Bayes DB

[Julian Field]

Try waiting for about 20 seconds "sleep 20" after stopping MailScanner
before running the SA rebuild.

At 14:37 16/04/2004, you 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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