[SOLVED] I'm an idiot (was: Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?)

> Am 06.07.2017 um 18:27 schrieb Rainer Sokoll : [...] > Hm, I got an email from cron: > > ---8<-- > /etc/cron.daily/spamassassin: > error: unable to refresh mirrors file for channel updates.spamassassin.org, > using old file > channel: could not find working

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

On 6 Jul 2017, at 18:48, jdow wrote: No A or PTR record: ===8<--- [jdow@thursday ~]$ dig updates.spamassassin.org ns1.apache.org all 1. What is the reason to expect the name "ns1.apache.org" to have any DNS records? 2. Using "all" as the final RRTYPE argument (or any other word beginning

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

Did you read any of the thread? There shouldn't be an A record, and there literally can't be a (valid) PTR record. On Thu, Jul 6, 2017, at 15:48, jdow wrote: > No A or PTR record: > > ===8<--- > [jdow@thursday ~]$ dig updates.spamassassin.org ns1.apache.org all > > ; <<>> DiG

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

No A or PTR record: ===8<--- [jdow@thursday ~]$ dig updates.spamassassin.org ns1.apache.org all ; <<>> DiG 9.9.4-RedHat-9.9.4-50.el7_3.1 <<>> updates.spamassassin.org ns1.apache.org all ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 7892 ;; flags:

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 12:14:02 -0500 David Jones wrote: > On 07/06/2017 12:02 PM, Rainer Sokoll wrote: > > > >> Am 06.07.2017 um 18:55 schrieb David Jones : > > > >> You can also run 'sa-update -vvv' to see more information on what > >> it's looking for. > > > > Now I'm

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

> Am 06.07.2017 um 19:19 schrieb Bill Cole > : > > On 6 Jul 2017, at 4:06, Rainer Sokoll wrote: >> Meaning: no updates for SA anymore? > > That's quite a leap of illogic... OK, my fault. I saw cron's error mail and thought that there could be a DNS

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

> On Jul 6, 2017, at 9:48 AM, Kevin A. McGrail > wrote: > > And my firm has put a lot of time into this which is still half the time > David has in fixing ruleqa. So buy him a beer. Done!

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

On 6 Jul 2017, at 4:06, Rainer Sokoll wrote: > Hi, > > for at least the last 2 days, updates.spamassin.org does not resolve anymore: > > ~$ host updates.spamassassin.org. Which means the name has no A record, but does have other records and/or subdomains. > But note: > > ~$ host

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

On 07/06/2017 12:02 PM, Rainer Sokoll wrote: Am 06.07.2017 um 18:55 schrieb David Jones : You can also run 'sa-update -vvv' to see more information on what it's looking for. Now I'm really confused: it works the way described in this thread: root@mx1:~# sa-update -vvv

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

On Thursday 06 July 2017 at 18:59:19, Rainer Sokoll wrote: > > Am 06.07.2017 um 18:55 schrieb Antony Stone: > > > > "apt-get policy spamassassin" should show you which one really is > > installed > > apt-cache ;-) Oops :) Yeah, I knew it was one of those apt-something commands which I wish

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

> Am 06.07.2017 um 18:55 schrieb David Jones : > You can also run 'sa-update -vvv' to see more information on what it's > looking for. Now I'm really confused: it works the way described in this thread: root@mx1:~# sa-update -vvv DNS TXT query: 0.4.3.updates.spamassassin.org

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

> Am 06.07.2017 um 18:55 schrieb Antony Stone > : > > If you're using Jessie-backports as well (and have deliberately installed the > backports version of this package) then you have 3.4.1 > > > "apt-get policy spamassassin" should show you which

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

On 07/06/2017 11:53 AM, Rainer Sokoll wrote: Am 06.07.2017 um 18:50 schrieb David Jones : What version of SA are you running? 3.4.0, shipped with Debian 8. But I cannot guarantee that this is in fact 3.4.1, because I've never understood Debian's backporting strategy :-(

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

On Thursday 06 July 2017 at 18:53:10, Rainer Sokoll wrote: > > Am 06.07.2017 um 18:50 schrieb David Jones : > > > > What version of SA are you running? > > 3.4.0, shipped with Debian 8. But I cannot guarantee that this is in fact > 3.4.1, because I've never understood Debian's

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

> Am 06.07.2017 um 18:50 schrieb David Jones : > What version of SA are you running? 3.4.0, shipped with Debian 8. But I cannot guarantee that this is in fact 3.4.1, because I've never understood Debian's backporting strategy :-( Rainer signature.asc Description: Message

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

On 07/06/2017 11:27 AM, Rainer Sokoll wrote: Am 06.07.2017 um 10:33 schrieb Tobi : afaik updates.spamassassin.org does not need to be resolvable The two important records for updates exist and resolve: $dig mirrors.updates.spamassassin.org txt +short

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

> Am 06.07.2017 um 10:33 schrieb Tobi : > > afaik updates.spamassassin.org does not need to be resolvable > > The two important records for updates exist and resolve: > > $dig mirrors.updates.spamassassin.org txt +short >

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

As David says, we use TXT and CNAME records not A records. We did switch to cnames which broke sa 3.3.0 update resolution but that was fixed. We know rulegen is turned off but rule distribution is working. This means you can install SA and use sa-update to get current rules. And they are

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

afaik updates.spamassassin.org does not need to be resolvable The two important records for updates exist and resolve: $dig mirrors.updates.spamassassin.org txt +short "http://spamassassin.apache.org/updates/MIRRORED.BY; $dig 0.4.3.updates.spamassassin.org txt +short "1799552" Am 06.07.2017 um

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

On 07/06/2017 04:54 AM, Merijn van den Kroonenberg wrote: Hi I get the same, who do we report it to David, who works on these issues will read it here, he follows the list. Michael On 06/07/17 09:06, Rainer Sokoll wrote: Hi, for at least the last 2 days, updates.spamassin.org does not

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

> Am 06.07.2017 um 11:54 schrieb Merijn van den Kroonenberg : > > There have not really been updates since March due to server migration and > such. Hopefully soon again. The last update I see is from Apr 5 15:23 CET according the to time stamp. Never noticed that until

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

> Hi > > I get the same, who do we report it to David, who works on these issues will read it here, he follows the list. > > > Michael > > > On 06/07/17 09:06, Rainer Sokoll wrote: >> Hi, >> >> for at least the last 2 days, updates.spamassin.org does not resolve >> anymore: >> >> ~$ host

Re: updates.spamassassin.org gone?

Hi I get the same, who do we report it to Michael On 06/07/17 09:06, Rainer Sokoll wrote: Hi, for at least the last 2 days, updates.spamassin.org does not resolve anymore: ~$ host updates.spamassassin.org. ~$ But note: ~$ host nonexistent.spamassassin.org. Host

updates.spamassassin.org gone?

Hi, for at least the last 2 days, updates.spamassin.org does not resolve anymore: ~$ host updates.spamassassin.org. ~$ But note: ~$ host nonexistent.spamassassin.org. Host nonexistent.spamassassin.org. not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) ~$ Meaning: no updates for SA anymore? Rainer signature.asc