Bayes Rebuild confirmation?

[Desai, Jason]

This is similar to what I see in my logs.  I think the "Rebuilding
SpamAssassin Bayes database" message is wrong, and should indicate that the
rebuilding is complete.

Jase

Stephe Campbell wrote:
> I am running 4.29.7-1 on a RH 7.3 Sendmail box. After following most
> of the Bayes rebuilding threads, I find I am confused by my log files
> and files in my bayes directory. Can someone confirm this is proper
> and that bayes rebuilding is functional in this release?
>
> I have in my MS.conf file the following two options
> Rebuild Bayes Every = 86400
> Wait During Bayes Rebuild = yes
>
> and in spam.assassin.prefs.conf
> bayes_auto_expire 0
>
> Are the bayes_toks.expire files below normal? They seem a little old
> to me. Are they related to rebuild or normal updating of bayes? What
> causes them to remain behind?
>
> Log entries:
> Apr 25 16:12:46 kanawha MailScanner[11070]: Bayes database rebuild is
> due Apr 25 16:12:49 kanawha MailScanner[11070]: SpamAssassin Bayes
> database rebuild pr
> eparing
> Apr 25 16:12:49 kanawha MailScanner[11070]: SpamAssassin Bayes
> database rebuild st
> arting
> Apr 25 16:16:13 kanawha MailScanner[11070]: SpamAssassin Bayes
> database rebuild co
> mpleted
> Apr 25 16:16:13 kanawha MailScanner[11070]: Rebuilding SpamAssassin
> Bayes database
>
> Apr 26 16:16:33 kanawha MailScanner[2689]: Bayes database rebuild is
> due Apr 26 16:16:36 kanawha MailScanner[2689]: SpamAssassin Bayes
> database rebuild pre
> paring
> Apr 26 16:16:36 kanawha MailScanner[2689]: SpamAssassin Bayes database
> rebuild sta
> rting
> Apr 26 16:17:37 kanawha MailScanner[2689]: SpamAssassin Bayes database
> rebuild com
> pleted
> Apr 26 16:17:37 kanawha MailScanner[2689]: Rebuilding SpamAssassin
> Bayes database
> Apr 27 16:19:30 kanawha MailScanner[29228]: Bayes database rebuild is
> due Apr 27 16:19:32 kanawha MailScanner[29228]: SpamAssassin Bayes
> database rebuild pr
> eparing
> Apr 27 16:19:33 kanawha MailScanner[29228]: SpamAssassin Bayes
> database rebuild st
> arting
> Apr 27 16:21:40 kanawha MailScanner[29228]: SpamAssassin Bayes
> database rebuild co
> mpleted
> Apr 27 16:21:40 kanawha MailScanner[29228]: Rebuilding SpamAssassin
> Bayes database
>
> Apr 28 16:23:39 kanawha MailScanner[11717]: Bayes database rebuild is
> due Apr 28 16:23:41 kanawha MailScanner[11717]: SpamAssassin Bayes
> database rebuild pr
> eparing
> Apr 28 16:23:41 kanawha MailScanner[11717]: SpamAssassin Bayes
> database rebuild st
> arting
> Apr 28 16:24:37 kanawha MailScanner[11717]: SpamAssassin Bayes
> database rebuild co
> mpleted
> Apr 28 16:24:37 kanawha MailScanner[11717]: Rebuilding SpamAssassin
> Bayes database
>
>
> Files in bayes directory:
> -rw-rw----    1 root     apache     109284 Apr 29 15:39 bayes_journal
> -rw-rw----    1 root     apache   43425792 Apr 29 15:39 bayes_seen
> -rw-rw----    1 root     apache   10559488 Apr 29 15:39 bayes_toks
> -rw-rw----    1 root     apache      12288 Apr 25 18:16
> bayes_toks.expire12437
> -rw-rw----    1 root     apache     532480 Apr 25 18:27
> bayes_toks.expire15561
> -rw-rw----    1 root     apache      12288 Apr 27 18:53
> bayes_toks.expire15697
> -rw-rw----    1 root     apache     270336 Apr 25 18:33
> bayes_toks.expire17012
> -rw-rw----    1 root     apache     270336 Apr 25 16:56
> bayes_toks.expire23163
> -rw-rw----    1 root     apache    1056768 Apr 25 17:07
> bayes_toks.expire25747
> -rw-rw----    1 root     apache     532480 Apr 25 17:44
> bayes_toks.expire3858
> -rw-rw----    1 root     apache    2387968 Apr 25 17:50
> bayes_toks.expire5076
> -rw-rw----    1 root     apache      12288 Apr 24 16:27
> bayes_toks.expire838
> -rw-rw----    1 root     apache     532480 Apr 25 20:04
> bayes_toks.expire9958
>
> Thanks for any help?
>
>
> Steve Campbell
> campbell at cnpapers.com
> Charleston Newspapers
>
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