Preference for batch sizes

[Stephe Campbell]

I do not use Razor, but the suggestion to lower the message count per scan
seemed to fix it up. I am not running at 2 or 3 messages in my incoming.
Somehow, I missed the prior thread.

 Thanks very much all

Steve Campbell
campbell at cnpapers.com
Charleston Newspapers

----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Field" <mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: Preference for batch sizes


> I've consistently been getting razor timeouts all the time now. If you are
> using razor, try switching it off ("use_razor2 0" in
> spam.assassin.prefs.conf then restart MailScanner).
>
> At 16:15 12/02/2004, you wrote:
> >My message count is 35K-50K a day. Spam percentage is about 85-90%. I am
> >running a P3 900MHz with 1MB ram. RH7.3 sendmail updated to last up2date.
> >
> >My problem is more with what will make this run like two days ago. I
don't
> >really have a clue about what is causing the slowness.
> >
> >I have also started adding more to my blacklist file, noting that these
have
> >no spam scores, and assume they are skipped right away. I realize that
> >adding them to my MTA would be better, but I'm trying to make the
> >MailScanner part better tuned now.
> >
> >Steve Campbell
> >campbell at cnpapers.com
> >Charleston Newspapers
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "David Hooton" <david at platformhosting.com>
> >To: <campbell at CNPAPERS.COM>
> >Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:45 AM
> >Subject: RE: Preference for batch sizes
> >
> >
> >Hi Steve,
> >
> >What is your server spec, and how many messages per day are you
processing?
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >David Hooton
> >Senior Partner
> >Platform Hosting
> >1300 85 HOST
> >www.platformhosting.com
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> > > Behalf Of Stephe Campbell
> > > Sent: Friday, 13 February 2004 2:17 AM
> > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > Subject: Preference for batch sizes
> > >
> > > We are seeing a real slow down in mail delivery here since yesterday.
We
> > > are
> > > receiving about 50% more mail, but our system can't seem to keep up.
Our
> > > normal mail count is probably about 35K-50K a day. Spam percentage is
> > > about
> > > 85-90%.
> > >
> > > I have noticed the last two days a high rate of mail in incoming
beginning
> > > around 10pm until midnight. When I look at my average load, it seems
to be
> > > dropping linearly from 3 down to .6 or something like that. (Can
servers
> > > get
> > > tired and need a rest?). Large incoming batches were always handled
fairly
> > > quickly before this period, and I'm not sure if we're just slow or are
> > > receiving a lot of new mail, but based on complaints, mail is slow.
> > >
> > > I have two questions:
> > >
> > > Would smaller batches of mail be better? I have this set to 100
normally,
> > > and am testing 50 at the moment. I am guessing that smaller batch
sizes
> > > may
> > > take less time to process and get them through faster as a batch, but
> > > overall processing of total email may be the same or slightly slower.
> > >
> > > I have Max Children set to 5. Top shows 8-9 MailScanners running. Is
this
> > > a
> > > problem or could it be multiple parents/children. This machine is
pretty
> > > much maxed out when this happens. Maybe lower the Max Children, or
> > > increase
> > > the Queue Scan Interval from 5?
> > >
> > > Any help and suggestions would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve Campbell
> > > campbell at cnpapers.com
> > > Charleston Newspapers
> > >
> > >
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