Slow batch processing

[Seamus Allan]

I found when I was running up a new MailScanner install on a machine with
dual cpu's and not much ram, that my MailScanner processes just became
defunct after a while. I could slow the process down by decreasing things
like no. of children and the like, but the problem was instantly solved when
I bumped the ram up. (We had some on order).

Seamus Allan
Network Engineer
Rheel Electronics Ltd

-----Original Message-----
From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
[mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Rob Morin
Sent: Friday, 27 April 2007 4:02 a.m.
To: MailScanner discussion
Subject: Re: Slow batch processing

If i kill -9 all processes i see in a PS and then run check_mailscanner 
i see it come up in the logs and it starts processing ....

Apr 26 12:04:33 peter MailScanner[9079]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus 
Scanner version 4.53.3 starting...
Apr 26 12:04:33 peter MailScanner[9079]: Read 764 hostnames from the 
phishing whitelist
Apr 26 12:04:34 peter MailScanner[9079]: Using SpamAssassin results cache
Apr 26 12:04:34 peter MailScanner[9079]: Connected to SpamAssassin cache 
database
Apr 26 12:04:34 peter MailScanner[9079]: Expired 203 records from the 
SpamAssassin cache
Apr 26 12:04:34 peter MailScanner[9079]: Enabling SpamAssassin 
auto-whitelist functionality...
Apr 26 12:04:39 peter MailScanner[9079]: I have found clamavmodule 
scanners installed, and will use them all by default.
Apr 26 12:04:42 peter MailScanner[9079]: Using locktype = flock
Apr 26 12:04:42 peter MailScanner[9079]: New Batch: Found 269 messages 
waiting
Apr 26 12:04:42 peter MailScanner[9079]: New Batch: Scanning 30 
messages, 1090577 bytes
Apr 26 12:04:42 peter MailScanner[9079]: Spam Checks: Starting

Any ideas as to why it gets stuck? or dies?

Rob Morin
Dido InterNet Inc.
Montreal, Canada
Http://www.dido.ca
514-990-4444



Edward Prendergast wrote:
> How many MailScanner processes are you running? What hardware are you on?
> How many messages do you process a day on average?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Rob Morin
> Sent: 26 April 2007 16:11
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Slow batch processing
>
> Hello all,  it seems MS takes about 488 seconds to process a batch of 30 
> messages, do not know why its taking long now... i removed one of the 
> RBLs to speed it up
>
> i have a backup of emails now... any idea.....???
>
> I am running the latest MS
>
> Thanks....
>
>   
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