Re: /var/log/mail.err log being spammed
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-
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