SpamAssassin is constantly timing out

[Julian Field]

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Chris W. Parker wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> I recently upgraded to the latest (as of two weeks ago) MailScanner and
> now SpamAssassin is consistently timing out.
>  
> I believe the original timeout period was 60 seconds but I've since
> increased it to 300 seconds and it still seems to be consistently timing
> out every five minutes. My old setting was 300 seconds and I didn't have
> this problem.
>  
> The server load is pretty good (I think):
>  
> [root at filter /var/log]# uptime
>  12:19:06 up 112 days,  1:40,  1 user,  load average: 1.47, 1.77, 1.87
>
>
> If it's still timing out at five minutes and the server load is not
> high, might it not be a processing power issue?
>
> Where else should I look?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
> Chris.
>   

Jules

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