Bug 329037 – mail-filter/spamassassin-3.2.5-r2 has invalid RBL rule

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE

[Description Chris Henhawke 2010-07-20 01:59:05 UTC]

bl.open-whois.org was shut down in July of 2009, and that causes spamassassin to mark all mail with a base 2.431 score.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install stable version of spamassassin
2. enable it and ask it to filter some mail


Actual Results:  
tests=[DNS_FROM_OPENWHOIS=2.431]

Expected Results:  
Ignoring the test because the server doesn't exist anymore.

By commenting the OPENWHOIS block in /usr/share/spamassassin/72_active.cf, the erroneous rule is bypassed.  Apparently in spamassassin 3.3 the rule has been removed, which is in portage, but as ~arch.

[Comment 1 David Abbott (RETIRED) 2010-07-20 19:25:41 UTC]

Please post emerge -pv mail-filter/spamassassin
I don't think you are using 3.3 but mail-filter/spamassassin-3.2.5-r2

[Comment 2 Chris Henhawke 2010-07-20 20:17:55 UTC]

I know I am.  3.3 is ~arch, but 3.2 is still in portage, which contains the broken rule.  I'm asking that the rule be disabled during emerge time so other people don't go through the frustration of trying to find out why all their mail is returning a false positive score.  Either that, or stabilization of 3.3.

[Comment 3 Daniele Palumbo 2010-09-06 12:57:43 UTC]

quick and dirty:
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/spamassassin/+bug/551655/+attachment/1339050/+files/sa-open-whois.patch.gz

patch -p0 < sa-open-whois.patch 
patching file /usr/share/spamassassin/50_scores.cf
Hunk #2 succeeded at 958 (offset 1 line).
patching file /usr/share/spamassassin/72_active.cf
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i think that a patch directly in portage is needed until 3.3 will become stable.
i totally agree with Chris.

bye
d.

[Comment 4 Mikle Kolyada (RETIRED) 2013-10-13 06:58:17 UTC]

no correct response over a year (emerge --info i mean), and spamassassin 3.2.x no longer in the tree.