered message if an error occurs. Instead, exit with an error code, and let the MTA queue up the mails for a retry later. See also "EXIT CODES".
