Error=Filter "encode" failed (status 135)

[basic612]

Hi - I've just started seeing this from a form that has been live for a couple of years on a server that has seen no significant changes other than standard system upgrades, etc.

I am able to run fmencoder manually from the command line:

# ./fmencoder -k pubkey.txt 
test encoder manual
.
FormMail Encoder/Decoder Version: 1.6
Available from www.tectite.com
ID:mysecretkey

*7829DBwajvco5fRs+Q....
<snip>

I was wondering what status 135 meant and what we can do to get the encoder working again.

[russellr]

Hi,

I replied by email a few days...have you found the cause of the problem?

[basic612]

Eventually managed to work it out.

I upgraded formmail to latest version here: http://www.tectite.com/wizards/fmupg.php

Then checking $FILTERS variable I noticed that encode was being called from ~/public_html/cgi-bin/ when in fact I was expecting it to be in another location. It was working fine for a couple of years set up like that.

Correcting the $FILTERS['encode'] variable has got it all working again for me now.