MailScanner[31525]: SpamAssassin timed out and was killed, co nsecutive failure 1 of 20

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_/*Sorry!!*/_

Kevin Miller wrote:

> If the network is slow, or any RBLs that spamassassin is using are
> congested, or probably a half dozen other reasons you'll get the
> occaisional time out.  The phrase "1 of 20" is the key.  In other
> words, it will try 20 times before giving up.  If you see a series of
> those going up to "20 of 20" you have a problem.  If it's just the odd
> timeout here and there it's the email equivilant of hitting a slow web
> page.  I think...
>
>
> ...Kevin
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>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* Idan Plotnik [mailto:idan at SECURENET.CO.IL]
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, May 26, 2004 11:50 PM
>     *To:* MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>     *Subject:* Re: MailScanner[31525]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
>     killed, consecutive failure 1 of 20
>
>     But I don't use Razor's servers!
>
>
>
>
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Idan Plotnik
>     SecureNet Ltd, Israel
>     E-Mail: idan at securenet.co.il
>     Office: +972-03-7544626
>     Mobile: +972-54-4542215
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>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>     *From:* Casanova, Chase [mailto:Chase.Casanova at RDU.COM]
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:53 PM
>     *To:* MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>     *Subject:* Re: MailScanner[31525]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
>     killed, consecutive failure 1 of 20
>
>
>
>     I've been getting several of these lately too.  Do you happen to
>     be using Razor with SpamAssassin?  I think Razor's servers are
>     getting congested at certain times of the day and causing the
>     SpamAssassin calls from MailScanner to time out.  I'm not sure if
>     there is a way to tell SpamAssassin to let Razor timeout and
>     continue with other checks.
>
>
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Chase
>
>
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         *From:* Idan Plotnik [mailto:idan at SECURENET.CO.IL]
>         *Sent:* Wednesday, May 26, 2004 1:40 PM
>         *To:* MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>         *Subject:* [MAILSCANNER] MailScanner[31525]: SpamAssassin
>         timed out and was killed, consecutive failure 1 of 20
>
>         Hi All,
>
>
>
>         Someone can tell me the reason for this error that appear in
>         my maillog?
>
>
>
>         "MailScanner[31525]: SpamAssassin timed out and was killed,
>         consecutive failure 1 of 20"
>
>
>
>         I read about this and I found out the it can be a DNS problem
>         but not In my case.
>
>         I think that because of this problem a lot of spam is getting
>         into my organization.
>
>
>
>         Thanks a lot.
>
>
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