Mail Not Routing, stuck in /var/spool/mqueue.in

[Julian Field]

At 17:38 04/09/2003, you wrote:
>For me, it would not surprise me if the bayes database was corrupt.  I've
>used that box for many different tests.  I can wipe out the database.  But
>shouldn't MailScanner time out SpamAssassin if it takes too long?  I have
>
>SpamAssassin Timeout = 70
>Max SpamAssassin Timeouts = 20
>
>but MailScanner was hanging for hours.

Yes, the timeout should still happen. Also, I have found the bug in SA 2.55
that was causing this problem and it has been fixed in 2.60rc3.

As I advised earlier, please can you add some debugging messages (print
STDERR "blah blah blah\n";) to sub WorkForHours in /usr/sbin/MailScanner
and try running it in debug mode. That may help show which bit is running
slowly.

> > I have just seen one of my servers hang, due to the Bayes
> > database getting
> > corrupt. If I set "Debug = yes" and "Debug SpamAssassin = yes" then it
> > printed millions of error messages about a "partial write (number  of
> > 665)". Presumably there was supposed to be a number before
> > "of", which is
> > supposed to increment but doesn't. I switched off Bayes
> > (use_bayes 0) to
> > work around the problem.
> >
> > What's the chance there are some messages out there which are
> > capable of
> > causing Bayes corruption due to them containing strange
> > characters/strings?
> > Has anyone suffered this problem who is using SA 2.60rc3?
> >
> > At 15:43 04/09/2003, you wrote:
> > >Not sure if this will help or not, but I have noticed
> > MailScanner on my
> > >backup/test server hanging.  An strace of the process showed
> > nothing.  But
> > >ls -l /proc/<pid>/fd/ showed that it had some of the
> > SpamAssassin bayes
> > >database files opened.  This is running MailScanner version
> > 4.22-5 and
> > >SpamAssassin version 2.54.
> > >
> > >The strange thing is that MailScanner had been hung for over
> > a day!  I would
> > >have thought that MailScanner would have timed out
> > SpamAssassin by then.
> > >Killing MailScanner and restarting would fix the problem for
> > a while, then
> > >it would happen again.  I know that some people who are
> > having this problem
> > >are not using SpamAssassin, but perhaps there is a problem
> > in the time out
> > >code for SpamAssassin or Virus Checking?
> > >
> > >I'm not complaining.  My main MailScanner server is working,
> > and I set
> > >"use_bayes 0" on my backup, and that seemed to clear its
> > problem.  The
> > >backup is a 233 MHz with 128 Mb of ram, and has other
> > functions besides
> > >scanning email, so it is taxed when MailScanner scans email.
> > >
> > >Anyways, maybe this helps - if not, just ignore.
> > >
> > >Jason
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Julian Field [mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 5:26 AM
> > > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > > Subject: Re: [MAILSCANNER] Mail Not Routing, stuck in
> > > > /var/spool/mqueue.in
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > One of the things you could do to track it is this:
> > > >
> > > > In /usr/sbin/MailScanner, look for the "sub WorkForHours"
> > and scatter
> > > >          print STDERR "Got to point 1\n";
> > > > statements through it (obviously changing the number). Then
> > > > set "Debug =
> > > > yes" and you should see this output. If it is pausing
> > horribly at some
> > > > particular stage of processing a batch, then this should show
> > > > it up. Leave
> > > > all the spam checks disabled if you can, these take quite a
> > > > long time anyway.
> > > >
> > > > And check your /etc/sysconfig/i18n has no mention of "utf8"
> > > > in it. That's
> > > > important.
> > > >
> > > > At 10:26 04/09/2003, you wrote:
> > > > >Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > > Without login access to somebody's machine which is
> > > > *reliably* suffering
> > > > > > from this problem, I'm a bit stuck.
> > > > >
> > > > >If it was happening _right now_ i would -love- to give a
> > > > login, but it
> > > > >isnt.
> > > > >
> > > > >One of the other people who is suffering from this wanting
> > > > to give Julian
> > > > >a login for looking into this ?
> > > > >
> > > > >Bye,
> > > > >Raymond.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Julian Field
> > > > www.MailScanner.info
> > > > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
> > > >
> >
> > --
> > Julian Field
> > www.MailScanner.info
> > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
> >

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