RBL Check timed out

[Desai, Jason]

Julian,

Just wanted to let you know that I think you patch worked.

$ grep "MailScanner\[28998\]: RBL" /var/log/mail.log
Mar 28 10:01:55 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 1 of 7
Mar 28 10:04:06 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 2 of 7
Mar 28 10:05:13 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 3 of 7
Mar 28 10:06:15 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 4 of 7
Mar 28 10:07:46 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 5 of 7
Mar 28 10:08:18 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 6 of 7
Mar 28 10:09:40 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 7 of 7
Mar 28 10:09:40 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  temporarily disabled
Mar 28 10:10:45 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed
Mar 28 10:11:28 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed
Mar 28 10:12:15 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed
Mar 28 10:14:14 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed
Mar 28 10:15:52 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed
Mar 28 10:16:42 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed
Mar 28 10:18:00 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed
Mar 28 10:19:09 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed
Mar 28 10:20:14 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed
Mar 28 10:21:11 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed
Mar 28 10:22:10 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed
Mar 28 10:23:35 dimstar MailScanner[28998]: RBL Check  timed out and was
killed

Thanks!

Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Desai, Jason
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:19 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: [MAILSCANNER] RBL Check timed out
>
>
> I will try this patch and let you know if there are any
> problems.  I'm not
> sure if I'll be able to fully test it as yesterday was the
> first time ever
> we had more than 1 consecutive RBL Check timeout.  Thanks!
>
> Jason
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Julian Field [mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:30 AM
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: [MAILSCANNER] RBL Check timed out
> >
> >
> > I fixed this for SA in 4.11. Forgot to fix it for RBLs :(
> >
> > Please can you try this patch to SA.pm and let me know how
> you get on.
> >
> > --- RBLs.pm.old Fri Mar 14 11:30:42 2003
> > +++ RBLs.pm     Tue Mar 25 16:34:16 2003
> > @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
> >   $VERSION = substr q$Revision: 1.18.2.2 $, 10;
> >
> >   my %spamlistfailures; # Number of consecutive failures for
> > both lists
> > +my %deadspamlists;    # All the dead spam lists
> >
> >   #
> >   # Constructor.
> > @@ -207,11 +208,17 @@
> >     if ($pid>0) {
> >       # Increment the "Failures" counter for this RBL
> >       $spamlistfailures{"$Checked"}++;
> > -    if ($maxfailures>0) {
> > +    if (!$deadspamlists{"$Checked"} && $maxfailures>0) {
> >         MailScanner::Log::WarnLog("RBL Check $Checked timed
> > out and was " .
> >                      "killed, consecutive failure " .
> >                      $spamlistfailures{"$Checked"} . " of " .
> >                      $maxfailures);
> > +      # Kill this list as it has exceeded maxfailures
> > +      if ($spamlistfailures{"$Checked"}>=$maxfailures) {
> > +        MailScanner::Log::WarnLog("RBL Check %s temporarily
> > disabled",
> > +                                  $Checked);
> > +        $deadspamlists{"$Checked"} = 1;
> > +      }
> >       } else {
> >         MailScanner::Log::WarnLog("RBL Check $Checked timed
> > out and was
> > killed");
> >       }
> >
> >
> > At 15:45 25/03/2003, you wrote:
> > >Hello.
> > >
> > >Yesterday I received a bunch of "RBL Check  timed out and
> was killed"
> > >messages in mail.log.  Here is a sample output from my logs:
> > >
> > >$ grep "MailScanner\[6171\]: RBL" /var/log/mail.log
> > >Mar 24 11:47:53 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 1 of 7
> > >Mar 24 11:54:50 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 2 of 7
> > >Mar 24 11:55:01 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 3 of 7
> > >Mar 24 11:59:44 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 4 of 7
> > >Mar 24 12:01:06 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 5 of 7
> > >Mar 24 12:03:40 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 6 of 7
> > >Mar 24 12:06:53 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 7 of 7
> > >Mar 24 12:10:07 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 8 of 7
> > >Mar 24 12:11:20 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 9 of 7
> > >Mar 24 12:12:07 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 10 of 7
> > >Mar 24 12:16:45 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 11 of 7
> > >Mar 24 12:20:09 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 12 of 7
> > >Mar 24 12:45:20 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 13 of 7
> > >Mar 24 12:46:26 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 14 of 7
> > >Mar 24 12:49:00 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 15 of 7
> > >Mar 24 12:50:14 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 16 of 7
> > >Mar 24 13:56:02 dimstar MailScanner[6171]: RBL Check  timed
> > out and was
> > >killed, consecutive failure 17 of 7
> > >
> > >In my MailScanner.conf file, I have
> > >
> > >Spam List =
> > >
> > >I'm pretty sure that I tried commenting out the Spam List
> > entry too, and
> > >I've seen similar messages.  I am trying to prevent
> > MailScanner from doing
> > >any RBL checks (I only want SpamAssassin to do this).  I
> > don't understand
> > >why it would be trying to do RBL checks, and why it keeps on
> > failing even
> > >after 7 consecutive failures.  I am running MailScanner
> > 4.12-2.  Is this a
> > >bug in the code or do I have something configured wrong?
> > >
> > >Jason
> >
> > --
> > Julian Field
> > www.MailScanner.info
> > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
> >
>