Re: SpamAssassin Y2K10 Rule Bug - sa-update doesn't work

Frank Keeney <[email protected]>
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Gary,

As a temporary fix and explanation see:

	http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/Rules/FH_DATE_PAST_20XX

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On Jan 4, 2010, at 17:49, Gary Palmer wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 12:37:03AM +0100, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
>> There is a serious bug in SA rules with handling of  
>> "FH_DATE_PAST_20XX
>> The date is grossly in the future"
>> http://spamassassin.apache.org/
>>
>> "If your system is configured to use sa-update run sa-update now"
>>
>> The problem is, that 'sa-update' is not working with default  
>> configuration.
>>
>> Domain updates.spamassassin.org is not resolvable.
>>
>> # host updates.spamassassin.org
>> Host updates.spamassassin.org not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
>>
>> According to http://just-dnslookup.com it is not my local resolver  
>> problem.
>>
>> Are there any usable mirror or another trusted channel to be used by
>> sa-update?
>
> updates.spamassassin.org isn't a DNS host record so it is expected
> that your lookup will fail.
>
> The following should, however, work:
> dig 5.2.3.updates.spamassassin.org txt +short
>
> Try running
>
> sa-update -D
>
> to see why its failing.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gary
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