Problems calling SpamAssassin

[Youn Gonzales]

Sorry, I got involved in a few projects. It would appear that you guys are
correct, the problem is with DNS lookups. I *really* hate to ask, but I am
very new to Perl:

1. How do I remove Net::DNS? (feel free to just point me to the information,
i don't mind to RTFM, is just don't know which FM to look in :-)

2. Will the RBL and Razor checks work without Net::DNS?

3. If the RBL and Razor checks will not work without Net::DNS, what would be
the best way to fix Net::DNS - update it via CPAN?

Thanks!
:-)

Youn Gonzales
System Administrator
Comptia A+, Network+, INET+,
Cisco CCNA/CCDA Certified Technician
Microsoft Certified Professional


----- Original Message -----
From: "Quentin Campbell" <Q.G.Campbell at NEWCASTLE.AC.UK>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 3:01 AM
Subject: Re: Problems calling SpamAssassin


Youn

Setting the "skip_rbl_checks" option may not be enough. Comment the
"Razor" check and also the MX check if they are currently enabled and
see if that improves things.

I had installed the Net::DNS module but that appears to be faulty. I
found that almost any DNS lookup by SpamAssassin was delayed or would
untimately timeout.

If the Net::DNS module was present on your system when you built
SpamAssassin, certain checks may be implicitly enabled according to my
reading of the SpamAssassin docs. To be safe, remove Net::DNS and
rebuild SA.

Quentin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Youn Gonzales [mailto:ispmgr at CLAS.NET]
> Sent: 11 February 2002 20:36
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Problems calling SpamAssassin
>
>
> I set the skip_rbl_checks option, but SpamAssassin still
> slows everything down to a crawl. It takes over 3 minutes for
> a batch of 50 messages. I think SpamAssassin is timing out
> for some reason. Are there any other settings or perhaps
> ports on the firewall necessary for SA to work properly?
>
>
> Youn Gonzales
> System Administrator
> Comptia A+, Network+, INET+,
> Cisco CCNA/CCDA Certified Technician
> Microsoft Certified Professional
>
>
> > Sounds like you've got DNS resolving problems. Have you tried the
> > skip_rbl_checks option in SpamAssassin? It's in the
> user_prefs file.
> > MailScanner calls the SpamAssassin Perl API and therefore
> does not use
> > the "spamassassin" script or spamc/spamd.
> > --
> > Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
> > jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
> > Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
> >                              Southampton SO17 1BJ
>