spamassassin-4.0.2_1 Cannot Start

Geezer · 2026-01-30T12:22:01+0000

Upgraded spamassassin to 4.0.2_1.

service sa-spamd start

Code:

Starting spamd.
child process [4723] exited or timed out without signaling production of a PID file: exit 255 at /usr/local/bin/spamd line 3136.
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/sa-spamd: WARNING: failed to start spamd

Any ideas?

Emrion · 2026-01-30T12:48:28+0000

On the web, there is mention to run sa-update. Did you try?

Geezer · 2026-01-30T13:00:30+0000

Emrion said:
On the web, there is mention to run sa-update. Did you try?

It was in my cron, but had not got the that time yet. Ran it manually and the service started.

spamassassin-4.0.2_1 Cannot Start

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