Re: SpamAssissan doesn't run after installation ?
FalconChristopher <[email protected]> Sun, 3 May 2026 18:01:02 -0400
| Newsgroups | gmane.mail.spam.spamassassin.general |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 4/26/2026 8:38 AM, FalconChristopher wrote: > > > On 4/26/2026 6:30 AM, Marc wrote: >> Just run it from packages in alpine or so, and run spamd. >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: FalconChristopher<[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, 26 April 2026 02:34 >>> To:[email protected] >>> Subject: SpamAssissan doesn't run after installation ? >>> >>> I hope someone can help. I installed SpamAssissan using cpan. And >>> although everything installed correctly, and I checked where >>> SpamAssissan is installed. I'm unable to get it to run. I locate the >>> executable files but when I run, nothing happens ? >>> >>> Christopher >>> > I found the location of `spamd`; I wasn't aware that I had to run > `spamd` over `spamassissan`. Although when running `spamd` which > exists in two paths, I get this error; > > |spamd: could not create IO::Socket::IP socket on [::1]:783: > Permission denied server socket setup failed, retry 1: spamd: > could not create IO::Socket::IP socket on [1xx.0.0.1]:783: > Permission denied| > > Christopher > I did decide to ask Ai regarding the above issue with SpamAssassin attempting to access a socket; although in my back and forth conversation with Ai. All of it's suggestions failed. How do I get the command `spamd` to access the socket as to run in the background. Without it operating, I cannot proceed ahead with anything else ? Christopher