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

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Looks like something I had a few weeks back.  Did you get the change at
RBL+XBL?  I added name cache of DNS and in spam.lists.conf was changed to

SBL+XBL                         sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org.

Can't remember what it was before, to check it, but this worked and fixed it.
The DNS cache didn't fix it but I'm glad I put it in because it helped speed in
some cases or loads.

joe

Dootall wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]Namens
> David Thurman
> Verzonden: Thursday, June 17, 2004 2:36 PM
> Aan: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Onderwerp: Re: A new behavior?...SpamAssassin timed out (with no network
> checks) and was killed & Disabled RBL SBL+XBL as reached 7/10 timeouts
> [SCANNED]
>
> 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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