Pipe timeout problem with 0.14.3-1

[David Relson]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 19:27:57 +0100
"Laurence" <ljng at hbbs.org> wrote:

> Hi, I just installed 0.14.3-1 using Debian's dselect.  I'm using exim
> as my MTA so my .procmailrc is configured with the default:
> 
> :0fw
> | bogofilter -u -e -p
> 
> # if bogofilter failed, return the mail to the queue, the MTA will
> # retry to deliver it later
> # 75 is the value for EX_TEMPFAIL in /usr/include/sysexits.h
> 
> :0e
> { EXITCODE=75 HOST }
> 
> Now all messages get stuck in the queue - they eventually get returned
> with"pipe delivery process timed out".
> 
> I've looked in all the relevant logs and nothing helpful is logged.
> 
> Any suggestions what to try?
> 
> Thanks,
> Laurence

Greetings Laurence,

I can't say exactly what problem you're encountering, but ther _are_
several things to try.  First, procmail is willing to reveal much about
what is going on, if you set the proper symbols.  I have the following:

	VERBOSE=yes
	LOGABSTRACT=yes
	LOGFILE=/var/log/procmail

Also, relevant are:

	MAILDIR=/var/spool/mail
	BOGOFILTER_DIR=/var/lib/bogofilter

though bogofilter is perfectly happy ing ~/.bogofilter/ as private (per
user) storage for each user.

Looking at the flags you're using with bogofilter, '-u' turns on
auto-update mode which requires write access to the database.  Have you
checked to see where wordlist.db is stored and if its permissions are
good?  My procmailrc includes the '-l' flag for logging info on what
bogofilter does, i.e.

	:0fw
	| bogofilter -p -u -l -e -v

	#### begin error catcher ####

	#     if bogofilter failed, return the mail to the queue, the MTA will
	#     retry to deliver it later
	#     75 is the value for EX_TEMPFAIL in /usr/include/sysexits.h

	:0e
	{
		EXITCODE=75
		HOST
	}


Hope this helps!

David