Bayes DB

[Martin Hepworth]

Gib

SA 2.55 is very old - I'd upgrade to 2.63 (cpan will do this for you).

you'll prob want a chown in the script  before the MailScanner start, to
make sure the bayes files are writable/owned by the user specified in
the MailScanner.conf.

if there are still problems try turning on the debug for MS and SA in
the MailScanner.conf and running check_mailscanner as the user required.

--
Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300


Gib Gilbertson Jr. wrote:
> Hi All.
>
> I am still having problems with the Bayes database getting corrupted. I was
> originally running a script that expired the database daily without
> shutting down MailScanner. Then I configured MailScanner to do the
> expiration, then I created a script to shutdown MailScanner, force a
> database rebuild, then restart MailScanner.
>
> In all 3 instances above, on the 3rd day I get the following errors when
> it's time for an expiry. When I check the /var/spool/spamassassin directory
> there are quite a few bayes.lock.XXX files and the only recourse at this
> point is to delete all the bayes files and start again.
>
> The below is the output of the script that is mailed to me when the error
> occurs.
>
> Stopping MailScanner...
> Cannot open bayes_path /var/spool/spamassassin/bayes R/O: Inappropriate
> file type or format
> Cannot open bayes_path /var/spool/spamassassin/bayes R/W: Inappropriate
> file type or format
> Starting MailScanner...
>
> Any ideas as to why this still happens?
>
> In my MailScanner.conf file I have:
>
> Rebuild Bayes Every = 0
> Wait During Bayes Rebuild = no
>
> In spam.assassin.prefs.conf I have:
>
> bayes_auto_expire 0
>
> And finally my script for stopping MailScanner, expiring bayes, and
> starting MailScanner
>
> #!/bin/csh
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mailscanner.sh stop
> sa-learn -C /usr/local/etc/MailScanner/spam.assassin.prefs.conf
> --force-expire
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mailscanner.sh start
>
> System is:
>
> FreeBSD 4.9
> MailScanner 4.26.8
> SpamAssassin 2.55
>
> Thanks
>
> gib
>
>
>      Gib Gilbertson Jr.
>     Tierramiga Info Systems
>      619-287-8647 Support
>      http://www.tmisnet.com
>      San Diego's "Friendly ISP"

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