[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How does sa-update know if to update or not without going over the > network? > > channel: attempting channel updates.spamassassin.org > channel: update directory > /home/jidanni/var/spamassassin/3.002003/updates_spamassassin_org > channel: channel cf file > /home/jidanni/var/spamassassin/3.002003/updates_spamassassin_org.cf > channel: channel pre file > /home/jidanni/var/spamassassin/3.002003/updates_spamassassin_org.pre > channel: metadata version = 556472 > dns: 3.2.3.updates.spamassassin.org => 556472, parsed as 556472 > channel: current version is 556472, new version is 556472, skipping > channel > diag: updates complete, exiting with code 1 > > # host updates.spamassassin.org > updates.spamassassin.org A record currently not present
1) That's not the address that sa-update queries, and 2) It's not looking for an A record. Try this instead: # host -t txt 3.2.3.updates.spamassassin.org -- Bowie
