Re: /var/log/mail.err log being spammed
On Thursday 03 December 2015 10:50:35 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.
>
> Help will be appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
Looks like I found the answer, after installing perl-doc so I could look
at the man pages and it says that ::1 in the ipv6 space cannot be turned
off. Time to rejoin the SA list I guess. That log is 700k just for
this week and its only Thursday.
Thanks for reading.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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