SA Bugzilla – Bug 6932
SA is using an RBL, which is closing down
Last modified: 2013-05-07 17:35:29 UTC
Spamassassin uses dnsbl.njabl.org, but dnsbl.njabl.org is empty and is going to close down for good very soon (visit their site for proofs). All notices of this RBL should be erased from SA rules.
See bug 6913 https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6913 Run sa-update *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 6913 ***
No, SA still tries to use njabl /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:header __RCVD_IN_NJABL eval:check_rbl('njabl', 'combined.njabl.org.') /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:describe __RCVD_IN_NJABL Received via a relay in combined.njabl.org /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:tflags __RCVD_IN_NJABL net /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:header RCVD_IN_NJABL_RELAY eval:check_rbl_sub('njabl', '127.0.0.2') /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:describe RCVD_IN_NJABL_RELAY NJABL: sender is confirmed open relay /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:tflags RCVD_IN_NJABL_RELAY net /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:header RCVD_IN_NJABL_SPAM eval:check_rbl_sub('njabl', '127.0.0.4') /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:describe RCVD_IN_NJABL_SPAM NJABL: sender is confirmed spam source /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:tflags RCVD_IN_NJABL_SPAM net /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:header RCVD_IN_NJABL_MULTI eval:check_rbl_sub('njabl', '127.0.0.5') /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:describe RCVD_IN_NJABL_MULTI NJABL: sent through multi-stage open relay /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:tflags RCVD_IN_NJABL_MULTI net /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:header RCVD_IN_NJABL_CGI eval:check_rbl_sub('njabl', '127.0.0.8') /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:describe RCVD_IN_NJABL_CGI NJABL: sender is an open formmail /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:tflags RCVD_IN_NJABL_CGI net /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:header RCVD_IN_NJABL_PROXY eval:check_rbl_sub('njabl', '127.0.0.9') /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:describe RCVD_IN_NJABL_PROXY NJABL: sender is an open proxy /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf:tflags RCVD_IN_NJABL_PROXY net I had to manually add string score __RCVD_IN_NJABL 0 into local.cf file, this resolved the case.
(In reply to comment #2) > No, SA still tries to use njabl > /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002005/updates_spamassassin_org/20_dnsbl_tests.cf: > tflags RCVD_IN_NJABL_PROXY net > > > I had to manually add string > score __RCVD_IN_NJABL 0 > into local.cf file, this resolved the case. Please confirm you're using SA 3.2.5 which is obsolete and unsupported. Please run : spamassassin -V and post results
~$ spamassassin --version SpamAssassin version 3.2.5 running on Perl version 5.10.0 ~$ dpkg -l|grep spamass ii libmail-spamassassin-perl 3.002005-1 Spam detector and markup engine
(In reply to comment #4) > ~$ spamassassin --version > SpamAssassin version 3.2.5 > running on Perl version 5.10.0 > ~$ dpkg -l|grep spamass > ii libmail-spamassassin-perl 3.002005-1 > Spam detector and markup engine (In reply to comment #4) > ~$ spamassassin --version > SpamAssassin version 3.2.5 > running on Perl version 5.10.0 > ~$ dpkg -l|grep spamass > ii libmail-spamassassin-perl 3.002005-1 > Spam detector and markup engine SA 3.2.5 is 6 years old and unsupported.
(In reply to comment #5) > SA 3.2.5 is 6 years old and unsupported. Yet still listed on https://spamassassin.apache.org/downloads.cgi as if it were reasonable to use. And I think no indication anywhere on the website that it's not a good idea?
(In reply to comment #6) > (In reply to comment #5) > > SA 3.2.5 is 6 years old and unsupported. > > Yet still listed on https://spamassassin.apache.org/downloads.cgi as if it > were reasonable to use. And I think no indication anywhere on the website > that it's not a good idea? Agreed. It's a problem that we need someone to work on but too many fish to fry. Anyone want to help change the website to svnpubsub and make some updates? http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/ReleaseGoals is the only place that I believe reflects the outdatedness of 3.2.5.
Replied on dev mailing list: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/spamassassin-dev/201305.mbox/%3C20130507161039.GE22137%40chaosreigns.com%3E (That archive takes annoyingly long to update.)