MailScanner hangs once a day

[Scott Silva]

Sergio García Caso spake the following on 8/30/2006 4:06 AM:
>>
>> >> The output of "MailScanner --changed" might be useful here too,
>> just in >> case you have made a mistake in your MailScanner.conf.
>>   
> I can´t execute "MailScanner --changed" (It says: 'Unknown option:
> changed'). Today MailScanner hasn´t stopped yet.
> 
>> >> Do your cycle your syslog files more than once a week?
>> >> Is syslog still running when you discover MS hanging?
>> >> Are there any mail files in the /var/spool/MailScanner/PID dirs?
>> >>      -check timestamps for the latest maillog entry against the files
>> >> I might have missed it but what virus scanner do you use?
>> >> Do you use spamassassin
>> >> Is the MTA still operating (is the in queue getting bigger and bigger)
> - I cycle my syslog every day.
> - Syslog continues running after MailScanner hangs.
> - In /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/ there are several dirs with mail
> files. There is another file too called 'SpamAssassin.cache.db'.
> - In /var/spool/MailScanner/spamassassin/ there are several files called
> 'bayes....' (for example: 'bayes_toks.expire10031',
> 'bayes_toks.expire20819')
> - I use the virus scanner ClamAV 0.88.4
> - I use Spamaasassin 3.1.3
> - I use Postfix 2.3 and it continues running after MailScanner hangs
> 
> 
> 
I wonder if there is a bayes expire problem here.
Could you give your settings for the following;

# To avoid resource leaks, re-start periodically
Restart Every = 7200

Rebuild Bayes Every = 86400

Wait During Bayes Rebuild = yes





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