bayes.lock and bayes_toks.expire files piling up

[Mike Kercher]

Peter Bonivart wrote:
> Mike Kercher wrote:
>> I just noticed that I have a TON of the files mentioned above in my
>> /root/.spamassassin directory.
>>
>> Is it safe to delete these after a period of time?  I'm thinking
>> something like this in crontab:
>>
>> 0 2 * * * /usr/bin/find /root/.spamassassin -mtime +7|xargs rm -f
>>> /dev/null
>> 2>&1
>>
>> Yes?  No?  Maybe?
>
> Yes but you have a problem with the expire mechanism of SA. Read here
> for more info:
>
> http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/serve/cache/303.html
> http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/serve/cache/317.html

Thanks for the info.  Are these steps still necessary when my
MailScanner.conf says to Rebuild Bayes Every = 86400 ?

Mike

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