:DNS::Resolver not available

[Stephen Swaney]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Paul Welsh
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 2:21 PM
> To: 'MailScanner discussion'
> Subject: Net::DNS::Resolver not available
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I upgraded ClamAV last night using the ClamAV 0.88.2 and SpamAssassin
> 3.1.1
> easy installation package
> (http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/files/4/install-Clam-
> SA.tar.gz)
> from http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/downloads.shtml.
> 
> Unfortunately, something is now broken.  Spam isn't being detected because
> Net::DNS::Resolver isn't available.  I know this because I ran
> spamassassin
> in test mode against a sample message that made it through:
> 
> [12190] dbg: dns: is Net::DNS::Resolver available? No
> 
> Any ideas on how to fix this one?
> 
> ClamAV is still finding infections, so that's good.
> 
> I upgraded to Version 4.53.8-1 just now, but the Resolver module didn't
> get
> fixed.
> 
> I'm running CentOS 4.
> 

I'd use CPAN to Install Net::DNS. Also 

Do you have an empty directory:

/var/lib/spamassassin/3.001001/updates_spamassassin_org

If so remove that directory and make sure that the /etc/cron.daily/sa-learn
cron-job is disabled and search the recent list archives for "sa-learn".

Steve

Stephen Swaney
Fort Systems Ltd.
stephen.swaney at fsl.com
www.fsl.com