Forwarding x unscanned messages / slow scanning

[Martin.Hepworth]

Matthias

http://wiki.mailscanner.info/doku.php?id=documentation:test_troubleshoot
:performance

also

http://wiki.mailscanner.info/doku.php?id=maq:index#optimization_tips

I'd also ask how much RAM/ CPU you've got.

A local caching DNS server on the computer can make a huge difference
too.

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Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Matthias Kellermann
> Sent: 20 April 2007 11:49
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Forwarding x unscanned messages / slow scanning
>
> Hi folks,
>
> i've a running MailScanner system with Postfix.
>
> When the queue runs full (about 250 messages) I get lots of messages
> like this from MailScanner:
>
> Apr 20 12:40:39 server check[23677]: Batch completed at 895 bytes per
> second (35672 / 39)
> Apr 20 12:40:39 server check[23677]: Batch (3 messages) processed in
> 39.83 seconds
> Apr 20 12:40:39 server check[23677]: New Batch: Found 195 messages
waiting
> Apr 20 12:40:39 server check[23677]: New Batch: Forwarding 1 unscanned
> messages, 1916 bytes
> Apr 20 12:40:39 server check[23677]: New Batch: Scanning 3 messages,
> 108887 bytes
>
> It needs a long time (about 30minutes) to clear the queue because
> MailScanner is too slow.
>
> There are lots of messages in the queue that shouldn't be scanned
> because I've setup a own scanning rule (scan.messages.rules). So I
think
> this messages should get processed very fast by MailScanner, but they
> aren't.
>
> Here are my settings in the MailScanner.conf file:
>
> Max Unscanned Bytes Per Scan = 10000
> Max Unsafe Bytes Per Scan = 50000
> Max Unscanned Messages Per Scan = 10
> Max Unsafe Messages Per Scan = 10
>
> Maximal MailScanner children:
> Max Children = 4
>
> I've got played with the Unscanned-/Unsafe-settings with no success.
Can
> you give me any hints to speed up things?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Best Regards
> Matthias
>
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