On Thursday 03 December 2015 11:18:20 Dan Ritter wrote: > On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 10:50:35AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I am using procmail for my MTA which also attempts to run the > > incoming stuff thru some filters, like spamc/spamd. > > > > In pursuing an attempt to put dovecot to work as a local server, I > > find my /var/log/mail.err log is being spammed once for every > > incoming email. > > > > The log looks like this: > > > > Dec 3 10:38:34 coyote spamc[6292]: connect to spamd on ::1 failed, > > retrying (#1 of 3): Connection refused > > Dec 3 10:38:35 coyote spamc[6303]: connect to spamd on ::1 failed, > > retrying (#1 of 3): Connection refused > > Dec 3 10:38:36 coyote spamc[6324]: connect to spamd on ::1 failed, > > retrying (#1 of 3): Connection refused > > Dec 3 10:47:43 coyote spamc[6635]: connect to spamd on ::1 failed, > > retrying (#1 of 3): Connection refused > > Dec 3 10:47:43 coyote spamc[6650]: connect to spamd on ::1 failed, > > retrying (#1 of 3): Connection refused > > Dec 3 10:47:44 coyote spamc[6667]: connect to spamd on ::1 failed, > > retrying (#1 of 3): Connection refused > > > > Is there a fix for this, like procmail is miss-configured? First, > > there aren't any ipv6 addresses on my local network, and that looks > > like an ipv6 shortcut addy above. > > It's more likely that spamc is misconfigured to try to reach > spamd on ::1, which is the IPv6 equivalent of 127.0.0.1. > > Try calling spamc with "-d 127.0.0.1", see if that solves it. > > -dsr-
I've put that into .procmailrc, but traffic has dropped off, so its not yet tested. According to the docs, it cannot be turned off. HOWEVER, I just got a fresh email, and it did not add a line to that log as it processed the msg. So it sounds as if I owe you a tip of the hat and a Thank You. And 5 hours later, still no additional log entries. The 5 hour delay? I had to go put our local AM radio station back on the air. And my wallet is a tiny bit thicker. :) Thank You, Dan. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
