>> while I*DO* appreciate your suggestion, since I am fairly confident to say
>> I doubt that my config is the problem in a DNS resolver/IPv6 function >> redefinition, I'm not too interested in proving that point by making >> those >> changes on a production machine. Again, thanks anyway. > > I am the ports maintainer for the FreeBSD version of SpamAssassin. > > used 'it' for YEARS in production, (commercial product,) several > platforms, i386, amd64, FreeBSD versions 6.4-7.4. > > ONE DAY, ONE BRAND NEW CLIENT was having real problems with their mailq. > email > was backing up. > Two days to figure it out, I deleted the INET6 module (on freebsd, its a lot > easier, I suppose than on your linux thing). > > Now, all the email flowed perfectly. SA was trying to do ipv6 lookups, the > kernel did NOT have ipv6 compiled in.. NONE OF OUR PRODUCTION SYSTEMS DO, and > there is no logical explanation for it. > > SA does NOT need INET6, unless you have two things: > #0, INET6 compiled into your kernel > #1, INET6 dns server as the first server in /etc/resolv.conf > #2, INET6 firewall, routing, mx records, etc. Strong argument for removing it I guess, I think with: rpm -e --nodeps perl-IO-Socket-INET6 But as others noted, yum supposedly will complain from then on about the missing package. Thanks for the input!
