extreamly long delays

[Julian Field]

At 23:30 03/07/2002, you wrote:
>However, I change:
>Check Spam = yes
>to Check Spam = no
>now everything is flying.  After doing a little reading, I ve learned that
>slow dns resolution can cause this problem.  However, I don t have a
>problem at all with resolving domain names.
>Any idea s on what I should check for this?
>Spam Assassin was working great before (and still does if I run it rather
>than mailscanner).

Do you have any "Spam List" entries or "Spam Domain List" entries? If so,
try switching spam checking back on, but comment out all the "Spam List"
and "Spam Domain List" entries. That will leave you just running
SpamAssassin, so you'll be able to get a better idea of exactly what is
running slowly.
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Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
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