What version of spamdyke are you running right now?  Were these files 
(that should be directories) created by an older version of spamdyke or 
by the version you are now using?

-- Sam Clippinger

Erald Troja wrote:
> Sam,
>
> thanks for the reply.  I did run with config-test option and I'm seeing
> quite a few errors.
>
> Here's some facts.
>
> 1)/usr/local/bin/spamdyke is set with 755 perms and it's owned by root:root
>
> 2)/var/tmp/spamdyke.graylist.d/ is set with 755 and it's vpopmai:vchkpw 
> ownership
>
> 3)any directory within /var/tmp/spamdyke.graylist.d/ is set with 700 and 
> vpopmail:vchkpw
>
> 4)my calling line in qmail init script is
>                  tcpserver -v $RRDNSKEY -R -c $TCP_SERVERS $IPLIMIT 
> $RELAYCHKARG -u $USER_VPOPMAIL -g $GROUP_VCHKPW 0 smtp $RBL $SPAMDYKE 
> qmail-smtpd vchkpw t
> rue cmd5checkpw true 2>&1 | splogger smtpd &
>
> all in one line.
>
> As far as I can tell the permissions are set properly.
>
> Here's some more discoveries/facts
>
> Here's an entry onto the maillog files
>
> /var/log/maillog.1.bz2:Sep 25 16:11:02 mail01 spamdyke[18977]: ERROR: 
> cannot write to graylist file 
> /var/tmp/spamdyke.graylist.d/mydomainname.com/webmaster/barb.com/york: 
> Not a directory
>
> /var/log/maillog.1.bz2:Sep 25 16:11:02 mail01 spamdyke[18977]: ALLOWED 
> from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] origin_ip: 
> 89.231.87.134 origin_rdns: host-89-231-87-134.opoczno.mm.pl auth: (unknown)
>
>
> Turns out /var/tmp/spamdyke.graylist.d/mydomainname.com/webmaster/barb.com
>
> is indeed created as a file, when in turn it should have been created
> as a directory.
>
> Also, i'm finding miscellaneous files such as size_447 or size_583 
> inside the /var/tmp/spamdyke.graylist.d/mydomainname.com/webmaster 
> directory for one and others as well.
>
>
> Here's the headers from the spam message in FULL.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Received: (qmail 19015 invoked by uid 399); 25 Sep 2008 16:11:02 -0400
> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-25) on localhost
> X-Spam-Level: ***
> X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.4 required=4.0 tests=HELO_DYNAMIC_IPADDR
>          autolearn=disabled version=3.1.4
> X-Virus-Scan: Scanned by clamdmail 0.15 (no viruses);
>    Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:11:02 -0400
> Received: from unknown (HELO host-89-231-87-134.opoczno.mm.pl) 
> (89.231.87.134)
>    by mail01.myserver.com with SMTP; 25 Sep 2008 16:11:02 -0400
> Received-SPF: none (mail01.myserver.com: domain at barb.com does not 
> designate permitted sender hosts)
>          identity=mailfrom; client-ip=89.231.87.134;
>          envelope-from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: =?koi8-r?B?7snLz8zByiD+xcLP1MHSxdc=?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: =?koi8-r?B?98HbwSDcxsbFy9TJ187B0SDSxcvMwc3BLg==?=
> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:23:44 +0000
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain;
>          charset="koi8-r"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
> X-Priority: 3
> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000
> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2727.1300
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Can anyone point out where the permission issue might be?
>
> We're using ext3 file system with blocks=1k
>
> config-test shows many 'Not a directory'  ERROR warnings.
>
> Please advise.
>
>
> ------------------------
> Erald Troja
>
>
> Sam Clippinger wrote:
>   
>> Something is wrong with the permissions on your graylist folders.  
>> spamdyke is not able to see that files exist or it's not able to tell 
>> what type of files they are (i.e. directories or regular files).  If the 
>> folder permissions look correct, it could be a filesystem problem -- 
>> I've had to do some special coding for spamdyke on XFS filesystems in 
>> the past.  You may be able to get more information about what's 
>> happening with spamdyke's "config-test" option.
>>
>> When the graylist filter encounters errors like this, spamdyke just 
>> skips the graylist filter.  The message is processed normally, just as 
>> if the graylist filter was not enabled.  You might receive more spam as 
>> a result but you shouldn't lose any email.
>>
>> -- Sam Clippinger
>>
>> Erald Troja wrote:
>>     
>>> Greetings folks,
>>>
>>> fairly new to Spamdyke and we're running on a minimal
>>> configuration such as the one below
>>>
>>> log-level=info
>>> graylist-level=always-create-dir
>>> graylist-dir=/var/tmp/spamdyke.graylist.d
>>> graylist-exception-ip-file=/etc/spamdyke/whitelist.conf
>>> ##all will be graylisted for 15 minutes initial attempt
>>> graylist-min-secs=900
>>> ##whoever passes graylisting can send for 24 hours
>>> graylist-max-secs=86400
>>> reject-unresolvable-rdns=true
>>> reject-empty-rdns=true
>>> connection-timeout-secs=2400
>>> idle-timeout-secs=240
>>>
>>>
>>> OS is centos 4.6 final and we're utilizing Hsphere qmail binaries from 
>>> Psoft.
>>>
>>> We're utilizing 1k blocks on /var/tmp to reduce directory size.
>>>
>>> We've noticed error such as the ones below on our maillog which is
>>> a concern.
>>>
>>> mail01 spamdyke[7232]: ERROR: unable to create directory 
>>> /var/tmp/spamdyke.graylist.d/domain.com/user/fromdomain.com: File exists
>>>
>>> mail01 spamdyke[24535]: ERROR: cannot write to graylist file 
>>> /var/tmp/spamdyke.graylist.d/domain.com/user/fromdomain.com/windsor: Not 
>>> a directory
>>>
>>> I've replaced original domains hosted with us with domain.com and 
>>> sending party domains with fromdomain.com
>>>
>>> There's plenty of disk space left on the /var/tmp partition.
>>>
>>> 1.Main question is, why might such be caused and how to avoid it?
>>>
>>> 2.Also what is defined in Spamdyke to happen to such email, is it lost, 
>>> is it retried or?
>>>
>>> Thanks and blessings to all involved
>>> with Spamdyke
>>>   
>>>       
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