Question : Problem with AWL,BAYES_05,RDNS_NONE Entry

Im still learning spamdyke, and we are using it with QMAIL, and Im stuck on this one.  

We have 5 distribution lists, lets call them [email protected], [email protected], etc., that receive messages from the same address, based on criteria  lets call that [email protected].

Regardless of the destination, there are always the same details in my maillog when a message is received from [email protected].  Here are the details 

Jun 24 00:16:53 mail spamdyke[49849]: FILTER_WHITELIST_IP ip: 66.xxx.xxx.xxx file: /var/qmail/control/lists/whitelist_ip(3)
Jun 24 00:16:53 mail spamdyke[49849]: ALLOWED from: [email protected] to: [email protected] origin_ip: 66.xxx.xxx.xxx origin_rdns: mailserver.domain.com auth: (unknown)
Jun 24 00:16:53 mail spamd[21324]: spamd: connection from localhost [127.0.0.1] at port 59444
Jun 24 00:16:53 mail spamd[21324]: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/bin/spamd line 2103, line 2.
Jun 24 00:16:53 mail spamd[21324]: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/bin/spamd line 2108, line 2.
Jun 24 00:16:53 mail spamd[21324]: Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/local/bin/spamd line 2115, line 2.
Jun 24 00:16:53 mail spamd[21324]: spamd: processing message m> for [email protected]:58
Jun 24 00:16:53 mail spamd[21324]: spamd: processing message m> for [email protected]:58
Jun 24 00:16:58 mail spamd[21324]: spamd: clean message (-1.1/5.0) for [email protected]:58 in 5.3 seconds, 1530 bytes.
Jun 24 00:16:58 mail spamd[21324]: spamd: result: . -1 - AWL,BAYES_05,RDNS_NONE scantime=5.3,size=1530,user=emaila@domain.com,uid=58,required_score=5.0,rhost=localhost,raddr=127.0.0.1,rport=59444,mid=x.mail.domaincolo.com>,bayes=0.038585,autolearn=no

When I first noticed this entry, my assumption was that it was a rDNS issue but the rDNS does resolve from the sender domain.  Oddly enough as well, mail from 1 of the 5 distribution lists was coming through although the message about AWL,BAYES_05,RDNS_NONE was displayed.  

To test, I created a whitelist_ip entry for the IP of their mail server.  It seems to have helped so we now receive e-mail from 2 of the 5 entries, but the message above still references the AWL,BAYES_05,RDNS_NONE.  And, as a result, we are still not receiving messages from 3 of the 5 distribution lists.

It appears the whitelist_ip didnt give me the desired effect.  Any advice on how I can make adjustments so that this e-mail comes through from this sender?  Or, work with the sender so that they make adjustments so that mail will flow to us without adjusting our spam filters?  My preference would be to have this fixed without having to maintain the whitelist_ip entry.

Answer : Problem with AWL,BAYES_05,RDNS_NONE Entry

Sounds like you want to whitelist the SENDER, not the IP address of the server...

Here's the documentation for SpamDyke (an awesome product, IMHO)
  http://www.spamdyke.org/documentation/README.html#WHITELISTING_ADDRESSES

This should help!

BTW: The other error messages indicate something may be wrong with your SpamAssassin configuration (the notes about /usr/local/bin/spamd)... in particular, SpamAssassin is written in Perl, and it apparently doesn't like lines 2103 & 2108 very much.

I suggest re-installing the latest SpamAssassin (http://spamassassin.apache.org/), and refreshing your Perl installation (version 5 at the least, version 5.10 is the latest that *I* am aware of). If you're on a RedHat (or derivative) do a "yum update perl* -y"

I hope this helps!

Dan
IT4SOHO