Why aren't RBL checks running?

[Julian Field]

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Is mail coming to this system straight from the outside world, or is it all
coming via one of your own servers? The MailScanner "Spam List" checks only
check the other end of the incoming SMTP connection. So if it's all coming
via one of your own servers, it won't find anything. The RBL checks that
SpamAssassin can do will still work, though.

At 21:08 05/10/2004, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm in the process of setting up an email server using MS 4.34.8-1
>and Spamassassin 3.0. For some reason, the RBL checks don't appear
>to be running.
>
>In my MailScanner.conf file I have:
>
>    Spam List = spamcop.net
>
>
>in spam.lists.conf there is:
>
>    spamcop.net                  bl.spamcop.net.
>
>
>  and in spam.assassin.prefs.conf, I have
>
>    skip_rbl_checks 1
>
>
>  On my other server, I'm use to seeing messages in the log file like:
>
>     RBL checks: i917AbsS018169 found in spamcop.net
>
>  and
>
>    .... to magnet.fsu.edu is spam, spamcop.net
>
>
>  But I'm not seeing any of this on the new server and I do have the spam
> logging
>  turned on.
>
>  My old server is a Solaris box and my new server is a RedHat AS 3.0
> system so
>  I'm wondering if it is something peculiar between the two OS environments.
>  Since I really don't know how the RBL checks worked, I turned off iptables
>  in case I was blocking the traffic. That doesn't seem to help.
>
>  Does anyone have any suggestions as what could be wrong? Is there a way
>  to test the RBLs other then looking for results in the log files?
>
>  Thanks a bunch!     --Tom

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