RBL Check timed out
Desai, Jason
jase at SENSIS.COM
Fri Mar 28 15:33:42 GMT 2003
Sorry to reply to my own message (again), but now I'm not so sure that the
patch completely worked. If the RBL Check was disabled, why does it keep on
timing out? Could this have to do with the fact that I have
Spam List =
in MailScanner.conf?
Jason
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Desai, Jason
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 10:26 AM
> To: 'MailScanner mailing list'
> Subject: RE: [MAILSCANNER] RBL Check timed out
>
>
> 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
> > >
> >
>
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