pf+spamd's 'verbosity' has gone missing

Fri May 4 17:37:36 UTC 2007

On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 09:37 -0700, snowcrash wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i've freebsd 6.2-release + pf + spamd installed.
> 
> works great.
> 
> i've launched spamd as,
> 
>   % ps -ax | grep -i spamd
>     989  ??  Is     0:01.42 spamd: (pf <spamd-white> update) (spamd)
>     990  ??  I      0:00.44 /usr/local/libexec/spamd -v -n ESMTP -r450
> -s5 -w1 -c 300 -B 200 -g -G25:4:864 -b 127.0.0.1 -p 8025
>     992  ??  I      0:00.01 spamd: (/var/db/spamd update) (spamd)
> 
> note the"-v" for 'verbose' logging.
> 
> until recently, this output what i'd expect, e.g.,
> 
>   Apr 28 14:33:44 router spamd[985]: 218.246.32.43: connected (2/2),
> lists: mxblack
>   Apr 28 14:37:38 router spamd[985]: (BLACK) 218.246.32.43:
> <message at 51mymail.com> -> <snowcrash at mydomain.com>
>   Apr 28 14:39:22 router spamd[985]: 218.246.32.43: From: message at 51mymail.com
>   Apr 28 14:39:22 router spamd[985]: 218.246.32.43: To: snowcrash at mydomain.com
>   Apr 28 14:39:22 router spamd[985]: 218.246.32.43: Subject:
> =?GB2312?B?MPmudzA7bXEyq6usvm0O088Dt0QUSj8mjoQjXw==?=
>   Apr 28 14:39:22 router spamd[985]: 218.246.32.43: Body:
> ------=_Part_38065_2690584.1174242557037
>   Apr 28 14:39:22 router spamd[985]: 218.246.32.43: Body:
> Content-Type: text/html
>   Apr 28 14:39:22 router spamd[985]: 218.246.32.43: Body:
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>   Apr 28 14:39:22 router spamd[985]: 218.246.32.43: Body:
> Content-Language: gb2312
>   Apr 28 14:39:22 router spamd[985]: 218.246.32.43: Body: <!-- saved
> >from url=3D(0022)http://internet.e-mail -->
>   Apr 28 14:39:22 router spamd[985]: 218.246.32.43: Body: <html>
>   Apr 28 14:39:22 router spamd[985]: 218.246.32.43: Body: <head>
>   Apr 28 14:39:22 router spamd[985]: 218.246.32.43: Body:
> <title>=C0=B4=D7=D4=D0=D0=D2=B5=D7=A8=BC=D2=BC=B0 WebEx
> =BA=CF=D7=F7=BB=EF=
>   Apr 28 14:40:05 router spamd[985]: 218.246.32.43: disconnected after
> 381 seconds. lists: mxblack
> 
> where the verbose output includes the "BLACK" & associated smtp dialog.
> 
> a few days later, in similar circumstance, i see only,
> 
>   May  4 09:03:02 router spamd[990]: 218.246.32.43: connected (1/1),
> lists: mxblack
>   May  4 09:18:47 router spamd[990]: 218.246.32.43: disconnected after
> 945 seconds. lists: mxblack
> 
> i.e., the verbose output is missing.
> 
> clearly i've done something, but, for the life of my i can't figure out what :-/
> 
> suggestions as to 'where' my verbose output has wandered off to? happy
> to provide any relevant detail, of course ...
> 
> thanks!

I believe this results from a reconfigure or reload from syslogd.
If you have not modified the syslog.conf try a restart of the spamd
utility.

olli