Bayes lock issue?

[Rob]

Thanks for the explanation..

:)

Rob....



----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Kettler" <mkettler at EVI-INC.COM>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: Bayes lock issue?


> At 09:34 AM 8/23/2004, Rob wrote:
> >I get the below message a few times a day... should I be concerned?
> >
> >Cannot open bayes databases /var/spool/spamassassin/bayes_* R/W: lock
> >failed: File exists
>
> No.. lock failures for the R/W bayes lock are normal, unless you're using
> the journaled learning option for SA.
>
> Basically this message means an opportunistic event that updates the bayes
> DB was tried, but another event was already writing the bayes db. These
> oportunistic events are autolearning and automatic expiry, and it's
> reasonably common for them to collide. Rather than logjam the mail queue,
> SA just notes it failed to lock the DB, and skips the autolearn or
> postpones the expiry till later.
>
>
> However, this shouldn't happen every time an email autolearns or the
> database tries to expire. So, keep an eye on things. As long as
> autolearning still happens sometimes, and your database isn't growing to
> insane sizes without ever shrinking, you're OK.
>
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