A new behavior?...SpamAssassin timed out (with no network checks) and was killed & Disabled RBL SBL+XBL as reached 7/10 timeouts [SCANNED]

Dootall bjbuijs at DOOTALL.COM
Thu Jun 17 13:47:38 IST 2004


Hi,

I've got the same problem here. Mail processing takes much longer then
before (minutes instead of seconds), i first noticed it last weekend.
The current load is low as before.

I currently use a workaround, as i've increased the SA timeout. I don't
like the slow processing though and the fear tha SA will stop scanning
again.

Greetings,

Bart Jan Buijs
Dootall



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Verzonden: Thursday, June 17, 2004 2:36 PM
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Onderwerp: Re: A new behavior?...SpamAssassin timed out (with no network
checks) and was killed & Disabled RBL SBL+XBL as reached 7/10 timeouts
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On 6/17/04 2:08 AM, "Raymond Dijkxhoorn" wrote:

>> 1. SpamAssassin timed out (with no network checks) and was killed
>> 2. SpamAssassin timed out and was killed, failure 22 of 20
>> 3. Disabled RBL SBL+XBL as reached 7/10 timeouts
>
> Either the load on your box is too high or you might have problems
> reaching the SBL+XBL so you get timeouts. It might be a good idea to setup
> a local DNS server with those zones loaded localy.

How can a person tell that one of the RBL's is timing out?

We are also seeing SA timeouts and seeing blocks of spam passing :(

This started about 2 weeks ago, so not sure if maybe the amount of inbound
UCE is just over loading us. We are running a beefing machine, 1.75 GHz
Athlon with 3/4 Gig of Ram and the machine is strictly running Debian with
sendmail, MS/SA and basic Linux install. No www or other web related
processes.
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