New MS install is slow to an extreme

[DAve]

Randal, Phil wrote:
> Did do an sa-update to get the current SA ruleset?
> 
> If you run
> 
>   sa-update -D
> 
> You can visually verify that it's working.

Yes I did. I ran sa-compile as well before starting MS.

DAve

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Phil
>  
> 
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> Sent: 03 April 2008 02:08
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: New MS install is slow to an extreme
> 
> After much plugging away, double checking, triple checking and herding
> of cats I *think* we may out of the woods. I won't know until tomorrow
> AM when traffic picks up again. Here are my findings so far.
> 
> MailScanner 4.67.6
> ClamAV 0.92.1
> SpamAssassin 3.2.4
> 
> Virus Scanners = [clamav | clamavmodule] - There appears to be no real
> gain in running clamavmodule, some speed increase but not enough to be
> noticed. I have clamavmodule configured just to save some memory.
> 
> ClamAV Full Message Scan = yes - That is a killer, it seems to really
> increase processing time. I have it now set to no, and I have removed my
> MSRBL sigs.
> 
> Incoming Work Dir = tmpfs (mdmfs in FreeBSD) - Surprisingly little
> difference. I left it on a memory file system for now.
> 
> mailscanner.cf -> skip_rbl_checks 1 - Oddly does not do what it claims. 
> SA is still doing rbl checks. I commented out the DNSEval plugin in
> v320.pre file and was rewarded with errors for my effort. Not certain
> what the correct method of disabling rbl checks in SA is now. Peter
> Farrow found a message where this has been seen already. 
> http://markmail.org/message/xzqi5fmrbj3tfgg2
> 
> MailScanner batch size - With version 4.54.6 MS processed 10 messages
> per batch and kept up just fine. With version 4.67.6 it will grab 30+
> messages which takes longer to process. Increasing MS children has no
> effect. More children working slower doesn't process more mail for me. I
> don't see where I can configure this.
> 
> I am currently seeing processing times of .8 to 20 seconds per message,
> generally around the 2 to 4 seconds mark. This is for batches of 1 to 10
> messages. I was seeing as much as 800 seconds for a batch size of 30
> messages this morning. So there has been improvement.
> 
> I am compiling my SA rules and I run my RBLs in the MTA (hence why I do
> not want rbl checking in SA).
> 
> Overall, my previous install of MS 4.54.6, Clam .92, and SA 3.1.9 would
> run rings around this install. I am seriously contemplating rolling back
> but I am uncertain if I have the original tarball for Julian's Clam+SA
> package.
> 
> I believe my issue is configuration of MS or SA at this point. I am open
> to suggestions.
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> DAve
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