> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jari Fredriksson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, 23 May 2008 3:29 PM
> To: Anthony Kamau; users@spamassassin.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Temp fail not working...
>
>
> Do you have -x in your call to spamc?
>
>
Thanks for that. I added that option to the startup script and restarted
spamc (service spamass-milter restart) then killed spamd (service
spamassassin stop).
Oddly enough, messages are still being delivered by sendmail!!! I then
checked the process list and saw the following:
/usr/bin/spamd -d -c -m5 -H -x -q -u spambucket -r /var/run/spamd.pid
spamass-milter -p /var/run/spamass.sock -f -x
Further reading of `man spamc' revealed that option `-f' is non-existent (at
least not mentioned in my spamc man pages); there's only a `-F' option - so
why do I have this option that appears to do nothing for me? Could it be
that it was meant to be `-F'?
Well, I removed that option from the startup script and on trying to start
the service, it hang indefinitely! I then added `-F' in its place and I got
the following output:
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# sudo /sbin/service spamass-milter start
Starting spamass-milter: spamass-milter: invalid option -- F
spamass-milter - Version 0.3.1
SpamAssassin Sendmail Milter Plugin
Usage: spamass-milter -p socket [-b|-B bucket] [-d xx[,yy...]] [-D host]
[-e defaultdomain] [-f] [-i networks] [-m] [-M]
[-P pidfile] [-r nn] [-u defaultuser] [-x]
[-- spamc args ]
-p socket: path to create socket
-b bucket: redirect spam to this mail address. The orignal
recipient(s) will not receive anything.
-B bucket: add this mail address as a BCC recipient of spam.
-d xx[,yy ...]: set debug flags. Logs to syslog
-D host: connect to spamd at remote host (deprecated)
-e defaultdomain: pass full email address to spamc instead of just
username. Uses 'defaultdomain' if there was none
-f: fork into background
-i: skip (ignore) checks from these IPs or netblocks
example: -i 192.168.12.5,10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/255.255.0.0
-m: don't modify body, Content-type: or Subject:
-M: don't modify the message at all
-P pidfile: Put processid in pidfile
-r nn: reject messages with a score >= nn with an SMTP error.
use -1 to reject any messages tagged by SA.
-u defaultuser: pass the recipient's username to spamc.
Uses 'defaultuser' if there are multiple recipients.
-x: pass email address through alias and virtusertable expansion.
-- spamc args: pass the remaining flags to spamc.
[FAILED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]#
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This is when I realized that the man page falsely states what the `-x'
option does, and as seen above, there isn't even a -F option as stated in
the man pages. From the above, it is clear what `-x' does:
-x: pass email address through alias and virtusertable expansion.
I also understand why when I killed the Ctrl-C'd from the hang session, I
got the [OK] message; the process was not forking to the background!
So, is it that I have a real old version of spamass-milter? Odd thing is
that I cannot find a newer version!!!
Puzzled,
AK.
