Spamassassin upgrade caused error of "exited or timed out without..."

Submitted by shane on Thu, 2010-04-22 00:47

I just upgraded Spamassassin, and low, after I restarted it I received an error message while trying to start Spamassassin.

[root]# /etc/init.d/spamassassin start
Starting spamd: child process [21162] exited or timed out without signaling production of a PID file: exit 255 at /usr/bin/spamd line 2588.
[FAILED]

Per the article below, a simple sa-update at the command line updated the Spamassassin rules. Then it would start like normal.

Resources:
http://www.elehost.com/faq/web-tool-tips-and-fixes/54-spamassassin/172-f...

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