MailScanner occasionally not picking up from the hold queue

[Nigel Kendrick]

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> Nigel Kendrick wrote:
>
>>I have tried running debug and most of the time it runs through fine but
>>occasionally it grinds to a halt.
>>
>>The tail end of the section where it sometimes stops is as follows:
>>
>>debug: running raw-body-text per-line regexp tests; score so far=-1.053
>>debug: running full-text regexp tests; score so far=-1.053
>>debug: Running tests for priority: 1000
>>debug: running meta tests; score so far=-1.053
>>debug: running header regexp tests; score so far=-1.053
>>debug: running body-text per-line regexp tests; score so far=-1.053
>>debug: running uri tests; score so far=-1.053
>>debug: running raw-body-text per-line regexp tests; score so far=-1.053
>>debug: running full-text regexp tests; score so far=-1.053
>>debug: is spam? score=-1.053 required=5
>>debug: tests=ALL_TRUSTED,MISSING_DATE,MISSING_SUBJECT,NO_REAL_NAME
>>debug:
>>subtests=__HAS_MSGID,__MSGID_OK_DIGITS,__MSGID_OK_HOST,__SANE_MSGID,__UNUSAB
>>LE_MSGID
>>
>>Now, when debug DOES complete, the next bits are:
>>
>>debug: ---- MIME PARSER START ----
>>debug: main message type: text/plain
>>debug: parsing normal part
>>debug: added part, type: text/plain
>>debug: ---- MIME PARSER END ----
>>debug: bayes: 20574 tie-ing to DB file R/O
>>/var/spool/MailScanner/spamassassin/bayes_toks
>>debug: bayes: 20574 tie-ing to DB file R/O
>>/var/spool/MailScanner/spamassassin/bayes_seen
>>debug: bayes: found bayes db version 3
>>debug: bayes: Not available for scanning, only 32 spam(s) in Bayes DB <
>> 200
>>debug: bayes: 20574 untie-ing
>>debug: bayes: 20574 untie-ing db_toks
>>debug: bayes: 20574 untie-ing db_seen
>>...etc...
>>
>>This seems to imply that the MIME PARSER bit is sometimes not starting OR
>>that the subtests prior to this aren't finishing??
>>
>>Anyone!??
>>
>>
> Or that SA is struggling with the lock on bayes. As you are running
> Postfix, have you got the permissions correct? MailScanner will be
> running as the postfix user so that uid will need permissions to access
> Bayes and it's directory.
>
> Drew
>

Nope, all rw by postfix:postfix

NK

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