Too messages in Hold folder when spamassassin is activated inMailScanner

Randal, Phil prandal at herefordshire.gov.uk
Sun Nov 25 21:31:51 GMT 2007


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-----Original Message-----
From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
[mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Israel
Garcia
Sent: 25 November 2007 19:03
To: MailScanner discussion
Subject: Too messages in Hold folder when spamassassin is activated
inMailScanner

Hi all, I'm running MailScanner-4.65-3.1(with DCC, razor2, pyzor) on a
CentOS4.5 Linux server. I installed too the package
install-Clam-0.91.2-SA-3.2.3.tar.gz in order to activate spamassassin
with mailscanner. I ran spamassassin -D --lint and there's no problem in
my configuration files. I also see in maillog file the spamassassin
doing its work with spam:

Nov 25 04:54:51 hostname  MailScanner[20611]: Message B25732B1DB.A9A63
from 75.93.188.141 (jerrimy at donin.com) to mydomain.com is spam,
SBL+XBL, spamcop.net, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=30.984, required
6, DCC_CHECK 1.37, FH_HELO_EQ_D_D_D_D 0.50, FS_REPLICA 1.18,
HELO_DYNAMIC_IPADDR2 4.39, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00, RATWARE_MS_HASH 2.78,
RATWARE_OUTLOOK_NONAME 0.00, RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET 2.19, RCVD_IN_XBL
2.90, RDNS_DYNAMIC 0.10, SARE_SPEC_REPLICA_OBFU 1.81,
SARE_SPEC_ROLEX_NOV5A 1.06, TVD_RCVD_IP 1.62, URIBL_AB_SURBL 1.61,
URIBL_BLACK 1.96, URIBL_JP_SURBL 2.86, URIBL_OB_SURBL 2.13,
URIBL_SC_SURBL 2.52)

Everything is fine BUT, when I run "qshape hold" I see the HOLD folder
is FULL of messages waiting to be processed, I mean thousands of mails
waiting and there is a long delay in delivering.
My link to internet is not full, I mean I see the normal traffic.

So, when I turn off spamassassin in MailScanner.conf there's almost no
messages in HOLD foder.

My questions are:

1. How can I speed the spamassassin process in my server?
2. Do I have to use all the plugins (DCC, razor2, pyzor, spamcop, and
others that comes activated by default  when I install spamassassin
package)?
3. Maybe offtopic, sorry.. but does anybody knows any rules on the MTA
(postfix) in order to stop spam before it gets to
mailscanner/spamassassin?
4. Does anybody knows some perfect setup (best perfomance) to install
mailscanner with spamssassin? some link? some tutorial?

I have used mailscanner for several years I really love it. Any ideas
will be accepted.

thanks in advance!
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Regards;
Israel Garcia
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