Spamassassin timed out

[Stephen Swaney]

Steve

If you can run:

spamassassin -D -p [path to spam.assassin.prefs.conf] < [test email message]


When the problem is occurring you might get a clue as to what's happening.

Steve

Stephen Swaney
Fortress Systems Ltd.
steve.swaney at fsl.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Steve Ellis
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 10:19 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Spamassassin timed out
>
> Due to the slightly longer than 12 hour interval, the time of occurrence
> each day is slightly later than previous day. For November, the time of
> the first occurrence each day has gone from 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM. This
> is the low point in network load for our site.
>
> Steve Ellis
> Sr Engineer
> KaZaK Composites, Inc.
> 781.932.5667 x105
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Stephen Swaney
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 8:30 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Spamassassin timed out
>
> Steve,
>
> Do you have a network load issue, i.e. a backup or large file transfer,
> occurring at the same time?
>
> It's my understanding that the SA timeouts occur when tests which use
> the
> network checks fail. This could be congestion on your end or no response
> from the respondent of the test
>
> Steve
> Stephen Swaney
> Fortress Systems Ltd.
> steve.swaney at fsl.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> > Behalf Of Steve Ellis
> > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 8:23 AM
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Spamassassin timed out
> >
> > In looking at what spam was getting by MS/SA, I noticed a curious
> > pattern, where I am always getting 2 Spamassassin Timed out messages,
> > roughly 12 hours plus 5-10 minutes apart each day.
> >
> > The timing does not seem to be related to server mail load, CRON jobs
> or
> > other obvious processes.
> >
> > Any suggestions on where to look for causes?
> >
> >
> > Environment: RedHat 8.0, with sendmail, MS 4.22-5 and SA 2.60
> >
> > Steve Ellis
> > Sr Engineer
> > KaZaK Composites, Inc.
> > 781.932.5667 x105