On Thu, 10 Aug 2017, Gary Stainburn wrote: > I have the following error message in my /var/log/spamd > > spf: lookup failed: available_nameservers: No DNS servers available! > > Having Googled the error message I've found a number of responses > which involve patching Perl or Spamassassin or other cures. > > Before I start changing things I was wondering if there was a Centos > 7 specific resolution. Where possible, on production machines I > prefer to stay with RPM's rather than amending software directly. I run SpamAssassin on CentOS 7; the SPF plugin is loaded via /etc/mail/spamassassin/init.pre. I have no trouble with spf at all. Is it possible the problem is with local DNS resolution? -- Paul Heinlein <> heinlein at madboa.com <> https://www.madboa.com/