I'm new to SpamAssassin so not sure whether my logs indicate a problem. I can't be sure, but it looks like all attempts at checking DNS blacklists are failing.
Running Debian Wheezy SpamAssassin package (v 3.2.2) spamd is invoked with the following options: --create-prefs --max-children 5 --username=vmail --nouser-config --virtual-config-dir=/var/spamassassin --helper-home-dir When I start spamd I get the following log: Oct 4 13:37:26 buildoneforme spamd[25172]: error creating a DNS resolver socket: Invalid argument at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 235. Oct 4 13:37:27 buildoneforme spamd[25172]: plugin: eval failed: error closing socket: Bad file descriptor at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 568. Here's what happens when spamd checks email (run from exim4) Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN8> line 46. Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN8> line 46. Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN8> line 46. Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN8> line 46. Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN8> line 46. Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN8> line 46. Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN8> line 46. Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN8> line 46. Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN8> line 46. Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN8> line 46. Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: rules: failed to run NO_DNS_FOR_FROM RBL test, skipping: Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: (oops, no id at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN8> line 46.) Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN8> line 46. Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN8> line 46. Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN8> line 46. Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN8> line 46. Oct 4 13:38:47 buildoneforme spamd[25173]: plugin: eval failed: error closing socket: Bad file descriptor at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/DnsResolver.pm line 568. I turned on debugging output with -D and here's a short extract from when spamd checks an email: Oct 4 14:00:08 buildoneforme spamd[25218]: dns: checking RBL bl.score.senderscore.com., set rnbl-lastexternal Oct 4 14:00:08 buildoneforme spamd[25218]: dns: IPs found: full-external: 209.85.215.48 untrusted: 209.85.215.48 originating: Oct 4 14:00:08 buildoneforme spamd[25218]: dns: only inspecting the following IPs: 209.85.215.48 Oct 4 14:00:08 buildoneforme spamd[25218]: dns: launching DNS A query for 48.215.85.209.bl.score.senderscore.com. in background Oct 4 14:00:08 buildoneforme spamd[25218]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN12> line 46. Oct 4 14:00:08 buildoneforme spamd[25218]: dns: checking RBL zen.spamhaus.org., set zen-lastexternal Oct 4 14:00:08 buildoneforme spamd[25218]: dns: IPs found: full-external: 209.85.215.48 untrusted: 209.85.215.48 originating: Oct 4 14:00:08 buildoneforme spamd[25218]: dns: only inspecting the following IPs: 209.85.215.48 Oct 4 14:00:08 buildoneforme spamd[25218]: dns: launching DNS A query for 48.215.85.209.zen.spamhaus.org. in background Oct 4 14:00:08 buildoneforme spamd[25218]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN12> line 46. Oct 4 14:00:08 buildoneforme spamd[25218]: dns: checking RBL psbl.surriel.com., set psbl-lastexternal Oct 4 14:00:08 buildoneforme spamd[25218]: dns: IPs found: full-external: 209.85.215.48 untrusted: 209.85.215.48 originating: Oct 4 14:00:08 buildoneforme spamd[25218]: dns: only inspecting the following IPs: 209.85.215.48 Oct 4 14:00:08 buildoneforme spamd[25218]: dns: launching DNS A query for 48.215.85.209.psbl.surriel.com. in background Oct 4 14:00:08 buildoneforme spamd[25218]: Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/share/perl5/Mail/SpamAssassin/AsyncLoop.pm line 173, <GEN12> line 46. Here's /etc/resolv.conf: search your-server.de nameserver 213.133.98.98 nameserver 213.133.99.99 nameserver 213.133.100.100 nameserver 2a01:4f8:0:a0a1::add:1010 nameserver 2a01:4f8:0:a102::add:9999 nameserver 2a01:4f8:0:a111::add:9898 These are the correct IP addresses for my provider (Hetzner). I tried commenting out the first line, commenting out the IPv6 lines and using the --ipv4 option, and none of those things made a difference. I've tried googling for an answer and can't figure out what's going on. Any help troubleshooting this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Yasir
